veritable
veritable 英 [ˈverɪtəbl] 美 [ˈvɛrɪtəbəl]
adj. 真正的，名副其实的
- When something is veritable it is true, or at least feels that way. "The trees and lights turned the campus into a veritable wonderland" means that the campus seemed to be transformed into a true wonderland (if there is such a thing).
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- adj. 真正的，名副其实的
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1. His acquaintance lying chiefly among ship-chandlers and so forth, he had always plenty of the veritable ships' biscuit on his table.
他的熟人主要是船具商之类的人，所以他在餐桌上经常摆放着许多真正在船上吃的饼干。
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2. One of the conversations among the young men, at which Marius was present and in which he sometimes joined, was a veritable shock to his mind.
马吕斯时常参加那些青年人的交谈，有时也谈上几句，有一次的交谈在他的精神上引起了真正的震动。
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3. This is one of the fatal phases, at once act and entr'acte of that drama whose pivot is a social condemnation, and whose veritable title is Progress.
这是这出戏不可避免的一个阶段，既是一幕，又是幕间休息，剧的中心人物是一个社会上的受苦人，剧的真正名字叫“进步”。
- veritable (adj.) early 15c., from Anglo-French and Old French veritable "true, real, truthful, valid (in law)," from verité (see verity) + -able. Probably lost mid-17c. and reborrowed or revived after 1830. Related: Veritably.
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