evidence
noun[U]
uk/ˈev.ɪ.dəns/us/ˈev.ə.dəns/B2
one or morereasonsforbelievingthat something is or is nottrue:
证据;证明Thepolicehavefoundno evidenceofaterroristlinkwith themurder.警方没有发现任何证据证明这起谋杀案和恐怖分子有关。
[+ to infinitive]There is noscientificevidencetosuggestthatunderwaterbirthsaredangerous.没有科学证据证明水中分娩有什么危险。
[+ that]Is there anyscientificevidencethata person'scharacterisreflectedintheirhandwriting?一个人的笔迹反映其性格的说法有什么科学依据吗?
Severalexpertsare togiveevidence on thesubject.数位专家将就这个问题给出证据。
There is onlycircumstantialevidence against her, so she isunlikelyto beconvicted.只有间接证据对她不利,所以她不大可能被定罪。
Campaigners now havecompellingdocumentaryevidence of thehumanrightsabusesthat they had beenallegingfor severalyears.人权运动者数年来一直声称存在践踏人权的现象,而现在他们已经掌握了令人信服的书面证据。
Freshevidencesuggeststhat thestatementhad beenfabricated.新的证据表明财务报表是伪造的。
Thetracesofpetrolfoundon hisclothingprovidedtheforensicevidenceprovingthat he hadstartedthefiredeliberately.在他衣服上发现的汽油痕迹成了法庭证据,证明他是蓄意纵火。
All theevidencepointsto asubstantialriseintrafficover the next fewyears.所有证据都表明,在今后几年中交通量会大幅增长。
There isgrowing/mounting/increasingevidencethatpeoplewhosedietsarerichinvitaminsare lesslikelytodevelopsometypesofcancer.越来越多的证据表明,饮食中富含维生素的人不那么容易患某些癌症。
- Thejuryheardconflictingevidence from three differentwitnesses.
- For alongtimeit wasthoughtto be aharmlesssubstance, but we now have evidence to thecontrary.
- She waschargedwith givingfalseevidence incourt.
- There isabundantevidence thatcarshave aharmfuleffecton theenvironment.
- Thepolicebelievehe is thethief, but all the evidencesuggestsotherwise.
Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than wordsidiom
- anti-sexist
- attest
- authenticate
- convince
- credential
- demonstrability
- demonstrable
- demonstrably
- dispel
- disprove
- lie
- non-evidence
- probatory
- proof positive
- provable
- prove
- the acid test
- vindicate
- vindication