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provevt. 1.try試探,試驗(yàn)。 △1H.VI.2.2.58: “I mean to provethis lady’s courtesy.”我想試一下這位夫人的款待。 2. bring to the test,test使…受考驗(yàn),考驗(yàn)。 △R.III.4.2.68:“Prove me,my gracious lord.”請(qǐng)考驗(yàn)我吧,仁慈的主君。 △Wiv.1.3. 105 (98):“His dove will prove,”要拐他的鴿子;要勾引他的老婆。 3. test,try out (in combat) 試驗(yàn),(在戰(zhàn)斗中)考驗(yàn)。 △Lr.4. 6. 91 (90):“There’s my gauntlet,I’ll prove it on agiant.”這是我的鐵手套,我要用它向一個(gè)巨人挑戰(zhàn)。 4. find by tryin g,find out,see,discover試著發(fā)現(xiàn),看出,看到,發(fā)現(xiàn)。 △2H.IV. 2.4.303 (279):“Prove that ever Idress myself handsome till thy return!”看吧,在你回來(lái)之前我會(huì)不會(huì)把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮! △ Ado.1.3. 75 (73):“Shall we go prove what’s to be done?”我們要不要親自去看一看究竟該怎么辦? 5. find out by experience親自查明。 △ Oth.3.3.190:“I’ll see before I doubt; when I doubt,prove;”我要看見(jiàn),才會(huì)懷疑;懷疑了,就要考查。 △Oth.5.1.66: “As youshall prove us,praise us.”等你弄清楚了,再估量我們吧。 6. show the truth of,testify to by experience證實(shí),(為經(jīng)驗(yàn)所)證明。 △ 3H.VI.3.3.180: “This provethEdward’s love and Warwick’s honesty.”這證實(shí)了愛(ài)德華的愛(ài)情和沃里克的誠(chéng)實(shí)究竟是怎么一回事。 △ Ham.3.1.47(46):“’Tis too much proved,”事實(shí)上也常常證明不假。 7. turn into變成。 △Oth.4.1.257 (246): “Each dropshe falls would prove a crocodile.”她流下的每滴眼淚就會(huì)變成一條鱷魚(yú)。 ~ vi. 1. prove true證實(shí)。 △Tw.3.4.420 (383): “O,if itprove,/ Tempests are kind and salt waves fresh inlove.”i.e. if it should prove to be so,etc. 啊,如果這被證明是真,風(fēng)暴就發(fā)了善心,海水也變得多情! 2. prove to be證明是。 △2H.VI.3.1.148:“And if mydeath might make this island happy,/ And prove theperiod of their tyranny,”如果我的死能使這個(gè)島國(guó)幸福,并且標(biāo)志著他們的橫暴的結(jié)束… △2H. VI. 3.1. 257: “in thathe is a fox,/ By nature proved an enemy to theflock,/ Before his chaps be stained with crimson blood,/ As Humphrey proved(i.e. an enemy) byreasons to my liege.”因?yàn)樗且恢缓?,憑天性就證明它是羊群的敵人,盡管它的嘴巴還沒(méi)有沾染上鮮紅的血跡,正像有許多理由證明亨弗雷也是國(guó)王的敵人。 3. turn out to be,become變成,成為。 △Ado.2.1.296(285):“So I would not he should do me,my lord,lestI should prove the mother of fools.”我當(dāng)然不愿讓他把我放倒,殿下,否則我就可能成為一群傻孩子的娘。 △Mer.3.2.20: “Prove it so,” i.e. Should it prove so; if it turn outto be so.假如結(jié)果當(dāng)真如此。 △Oth.4.3. 27:“She was inlove,and he she loved proved mad,/ And did forsakeher.”她戀愛(ài)了,她愛(ài)的那個(gè)人后來(lái)發(fā)了瘋,把她拋棄了。 △2H.IV.1.3.38:“as in an early spring / We see theappearing buds,which to prove fruit / Hope gives notso much warrant,as despair /That frosts will bitethem.”i.e. as in early spring we see the buds whichwe hope to become good fruit,though we are fully a-ware that they are likely to be blighted by frost. 那就像我們?cè)谠绱嚎匆?jiàn)蓓蕾,希望它們結(jié)成果實(shí),其實(shí)我們的希望實(shí)現(xiàn)的可能還沒(méi)有霜災(zāi)摧殘所帶來(lái)的絕望大得多呢。 △ R.III.1.1.28:“since I cannot prove a lover / To entertain thesefair well-spoken days,/ I am determined to prove avillain / And hate the idle pleasures of these days.”既然我不能成為 一個(gè)情人去愉快地消磨這些需要花言巧語(yǔ)的日子,我就下決心成為一個(gè)惡人去仇恨這個(gè)時(shí)代的輕浮娛樂(lè)。 Phrases: prove on (upon): ?prove by duel with用與…決斗來(lái)證明。 △1H. VI. 2. 4. 98:“And that I’ll prove on bettermen than Somerset,”這一點(diǎn),我要用與薩默塞特身份更高的人決斗來(lái)證明。 ?fight …to maintain one’s word與…決斗以證明自己的話。 △ Shr.4.3.147: “and that I’ll proveupon thee,though thy little finger be armed in athimble.”我可以和你決斗來(lái)證實(shí)我所說(shuō)的話,縱然你的小手指上套了頂針我也不怕。 prove[pru:v]v.證明,校對(duì),表明是 ◇ prove a negative舉反證 prove an alibi證明被告當(dāng)時(shí)不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng) prove out證明 prove that black is white and white black顛倒黑白,詭辯 prove up to the hilt充分證明 ‖ prove effective奏效 proved recipe驗(yàn)方 proving a debt核對(duì)債務(wù) proving a will證明遺囑 proving cash核對(duì)現(xiàn)金 proving circuit檢驗(yàn)電路 proving flight技術(shù)性試航 proving ground試驗(yàn)場(chǎng) proving range試驗(yàn)靶場(chǎng) provable adj. 可證明的,可查明的 provable debt確認(rèn)的債務(wù) provably adv.provably definable可證明能被定義的 proven adj. not proven證據(jù)不足 provenance n. 出 處 ,起 源 provenience[pr?u?vi:ni?ns],[pr?u?vi:nj?ns]n.起源,出處 |