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The noun for : the act of proving a claim with evidence, or the evidence itself. It is a heavy, formal word, and it lives almost entirely in legal papers, official reports, advertising rules and academic writing — 'the claim was made without substantiation', 'the regulator asked for substantiation of the health benefits'. In speech, even careful speakers usually go around it and say 'proof', 'evidence', or just use the verb: 'he could not prove it'. Two useful habits. It is normally uncountable, so you say 'some substantiation', not 'a substantiation'. And it appears most often after 'without' or 'lack of', because the interesting moment is usually the one where evidence is missing. If you are choosing between this and 'proof' in your own writing, 'proof' is nearly always the better choice; use 'substantiation' when you are matching the tone of an official document.
佐證、證實(提出證據支持說法這件事,或那些證據本身)
組成substantiate + -ion, the ending that turns a verb into the name of the action. Behind it is Latin substantia, 'substance' — so, the giving of substance to a claim.
同家族的字
- substantiatethe verb this noun is built on
- substancethe same Latin substantia at the bottom of both
- substantialsame root — solid, considerable
原始詞典資料2 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。
substantiationnoun
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The act of substantiating.
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Something which substantiates; evidence, proof.
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。