单词 | corroborate |
释义 | corroborate (kərɒbəreɪt ) Word forms: corroborates , corroborating , corroborated verb To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it. [formal] I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story. [VERB noun] Alice corroborated what Blair had said. [VERB noun] Synonyms: support, establish, confirm, document corroboration (kərɒbəreɪʃən ) uncountable noun He needed independent corroboration of his version of the accident. [+ of] Synonyms: support, establishment, confirmation, endorsement Collocations: corroborate a claim Other eyewitnesses, however, did not corroborate that claim. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some reports corroborate this claim, either from police reports, or by an authoritative statement from a senior cleric. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was 'shocked' by his behaviour and immediately went to her boss, who in evidence corroborated her claim. Times, Sunday Times They may also lie about how many passengers were with them, or produce conveniently placed witnesses to corroborate their claims. Times, Sunday Times Such flight patterns might corroborate the claims of government officials that prisoners are grouped into different classes being deposited in different locations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the third case, the video recording failed to corroborate the report. Times, Sunday Times Police say that they have interviewed up to ten people who corroborate the reported sequence of events. Times, Sunday Times Analysis, in turn, involves finding independent means of corroborating the reports. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 News reports from the time do not corroborate the story. Times, Sunday Times Forgetting, or being otherwise unable to produce, a key fact, the missing link necessary to corroborate their story. Christianity Today You might think him disingenuous were it not for the fact that there are others on hand to corroborate his story. Times, Sunday Times Through oral histories, we trace their memories along with archival materials to corroborate their stories. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It says it has corroborated his story by speaking to other eyewitnesses. Times, Sunday Times They insisted that 'corroborating evidence' was needed and that no 'intelligence reliability could be placed on the results'. Times, Sunday Times He questioned why it had taken so long to clear him when there was 'no corroborating evidence whatsoever'. Times, Sunday Times But they are still trying to find corroborating evidence. The Sun Either it picks a player who readers would find completely absurd, or it selects the same player as everyone else, making it useful as corroborating evidence but otherwise unexciting. Times, Sunday Times Both provide corroborating evidence for the fossil's age. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 证实 Japanese: 確証する |
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