hearsay
hearsay 英 [ˈhɪəseɪ] 美 [ˈhɪrseɪ]
n. 传闻，谣言 adj. 传闻的，风闻的
名词复数:hearsays
- Ever hear someone say something so juicy you decide to tell other people about it, even if you don't know if it's true or not? Admit it. That hearsay, or gossip, is precisely how rumors get started.
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- n. 传闻，谣言
- adj. 传闻的，风闻的
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1. Let's dive a little deeper into all this rumor and hearsay.
现在 来更深的挖掘一下这些小道消息和传闻。
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2. We will no longer place the burden to prove that hearsay is unreliable on the opponent of the hearsay.
我们将不再要求反对传闻的一方承担举证的责任，以证明传闻的不可靠。
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3. The attorney for the defense challenged the evidence as hearsay.
被告辩护律师驳斥该证据为道听途说。
- hearsay (n.) "information communicated by another, gossip," mid-15c., from phrase to hear say (Middle English heren seien, Old English herdon secgan). The notion is "hear (some people) say;" from hear (v.) + say (v.). As an adjective from 1570s. Hearsay evidence (1670s) is that which the witness gives not from his own perception but what was told to him. Compare similar formation in Dutch hooren zeggen, German hörensagen.
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