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

单词

prove

释义

prove /proov/

transitive verb (pap proved or provˈen, see below)

To establish or ascertain as truth by argument or otherwise
To demonstrate
To check by the opposite operation (eg division by multiplication) (mathematics)
To obtain probate of (a will) (law)
To experience or suffer
To test
To test the genuineness of
To ascertain
To cause or allow (dough) to rise

intransitive verb

To try or test, esp by tasting
To turn out
To be shown afterwards
To become (archaic)
To turn out well (obsolete)
(of dough) to rise

—Also (obs) preve, with pap provˈen surviving as the usual past participle in N America (pronounced /proovˈn/) and becoming more common in Britain (pronounced /proovˈn or prōvˈn/), and retained specif in Scots law (pronounced /prōvˈn/) in the verdict not proven, declaring that the charges in a criminal trial have not been proved

ORIGIN: OFr prover (Fr prouver) from L probāre, from probus excellent; perh partly from OE prōfian to assume to be, from L probāre. Fr formerly had two forms of the verb (preuver and prouver), using respectively the vowels developed from the original L o in stressed and unstressed positions, and ME also has two forms, giving preeve, prieve, etc, whence Scot pree, as well as prove

proveˈable or provˈable adjective

proveˈably or provˈably adverb

provˈer noun

provˈing noun

The action of the verb

adjective

Testing, as in proving ground a place for testing scientifically (also figurative) and proving flight a test flight

prove oneself

To do something which shows one's ability, courage, loyalty, etc

the exception proves the rule

Generally held to mean that the finding or making of an exception proves that the rule holds good for all cases that are not exceptions, but held by some to mean that the exception tests the rule, thereby proving its general validity

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