prove
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 证明，查验，检验，勘探，显示
- vi.
- 证明是
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 proven
- 继承自 ←古英语 prōfian “to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”
- 源自 ←古法语 prover “to prove”
- 源自 ←拉丁语 probō “test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”
- 源自 ←原始印欧语 *pro-bʰuH-s “being in front, prominent”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *bʰuH-
词源说明
From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Displaced native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
- (intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- (transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.
- (transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.
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词源说明
Simple past form of proove, conjugated as a Germanic strong verb, on the pattern of choose → chose.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- simple past of proove