| 单词 | verifiable |
| 释义 | verifiable (once / 18821 pages) adj Something that's verifiable can be proven. In a courtroom, verifiable evidence is backed up with specific proof. If you have a birth certificate, your exact time and place of birth is verifiable — in other words, you can prove where and when you were born. Something is scientifically verifiable if it can be tested and proven to be true. Verifiable comes from the verb verify, "authenticate" or "prove," from the Old French verifier, "find out the truth about." The Latin root is verus, or "true." WORD FAMILYverifiable: unverifiable, verifiably+/verification: verifications/verified: unverified/verifier: verifiers/verify: verifiable, verification, verificatory, verified, verifier, verifies, verifying USAGE EXAMPLESIn Ghana, The Gambia and Nigeria last year, the electoral commissions received a lot of plaudits for overseeing free, fair and verifiable elections. BBC(Dec 26, 2016) All untrue, except for the demise of Thicke, which was easily verifiable. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) All untrue, except for the demise of Mr. Thicke, which was easily verifiable. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) 1adj capable of being verified a verifiable account of the incident Syn nonsubjective, objective undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena 2adj capable of being tested (verified or falsified) by experiment or observation Syn confirmable, falsifiable empiric, empirical derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
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