corroborate

英 [kə'rɒbəreɪt] 美 [kə'rɑːbəreɪt]

v.确证；证实

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◉Usage Examples

(1) There's nothing to corroborate your story.

(2) Some observations do seem to corroborate the idea.

(3) Experiments have corroborated her predictions.

(4) His friend corroborated his guilt.

(1) 无任何东西可以确证你的话。

(2) 而某些观察所得似乎也佐证了这种想法。

(3) 实验证实了她的预言。

(4) 他的朋友证实了他的犯罪。

◉Usage notes

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").

◉Collins

1. [VERB 动词]证实；确证 To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式]

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。

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③ He could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident.

他找不到一个证人能够为他对该事故的说法提供独立的佐证。