prove

英[pruːv]美[pruːv]

v.原来是，证实，证明；

第三人称单数：proves;

过去式：proved;

过去分词：proven;

现在分词：proving;

例句

You can't fix the blame on me. I can prove I was somewhere else.你不能定我的罪, 我可以证实我当时在别的地方。

I shall prove to you that the witness is quite unreliable.我将向你证明,证人十分不可靠。

Granted that you are correct, you may find it hard to prove your point.就算你对,可你要论证这一点却非易事。

The practice is not a very lucrative one at the moment, but if it is worked up it should prove quite profitable.这种业务眼下还不大能赚钱, 但如果努力经营, 会证明是大可获利的。

The burden of proof lay on the plaintiff to prove negligence.证明对方犯有疏忽罪的举证责任落在原告身上。

Facts will prove my sincerity.事实将会证明我是真心实意的。

How can you prove that you are right?你如何能证明你是正确的呢?

Instead, he did experiments to test and prove an idea before he was ready to accept it.相反, 他在准备接受一种观念之前, 总是进行试验, 进行验证。

There wasn't enough evidence to prove him guilty.没有充分的证据证明他有罪。

If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation.如果货品证明有缺陷，顾客有权索赔。

英语六级真题

What the designers of American sportswear proved was that fashion is a genuine design art, answering to the demanding needs of service.

Pricing carbon proves the most economical way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Higher fossil fuel prices prove to be conducive to innovation and application of cleaner technologyIf fossil fuel prices remain low for a long time, it may lead to higher emissions of greenhouse gases.

That would be true only if you believed that patients should have an unrestrained right to treatments proven to be inferior.

Sustainable management of ecosystems will prove rewarding in the long run.

Malpractice awards do drive up insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk specialties, and there is some evidence that doctors engage in defensive medicine by performing tests and treatments primarily to prove they are not negligent should they get sued.

It proves the advantage of TV advertising.

It is difficult to find solid evidence to prove environmental friendliness generates more profits than exploiting the natural environment.

Congress needs to find the courage to allow Medicare to pay preferentially for treatments proven to be superior.

While yoga and meditation ( ' , 静思 ) are scientifically proven to reduce stress levels, these programs do little to target the root causes of burnout and disengagement.

It will prove to be a profitable business.

But Google's book-scanning project is proving controversial.

It is these commercial provisions that are proving the settlement's most controversial aspect

White's experience is what many psychologists had expected - that Obama would prove to be a powerful role model for African Americans.

We suspect they felt inspired and energised by his victory, so the stereotype threat wouldn't prove a distraction," says Friedman

This experiment certainly does not definitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a clue that scientists would like to study more carefully.

The change cut their expenditures in half, but the new living arrangement proved too challenging.

To prove that she could earn her living as a gardener.

To prove that she was really irritated with her husband

Hope has proven a powerful predictor of outcome in every study we've done so far,'said Doctor Charles R. Snyder, a psychologist, who has devised a scale to assess how much hope a person has.

After becoming president of Purdue University in 2013, mitch Daniels asked the faculty to prove that their students have actually achieved one of higher education's most important goals: critical thinking skills.

Even the Harvard study did not prove a direct correlation but noted strong associations between exposure and risk of behavioral issues.

In response to past critics, Twenge and her co-researchers stress they are not trying to prove that the use of digital devices reduces young people's well-being.

Malpractice awards do drive up insurance premiums for doctors in high-risk specialties, and there is some evidence that doctors engage in "defensive medicine" by performing tests and treatments primarily to prove they are not negligent should they get sue

This does not prove causality, but is consistent with it.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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证明是；原来是；结果是

If something proves to be true or to have a particular quality, it becomes clear after a period of time that it is true or has that quality.

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VERB

证明；证实

If you prove that something is true, you show by means of argument or evidence that it is definitely true.

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VERB

证明；显示

If you prove yourself to have a certain good quality, you show by your actions that you have it.

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PHRASE

证明自己的能力（或知识）

If you prove a point, you show other people that you know something or can do something, although your action may have no other purpose.

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英汉词典释义

vt.

证明

检验; 试验

英英词典释义

Verb

1. be shown or be found to be;

2. establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;

3. provide evidence for;

4. prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

5. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

6. increase in volume;

7. cause to puff up with a leaven;

8. take a trial impression of

9. obtain probate of;