英语词汇“prove”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	prove
释义	prove \ˈprüv\ verb (proved ; proved \-vd\ ; or prov·en \-vən\ ; proving ; proves) Etymology: Middle English proven, from Old French prover, from Latin probare to test, prove, from probus good, from pro- before, forward + -bus (from the root of fui I have been) — more at pro-, be *transitive verb* 1. archaic : to know by trial : experience, suffer < be my love and we will all the pleasures prove — Christopher Marlowe > 2. a. : to test the quality of : try out < prove all things; hold fast that which is good — 1 Thess 5:21 (Authorized Version) > b. : to subject to a technical testing process : ascertain (as by analysis or experiment) conformity with a standard or with stipulated requirements < prove coal > < prove gold > < prove a new weapon > < prove a meter > < prove a new car model > c. : proof 1a — often used with up < decided to draw and prove up a small section — Publishers' Weekly > d. : to determine the alcoholic content of (a liquid) e. : to determine the worth of (a sire) by progeny testing f. (1) : to make a test of (as a mineral vein) — usually used with up or out < proved up the … copper deposit — Time > (2) : to establish the presence of oil under — often used with up (3) : to establish the presence of (oil) — often used with up < proved up … 12 billion in reserves — Time > 3. a. : to establish the truth of (as by argument or evidence) : demonstrate, show < these … statements can be proved — William & Mary Quarterly > < no charge against him was ever proven in court — S.H.Adams > b. : to establish the validity of (as by mathematical demonstration) < could prove the forty-seventh proposition — R.L.Stevenson > c. : to verify the correctness of (as an arithmetic operation) < showed her pupils how to prove their answers > 4. : to ascertain the genuineness of : verify < such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved — U.S. Constitution > < photographic copies of the check … were then proved and admitted in evidence — Criminal Law Review > specifically : to obtain probate of (a will) 5. : to raise (dough) to a desired lightness *intransitive verb* : to turn out especially after trial or test < the medicine proved to be salutary > also : to turn out to be < the report of the war's end proved false > Synonyms: try, test, demonstrate: prove is now likely to stress ascertainment as certain, true, genuine, or worthy by means of evidence, tests, or logic < to become a writer was, however, in Thoreau's mind; his verses prove it, his Journal proves it — H.S.Canby > < he proves the superior importance of plot over other elements in dramatic poetry — Irving Babbitt > try in this sense is now likely to stress subjection to experiences or tests calculated to discern the good from the bad, the strong from the weak < I crumbled common crackers into the pea soup and tried it. It was good pea soup — Kenneth Roberts > < the young man should be tried and tested — George Meredith > test likewise stresses subjection to tests and trials, in general to specific, planned, and regular tests calculated to reveal any deficiencies < the first time he had made a helmet, he tested its capacity for resisting blows, and battered it out of shape — Bertrand Russell > < he gives us the background of these witnesses, tests their reliability, shifts, summarizes, and collates the main portions of their evidence — Christian Science Monitor > demonstrate is likely to stress conclusive proof or resolution and its orderly presentation with many details < to demonstrate and popularize the Copernican hypothesis — Stringfellow Barr > < demonstrated that art did not imitate nature — F.B.Millet > Synonyms: see indicate
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