词汇 | prove |
释义 | prove verb uk /pruːv/ us /pruːv/proved | proved or mainly USproven proveverb (SHOW)B2[ T, L ] to show a particular result after a period of time: 证明是,结果是 The operation proved a complete success.这一手术结果大获成功。 The dispute over the song rights proved impossible to resolve.结果是,有关歌曲版权的争执根本无法解决。 [ L (+ to be) ]The new treatment has proved to be a disaster.这种新的治疗方法结果是一场灾难。 prove yourself C2 to show that you are good at something: 证明自己的实力 I wish he'd stop trying to prove himself all the time.但愿他不要再不停地试图证明自己的实力了。 The army has proved ineffective in protecting the civilian population.军队没有起到保护平民的作用。 The policy of charging air travellers for vegetarian meals proved very unpopular. The government's claim that it would reduce taxes proved false.政府要减税的说法被证实是假的。 Such data will prove invaluable to researchers. Your daughter's attitude only goes to prove how much society has changed over the last 30 years.你女儿的态度恰恰证明了过去30年里社会的变化有多大。 Showing and demonstrating act out attest bespeak breastbeating bring define indicate mark something out masterclass ostensive ostensively outlet point (something/someone) out reflect reveal unproven unveil unwrap vent virtue signalling proveverb (SHOWING TRUTH)B1[ T ] to show that something is true: 证明,证实 [ + that ]They suspected that she'd killed him but they could never actually prove that it was her.他们怀疑她杀了他,但他们从来未能确切证明是她干的。 [ + adj ]They proved him innocent/guilty.他们证明他是清白/有罪的。 Under the present system, you're innocent until proven guilty.在现行制度下,在被证明有罪之前你是清白的。 [ + question word ]"I lost £30 on the bus." "That just goes to prove what an idiot you are!"“我在公共汽车上丢了30英镑。”“那正好证明了你是个多么愚蠢的傻瓜!” Computers have been used to prove mathematical theorems.计算机被用于证明数学定理。 That theory was proved false.那个理论被证实是错误的。 He's so aggressive - it's as if he's always trying to prove something.他好逞强——似乎他一直想证明些什么。 It will be very difficult to prove that they are guilty.证明他们有罪将非常困难。 The crime of rape is notoriously difficult to prove. She only bought that sports car to show off and prove she could afford one.她买那辆跑车只是为了炫耀她能买得起。 The tape recordings provided enough evidence to prove he'd been involved in the conspiracy. The traces of petrol found on his clothing provided the forensic evidence proving that he had started the fire deliberately.在他衣服上发现的汽油痕迹成了法庭证据,证明他是蓄意纵火。 Proving and disproving acid test actions speak louder than wordsidiom anti-sexist attest authenticate demonstrable demonstrably demonstration of something dispel disprove non-documentary non-evidence probatory proof positive provability verify vindicate vindication vindicative vindicatory Related wordproven prove | American Dictionaryprove verb us/pruv/past participleproved or provenus/ˈpru·vən/ proveverb (SHOW)to show after a time or by experience that something or someone has a particular quality: [ L ]The dispute over rights to the song could prove impossible to resolve. [ + to infinitive ]The new safety procedures have so far proven to be satisfactory. As a newcomer, I felt I had to prove myself (= show I am skilled). proveverb (MAKE CLEAR)[ T ] to make it clear that something is or is not true: They suspected she cheated, but they could never prove it. [ + (that) clause ]I had to take all my records to the bank to prove (that) the mistake was theirs. Under our legal system, you’re innocent until proven guilty. provenadjective[ not gradable ]us/ˈpru·vən/ You can’t trust him – he’s a proven liar. Examples of proveprove This is a contradiction and (3.2) is proved. We prove the following for this class of example. We use this result to prove the following proposition. It cannot be said that he proves his thesis. For the second proposition, we prove its contrapositive. Under those circumstances, a system of tradable permits (with grandfathering of the initial allocation) could prove more politically acceptable than one of charges. He develops a constructive framework for proving equalities about programs, and shows how to derive the free theorems in a purely syntactic way. But it would prove impossible to deduce a physical theory from such purely formal theorems. They proved that the formed system of equations is redundant. Taking the campaign to some parts of the country proved especially difficult for parties without a presence in those areas. Such technical arbitrariness may prove difficult someday when repairs must be made. Experts have to prove themselves through their technical competence - which is questionable and revisable (1997 : 89). We prove the property for all normalising pure type systems, and discuss the connection with typechecking. The attempts by nationalist activists to use soccer as an organizational and symbolic platform again prove the political potential of soccer. The present model thereby for the first time proves the existence of the bed-wave-water-surface-wave resonance mechanism of instability. See all examples of prove These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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