Word · Frequency #18926
corroborate
证实；确证
to support or confirm (a statement, theory, etc.) with evidence or authority; make more certain
- 1.
To confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
用额外证据确认或支持某事；证明或担保。
- 2.
To make strong; to strengthen.
使变强；加强。
用额外证据确认或支持某事；证明或担保。；使变强；加强。；巩固；确证；[法] 确证；确定
In use
The new evidence corroborates the witness's statement.
Her research corroborated the earlier findings.
The driver's account was corroborated by the CCTV footage.
corroborate sth
corroborate 是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需加介词。
The witness corroborated the victim's account.
证人证实了受害者的描述。
corroborate sth with sth
用 with 引出用来证实的证据或资料。
She corroborated her account with medical records.
她用医疗记录证实了自己的说法。
be corroborated by sb/sth
被动语态常用于强调被证实的对象，by 后接证据或提供证据的人。
Connections
Collocations
- corroborate the evidence
- 证实证据；佐证证据
- The new data corroborates the evidence from earlier studies.新数据证实了早期研究的证据。
- corroborate a story
- 证实某种说法
- No one could corroborate her story about the accident.没有人能证实她关于那次事故的说法。
- corroborate testimony
- 佐证证词
- The witness was able to corroborate the victim's testimony.证人能够佐证受害者的证词。
- corroborate an account
- 证实某种描述/说法
- His version of events was corroborated by two eyewitness accounts.他对事件的说法得到了两名目击者陈述的证实。
- corroborate findings
- 证实研究结果
- Further research is needed to corroborate these findings.需要进一步研究来证实这些发现。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：co（一起）+ robor + ate，像两个证人互相印证：‘确实如此！’——用额外证据证实。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：court testimony、academic writing、police investigations corroborate 多用于正式场合，如法庭证词、学术论文或警方调查中，表示用额外证据证实或支持某一说法；日常口语中较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有与 corroborate 完全押韵的常用词。所列单词（collaborate, elaborate, incorporate, evaporate, operate, rate）都以 -ate /eɪt/ 结尾，读音上共享末尾的 /eɪt/（或 -orate 的 /əreɪt/），但重读元音不同，因此不是严格意义上的同韵词。注意形近词 corporate /ˈkɔːpərət/ 和形容词 separate /ˈsepərət/ 的结尾读作 /ərət/，不要误读成 /eɪt/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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