- 1證實；佐證
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. The word is formal. Police, lawyers, journalists, and scientists use it; friends telling a story would more often say back up, support, or 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). It does not mean work together; that is collaborate, which only looks similar.
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
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corroborateverb/kəˈɹɒbəɹeɪ̯t/
- 1
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.
- 2
To make strong; to strengthen.
- As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby.
corroborateadj/kəˈrɒbərət/
- 1
obsoleteCorroborated.
- There is no Truſting to the Force of Nature, nor to the Brauery of Words; except it be Corroborate by Cuſtome.
- 2
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; […]
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