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You can picture holding a claim up against the facts to see whether the two line up. Someone says the number is 4,000; you go and count. The word covers both halves of that move — the going-and-checking, and the announcing afterwards that yes, it holds — so which half is in play depends on who is speaking and when.
可以想成把一個說法拿起來，對著事實比一比，看兩邊合不合得上。有人說數字是四千，你就真的去數一遍。這個字把這個動作的兩…更多收起
可以想成把一個說法拿起來，對著事實比一比，看兩邊合不合得上。有人說數字是四千，你就真的去數一遍。這個字把這個動作的兩半都包了進來——去查的那一半，和查完之後宣布「沒錯，成立」的那一半——所以到底是哪一半，要看是誰在講、講在什麼時候。原始詞典資料3 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。
verifyverb/ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/
- 1
To substantiate or prove the truth of something.
- "It is early to judge," he remarked, after stopping the car in order to verify the name on the brass plate, "but, upon my word, Max, I really think that our ghost might have discovered more appropriate quarters."
- 2
To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
- In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.
- 3
lawTo affirm something formally, under oath.
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。