corroborate

英 [kəˈrɒbəreɪt]

美 [kəˈrɑːbəreɪt]

v.  证实，确证(陈述、理论等)

过去分词：corroborated　第三人称单数：corroborates　现在分词：corroborating　过去式：corroborated　复数：corroborates　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.18926 / COCA.11342

牛津词典

verb

• 证实，确证（陈述、理论等）
  to provide evidence or information that supports a statement, theory, etc.
  1. The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses.
     此证据由两名独立证人提供。
  2. corroborating evidence
     确凿的证据

柯林斯词典

• VERB 证实;确证
  Tocorroboratesomething that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.
  1. I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story...
     我能够查阅证实这一说法的大量文件。
  2. Alice corroborated what Blair had said.
     艾丽斯证实了布莱尔所说的。

英英释义

verb

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  1. his story confirmed my doubts
  2. The evidence supports the defendant
  Synonym:confirmsustainsubstantiatesupportaffirm
• give evidence for
  Synonym:validate
• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
  1. The stories and claims were born out by the evidence
  Synonym:underpinbear outsupport

双语例句

• Security experts said they could not corroborate the authenticity of the claim, but added that some of the data provided by the hacker group as proof was credible.
  安全专家表示，他们无法证实这一说法的真实性，但他们补充称，该黑客组织作为证据提供的一些数据是可信的。
• However, this is just speculation and it is impossible to corroborate these theories at the present time.
  然而，这只是一种推测，在那时证实这些理论是不可能的。
• Mr Autor says that more recent data corroborate these trends.
  奥特先生表示最近的数据也符合这些趋势。
• One could then argue that to the extent that wages rise with educational attainments, our findings corroborate the hypothesis that the payoffs to beauty reflect differences in productivity.
  人们可以争辩说，在某种程度上，薪水上升与学历有关，而我们研究的结果，与“美丽的得益水平反映了生产率的差异”这个假设，是相一致的。
• Nato published satellite images that appeared to corroborate this.
  北约公布了似乎证实该说法的卫星图像。
• As a result, many investors say, ratings in structured finance are hard to corroborate independently.
  结果，许多投资者表示，对结构融资的评级很难独立验证。
• Her results indicated that pair programming was beneficial, but more data was needed to corroborate her findings.
  她的结果说明配对编程是有益的，但是需要更多的数据以证实她的决定。
• Additional assessments in higher order species must be accomplished to corroborate efficacy.
  在更高的目种的附加的评价必须被完成赞助效验。
• Moreover, our findings corroborate the view that the lodicules of grasses are homologous to eudicot petals.
  此外，本研究还证明了前人禾本科植物的浆片和双子叶植物中花瓣是同源器官的观点。
• I have attempted as best I can to corroborate the stories I was told and to match them with publicly reported evens.
  我也尽我所能将所听到的故事同公开报导的事件进行印证。