證明自己、顯出為人
把「拿去考驗、讓它顯現真面目」的對象從『一件事』換成『一個人』：不是證明某件事是真的，而是讓你本人在考驗下顯出是怎樣的人。
prove yourself (show your ability) · verb · B1
To show other people, by what you do, how able you are.
證明自己
核心畫面
You can picture prove as putting something to the test and watching it come through: you don't just claim it's true — you bring facts, or let time pass, and the thing shows itself to really be so. The Latin root probare means 'to test, to try, to find good'. Hold that 'test it and let it show its true self' image, and even the bread rising and the legal sense fall out of it: each is something being put to the test and turning out to be what it should be.
可以把 prove 想成「把一件事拿去考驗、然後看它過關」：你不是只用嘴說它是真的，而是拿出事實、或讓時間走一段，讓…更多收起
可以把 prove 想成「把一件事拿去考驗、然後看它過關」：你不是只用嘴說它是真的，而是拿出事實、或讓時間走一段，讓它自己顯現出「確實如此」。拉丁字根 probare 就是「試驗、測試、驗明為好」。握住這個「拿去試、讓它顯出真面目」的畫面，連麵團發酵與法律認證都從這裡長出來：都是某個東西被拿去考驗、結果證明它本該是的樣子。From the word’s history
Prove comes from Latin probare 'to test, try, examine, judge as good' (also the root of probe and probation). The modern senses keep that testing thread: a claim is tested against facts, a person tests himself, dough is tested by rising, a will is officially tested for validity.
prove 來自拉丁文 probare，意思是「測試、試驗、審視、評為好」（也是 probe 探針、probation 試用期的字根）。現代的各個意思都保留了「受考驗」這條線：主張被事實檢驗、人考驗自己、麵團用膨起來受檢驗、遺囑被正式檢驗是否有效。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), s.v. 'prove' (Latin probare 'to test, prove worthy')
From the picture
時間一過、結果是
這一族把「考驗」交給時間：不是你拿證據去證明，而是事情過了一段時間之後，自己「顯現」出原來是怎樣。重點從『主動證明』轉為『被時間揭曉』。
prove (turn out to be) · verb · B1
To turn out to be something, often after some time has passed.
結果是
麵團發酵膨起
這是「受考驗、顯現出該有的樣子」在廚房裡的版本：麵團靜置一段時間，酵母讓它膨起來——麵團「證明」了自己是活的、發得起來。與「結果顯現」那一族同屬一條線，只是用在烘焙的專門術語。
prove (dough rises) · verb · B1
When bread dough proves, it rises and gets light because of the yeast in it.
（麵團）發酵膨脹
（法律）認證遺囑
也是「拿去受檢驗」，但是法律場域：法院正式檢驗一份遺囑是不是按規矩立的、是否有效。與核心同一條「考驗為真」的線，只是縮到法律的術語裡。
prove a will (legal) · verb · B1
In law, to show officially that a will was made in the correct way.
（法律）認證遺囑
Also in this word
prove (show true) · verb · B1
To use facts or information to show that something is true.
證明
原始詞典資料11 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。
proveverb詞源 1/ˈpɹuːv/
- 1
To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
- [VV]e are able with playne demonſtration to proue, and vvith reaſon to perſvvade that in tymes paſt our fayth vvas alike, that then vve preached thinges correſpondent vnto the forme of faith already published of vs, ſo that none in this behalfe can repyne or gaynesay vs.
- Mr. H …, whom no distinctions of that sort seemed to disturb, scarce gave himself or me breathing time from the last encounter, but, as if he had task'd himself to prove that the appearances of his vigour were not signs hung out in vain, in a few minutes he was in a condition for renewing the onset
- 2
To turn out; to manifest.
- It proved to be a cold day.
- 3
To turn out to be.
- Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.
- But ſhall I prooue a traitor to my King?
- 4
To put to the test, to make trial of.
- They took the experimental car to the proving-grounds.
- The exception proves the rule.
- 5
To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
- to prove a will
- 6
archaicTo experience.
- Where she, captived long, great woes did prove.
- 7
datedmediaprintingpublishingTo take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.
- to prove a page
- 8
homeopathymedicinesciencesTo determine by experiment which effects a substance causes when ingested.
provenoun詞源 1/ˈpɹuːv/
- 1
bakingcookingfoodThe process of dough proofing.
- You may also need to think about what the prove is doing to the loaf of bread — it is warming the dough and making it moist, allowing it to rise […]
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。