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To corroborate something is to give extra information that supports it and helps show it is true. You corroborate a story, a claim, an alibi, or a result: a second witness, a video, a document, or another test that points the same way.
To corroborate something isCorroborate 某件事的意思是 to give extra information that supports it and helps show it is true提供額外的資訊來支持它、幫忙證明它是真的。You corroborate可以 corroborate 的對象是 a story, a claim, an alibi, or a result:一個說法、一個主張、一個不在場證明，或一個結果 a second witness, a video, a document, or another test that points the same way像是第二個證人、一段影片、一份文件，或另一項指向同樣結論的測試。
The word is formal. Police, lawyers, journalists, and scientists use it; friends telling a story would more often say back up, support, or confirm.
The word is這個字 formal很正式。Police, lawyers, journalists, and scientists use it;警察、律師、記者、科學家會用這個字 friends telling a story would more often say back up, support, or confirm朋友聊天講故事時比較常說 back up、support，或 confirm。
Confirm can be a simple “yes, that is right.” Corroborate is more about independent backing — though actually, in real life the extra evidence is not always fully independent, and people still use the word. You corroborate a statement; you do not corroborate a person in careful English (you might say a witness corroborates someone’s account).
Confirm can beConfirm 可以只是 a simple “yes, that is right.”簡單一句「對，沒錯」 Corroborate is more aboutCorroborate 講的比較是 independent backing獨立來源的佐證 — though actually, in real life the extra evidence is not always fully independent, and people still use the word不過其實現實中，額外的證據不見得真的完全獨立，大家還是照樣用這個字。You corroborate a statement;可以 corroborate 的是一個陳述 you do not corroborate a person in careful English在講究一點的英文裡不會說 corroborate 一個人 (you might say a witness corroborates someone’s account)（可以說某個證人 corroborates 某人的說法）。
It does not mean work together; that is collaborate, which only looks similar.
It does not mean它的意思不是 work together一起合作; that is collaborate, which only looks similar那是 collaborate，只是長得有點像。
組成From Latin corrōborātus, “strengthened,” from con- (“together”) + rōborō (“to strengthen”), from rōbur, “strength.” English later used the -ate ending to make the verb.
同家族的字
- corroborationthe noun: the act or the extra evidence that backs a claim
- corroborativethe adjective: evidence that corroborates
- robustfrom the same Latin rōbur, “strength”
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
corroborateverb/kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/
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To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
- The concurrence of all […]corroborates the same truth.
- First, the fireman may be killed. Second, he may not notice the signal at all. Third, in any case he will loyally corroborate his driver and the good old jury will discount that.
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To make strong; to strengthen.
- As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.
corroborateadj/kəˈrɒbərət/
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obsoleteCorroborated.
- There is no Truſting to the Force of Nature, nor to the Brauery of Words; except it be Corroborate by Cuſtome.
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obsoleteVigorous, grown strong.
- But how unjust this traducement is (if you will reduce things from popularity of opinion to measure of reason) may appear in that we see men are more curious what they put into a new vessel than into a vessel seasoned, and what mould they lay about a young plant than about a plant corroborate; […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。