英语词汇“corroborate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To corroborate is to back someone else’s story. If you swear to your teacher that you didn't throw the spitball, and your friends corroborate your story by promising that you were concentrating on math homework, she might actually believe you.

For example, a witness in court corroborates the testimony of others, and further experimentation can corroborate a scientific theory. Near synonyms are substantiate and confirm. Corroborate, originally meaning "to support or strengthen," was borrowed from Latin corrōborāre, formed from the prefix cor- "completely" plus rōborāre "to strengthen" (from rōbur "strength").

WORD FAMILY

corroborate: corroborated, corroborates, corroborating, corroboration, corroborative, corroboratory+/corroborated: uncorroborated/corroboration: corroborations/corroborative: corroboratively

USAGE EXAMPLES

Mobile phone data for all three men corroborated Ismail's statement that they were present in the area at the time Sarakat was delivered there.

BBC(Dec 28, 2016)

My own “investigation” corroborated the pecan pickers’ poll.

Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016)

However, other inmates questioned independently by human rights workers at the penal colony corroborated Mr. Dadin’s claims.

Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016)

1v give evidence for

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

validate

circumstantiate

give circumstantial evidence for

confirm, reassert

strengthen or make more firm

2v support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

Syn|Hyper

bear out, support, underpin

agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

3v establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

Syn|Ant|Hypo

affirm, confirm, substantiate, support, sustain

contradict, negate

prove negative; show to be false

back, back up

establish as valid or genuine

vouch

give supporting evidence

verify

confirm the truth of

demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

document

support or supply with references

validate

prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something

check, check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off

put a check mark on or near or next to

ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it

be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

check

verify by consulting a source or authority

prove oneself

show one's ability or courage

prove

prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

source

specify the origin of

contradict, negate

prove negative; show to be false

stultify

prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence

单词	corroborate
释义	corroborate (once / 1334 pages) v To corroborate is to back someone else’s story. If you swear to your teacher that you didn't throw the spitball, and your friends corroborate your story by promising that you were concentrating on math homework, she might actually believe you. For example, a witness in court corroborates the testimony of others, and further experimentation can corroborate a scientific theory. Near synonyms are substantiate and confirm. Corroborate, originally meaning "to support or strengthen," was borrowed from Latin corrōborāre, formed from the prefix cor- "completely" plus rōborāre "to strengthen" (from rōbur "strength"). WORD FAMILY corroborate: corroborated, corroborates, corroborating, corroboration, corroborative, corroboratory+/corroborated: uncorroborated/corroboration: corroborations/corroborative: corroboratively USAGE EXAMPLES Mobile phone data for all three men corroborated Ismail's statement that they were present in the area at the time Sarakat was delivered there. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) My own “investigation” corroborated the pecan pickers’ poll. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) However, other inmates questioned independently by human rights workers at the penal colony corroborated Mr. Dadin’s claims. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1v give evidence for Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper validate circumstantiate give circumstantial evidence for confirm, reassert strengthen or make more firm 2v support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm Syn\|Hyper bear out, support, underpin agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics 3v establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts Syn\|Ant\|Hypo affirm, confirm, substantiate, support, sustain contradict, negate prove negative; show to be false back, back up establish as valid or genuine vouch give supporting evidence verify confirm the truth of demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, show establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment document support or supply with references validate prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something check, check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick off put a check mark on or near or next to ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something check verify by consulting a source or authority prove oneself show one's ability or courage prove prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof source specify the origin of contradict, negate prove negative; show to be false stultify prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
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