英语词汇“to prove too much”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. transitive. to prove too much: (of an argument) to use a proposition or mode of reasoning that can be shown to imply conclusions that are false or contrary to what the user of the argument maintains; to be pursued too far; (of a person) to make such an argument.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward for discussion [verb (intransitive)] > reach untenable conclusion

to prove too much1791

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. ii. 315 The same degree of Kinred will be apt to love the same man, and so emulation will arise... But because this proves too much, it proves nothing at all. For upon the same account, a young man should not marry in a family where there are many daughters.

1771 in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxiii. 294 Our adversaries would fain reduce us to the difficulty of proving too much.

1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ iv. 215 Such reasoning will prove too much, and..taken in its proper extent, it impeaches the great system of morals, of which political principles form only a part.

1801 T. Jefferson Let. 9 Sept. in Writings (1984) 1092 It may be objected that this proves too much, as it proves you cannot enter the ship of a friend to search for contraband of war.

1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent vi. 153 The theory to which I have referred cannot be carried out in practice. It may be rightly said to prove too much.

1901 Econ. Jrnl. 11 583 That is an assumption which would prove too much. If it is true of any country,..there is no reason why it should not be true of a province or district.

1945 H. G. Hayes Spending, Saving & Employm. xvii. 240 Mr. Lippmann cites no cases of this. But anyway he proves too much.

2003 Virginia Law Rev. 89 99 This analogy proves too much. The United States stands in a vastly different relation to the several states as it does to Spain.

单词	to prove too much
释义	> as lemmas to prove too much d. transitive. to prove too much: (of an argument) to use a proposition or mode of reasoning that can be shown to imply conclusions that are false or contrary to what the user of the argument maintains; to be pursued too far; (of a person) to make such an argument. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > put forward for discussion [verb (intransitive)] > reach untenable conclusion to prove too much1791 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. ii. 315 The same degree of Kinred will be apt to love the same man, and so emulation will arise... But because this proves too much, it proves nothing at all. For upon the same account, a young man should not marry in a family where there are many daughters. 1771 in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. lxiii. 294 Our adversaries would fain reduce us to the difficulty of proving too much. 1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ iv. 215 Such reasoning will prove too much, and..taken in its proper extent, it impeaches the great system of morals, of which political principles form only a part. 1801 T. Jefferson Let. 9 Sept. in Writings (1984) 1092 It may be objected that this proves too much, as it proves you cannot enter the ship of a friend to search for contraband of war. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent vi. 153 The theory to which I have referred cannot be carried out in practice. It may be rightly said to prove too much. 1901 Econ. Jrnl. 11 583 That is an assumption which would prove too much. If it is true of any country,..there is no reason why it should not be true of a province or district. 1945 H. G. Hayes Spending, Saving & Employm. xvii. 240 Mr. Lippmann cites no cases of this. But anyway he proves too much. 2003 Virginia Law Rev. 89 99 This analogy proves too much. The United States stands in a vastly different relation to the several states as it does to Spain. extracted from provev. < as lemmas
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