音标：[pru:v]
vt. 证明, 查验, 检验, 勘探, 显示
vi. 证明是
【经】 证实
相关词组:
prove out
在线英汉词典
prove的短语、例句：
rove
v (pp proved; US proven ) =>Usage 见所附用法.
1 [Tn, Tf, Dn.pr, Dpr.f]
~ sth (to sb) show that sth is true or certain by means of argument or evidence 证明某事物属实; 证实某事物
prove sb´s guilt/(that) sb is guilty 证明某人有罪
Can you prove it to me? 你能向我证实吗?
I shall prove to you that the witness is not speaking the truth. 我将向你证明, 证人说的不是真话.
2 (US probate) [Tn]
establish that (a will) is genuine 认证（遗嘱）
The will has to be proved before we can inherit. 遗嘱要先认证, 然後我们才能继承遗产.
3 [La, Ln, Cn.a, Cn.n, Cn.t]
~ (oneself) sth be seen or found to be sth; turn out to be sth 显现出是某事物; 被发现是某事物
The old methods proved best after all. 采用老方法结果反而是某事物最好.
The task proved (to be) more difficult than we´d thought. 这项任务原来比我们预想的难得多.
He proved himself (to be) a better driver than the world champion. 他的表现说明他的驾驶技术胜过世界冠军.
4 [I] (of dough) rise because of the action of yeast （指面团）发酵
leave the dough to prove for half an hour让面团发酵半小时.
5 (idm 习语) the exception proves the rule => exception. prove one´s/the `case/`point demonstrate that one´s/the statement, argument, criticism, etc is true or valid 表明自己的[该]言论、 论据、 批评等是符合事实的或确有根据的
He quoted figures to prove his case. 他援引数字以表明自己的说法确有根据.
She claimed that money had been wasted and our financial difficulties seemed to prove her point. 她断定那笔钱用得不是地方, 而我们在经济上遇到的困难却也似乎说明她言之有理. prove NOTE ON USAGE 用法
Prove and shave have alternative past participle forms *prove和shave均有两种过去分词形式
proved/proven; shaved/shaven. The irregular forms are more common in US than in British English. 不规则形式在美式英语中比在英式英语中用得多. Shaven and proven are mostly used adjectivally *shaven和proven多用作形容词性的修饰成分
a well-proven method 充分证明行之有效的方法
a shaven head 剃光的头.
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