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单词 proves
释义

prove /proov/

transitive verb (pap proved or provˈen, see below)
  1. To establish or ascertain as truth by argument or otherwise
  2. To demonstrate
  3. To check by the opposite operation (eg division by multiplication) (mathematics)
  4. To obtain probate of (a will) (law)
  5. To experience or suffer
  6. To test
  7. To test the genuineness of
  8. To ascertain
  9. To cause or allow (dough) to rise
intransitive verb
  1. To try or test, esp by tasting
  2. To turn out
  3. To be shown afterwards
  4. To become (archaic)
  5. To turn out well (obsolete)
  6. (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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