corroborate
corroborate 英 [kəˈrɒbəreɪt] 美 [kəˈrɑbəreɪt]
vt. 证实；使坚固
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- To corroborate is to back someone else’s story. If you swear to your teacher that you didn't throw the spitball, and your friends corroborate your story by promising that you were concentrating on math homework, she might actually believe you.
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- vt. 证实；使坚固
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1. Authorities have also recovered a satellite phone that appears to corroborate much of his testimony.
当局还找回了一部看起来能证实其大部分证词的卫星电话。
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2. Her results indicated that pair programming was beneficial, but more data was needed to corroborate her findings.
她的结果说明配对编程是有益的，但是需要更多的数据以证实她的决定。
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3. While one study in the US found a possible association between personal use of hair dyes and the risk of developing bladder cancer, a more recent Spanish study failed to corroborate the result.
美国的一项研究发现个人使用染发剂与患膀胱癌之间存在着可能的联系，但是更近一些时候的西班牙研究无法证实此发现。
- corroborate (v.) 1520s, "to give (legal) confirmation to," from Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare "to strengthen, invigorate," from assimilated form of com "with, together," here perhaps "thoroughly" (see com-) + roborare "to make strong," from robur, robus "strength," (see robust).
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