| 单词 | circumstantial |
| 释义 | circumstantial (once / 2264 pages) adj Circumstantial is a word that refers to specific details about something: in other words, about circumstances. Circumstantial evidence might implicate someone's guilt, but it certainly doesn't prove them guilty. The word circumstances refers to the facts of your life: everyone has different circumstances. So the word circumstantial refers to the specific details of some situation. This word is most often heard in the term circumstantial evidence, which you may have heard on a TV crime or trial program. Circumstantial evidence might lead a detective to suspect someone's guilt, but eyewitness testimony may be needed to convince the jury. WORD FAMILYcircumstantial: circumstantially+/circumstance: circumstances, circumstantial USAGE EXAMPLESThere is circumstantial evidence of this process at work. Economist(Nov 24, 2016) In addition, the Florida Supreme Court has shown an inclination to overturn guilty verdicts from juries in murder cases where the evidence was mainly circumstantial. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) Sherman reports that the scientists, led by University of Michigan computer scientist J. Alex Halderman, “so far have only a circumstantial case”: Wall Street Journal(Nov 23, 2016) 1adj based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence Syn conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious theoretic, theoretical concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations 2adj fully detailed and specific about particulars a circumstantial report about the debate Syn specific (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique |
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