- 1佐證的;起證實作用的
Corroborative describes information that supports or helps to prove someone else’s statement, idea, or result. Corroborative evidence is the extra backing: another witness, a document, a recording, a second test.
CorroborativeCorroborative這個字describes information形容一種資訊that supports or helps to prove someone else's statement, idea, or result能支持或幫忙證實別人說的話、想法,或結果的資訊。Corroborative evidenceCorroborative evidence(佐證證據)is the extra backing指額外的支持證據:another witness, a document, a recording, a second test像另一個目擊者、一份文件、一段錄音,或一次額外的檢測。
The word is formal and a little old-fashioned in tone; many writers now just say supporting evidence. You will still meet it in law and in careful academic prose.
The word這個字is formal語氣正式and a little old-fashioned in tone帶點過時的味道;many writers now just say supporting evidence現在很多人乾脆說『supporting evidence』。You will still meet it你還是會遇到它in law在法律文件裡,and in careful academic prose也在講究的學術寫作裡。
It is an adjective, so it sits in front of a noun (corroborative testimony, corroborative findings). Though actually, English also has a rare noun use for a thing that corroborates, but students can ignore that — the adjective is the one you will see.
It is an adjective這是形容詞,so it sits in front of a noun所以放在名詞前面(corroborative testimony, corroborative findings像『corroborative testimony』、『corroborative findings』)。Though actually不過其實,English also has a rare noun use for a thing that corroborates英文也有一個罕見的名詞用法,指「能佐證的東西」,but students can ignore that但學生可以先不管這個——the adjective is the one you will see你會看到的都是形容詞用法。
It has nothing to do with collaborative, which is about working as a team.
It這個字has nothing to do with collaborative跟collaborative一點關係都沒有,which is about working as a teamcollaborative講的是團隊合作。
core核心畫面
組成From corroborate + -ive (“having that role or quality”).
同家族的字
- corroboratethe verb this adjective is built from
- corroborationthe noun for the backing itself
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
corroborativeadj
- 1
Serving to corroborate
- Carrie Junkin, who lived with Appleby from the summer of 1977 through April 1978, and who was involved in numerous trips to New York to pick up leather men, is not under indictment for his participation in any of these activities. Nor was he even called as a corroborative witness by the state.
corroborativenoun
- 1
dateda medical tonic; a corroborant
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