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单词 corroboration
释义
corroboration
noun[U]
uk
/kəˌrɒb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/kəˌrɑː.bəˈreɪ.ʃən/
theactofprovinganaccount,statement,idea, etc. with newinformation:
确证，进一步证实
Without corroboration fromforensictests, it will bedifficulttoprovethat thesuspectisguilty.如果没有法医检验的佐证，就很难证明嫌疑人有罪。
They couldfindnoindependentcorroboration that he wastellingthetruth.他们找不到任何独立的证据证明他说的是真话。
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  • Thetapeactedas corroboration of hisaccount.
  • The prosecution'smainchallengeis toprovidecorroboration of Mr Smith'sevidence.
  • Pentagonofficialsstressedthereportswereunconfirmedand they wereseekingcorroboration.
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(Definition ofcorroborationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcorroboration

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Using only the most rigorous design, on the other hand, ignores the probative importance of replication andcorroborationthat multiple studies afford.
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This overall pattern can be regarded as an exemplarycorroborationof veto player theory.
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I claim only that agents need not doubt moral claims for which they lack secularcorroboration.
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Of course, the contrast must not be overdone:corroborationis arguably never definitive, and some problem resolutions can be.
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This last difference, however, is very slight and is therefore especially in need ofcorroborationfrom other studies.
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Theists can wholeheartedly endorse the project of pursuing secularcorroborationfor their religiously grounded moral claims and just as wholeheartedly reject the doctrine of restraint.
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This is also a strongcorroborationof the mediocrity principle.
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Yet statisticalcorroborationis also impossible, except in the most general terms, because the numerical weighting of parameters has been left indeterminate.
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The other realm deals with the natural-scientific explanation of causal links and processes, for which mechanistic hypotheses and empiricalcorroborationare appropriate.
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Corroborationfor this hypothesis comes from an unexpected quarter.
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At this point, it is virtually impossible, withoutcorroboration, to determine, in a clinical setting, whether a given uncovered memory is true or false.
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Corroborationof this speculation is an interesting topic for future studies.
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The error stems in the first place from psychology's emphasis on empiricalcorroborationto judge the merits of theories.
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To this end, he plausibly argues that metaanalysis cannot function as a theorycorroborationprocedure.
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The resulting contributors set is assessed using thecorroborationmethod.
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