Word · Frequency #42572
provable
可证明的
able to be proven
- 1.
Of a statement or hypothesis that can be proven.
可证明的(陈述或假设)。
可证明的(陈述或假设)。;可查明的;[法] 可证明的;可证实的
In use
His theory is provable with enough data.
The claim was not provable from the available evidence.
In mathematics, every theorem must be provable.
be provable
provable 常用作表语,主语通常为陈述或假设。
This theorem is provable.
这个定理是可证明的。
be provable by [method/evidence]
介词 by 后接证明所使用的方法或依据。
The claim is provable by direct observation.
这一说法可以通过直接观察来证明。
it be provable that [clause]
it 为形式主语,真正的主语是 that 从句。
It is provable that the equation has a solution.
这个方程有解是可证明的。
Common mistakes
This theory provable.This theory is provable.
形容词作表语时必须与系动词 be 连用。中文可以说“这个理论可证明”,但英语中 provable 不能直接作谓语,需要加 is。
This is a provable fact.This is a proven fact.
provable 表示“可以证明的”(尚未证明),proven 表示“已被证明的”。如果要表达“已证实的事实”,应用 proven。
Connections
Collocations
- provable fact
- 可证明的事实
- It is a provable fact that the earth orbits the sun.地球绕太阳运行是一个可证明的事实。
- provable claim
- 可证明的主张
- The theory rests on a provable claim.这一理论建立在一个可证明的主张之上。
- provable statement
- 可证明的陈述
- In mathematics, every provable statement must follow from the axioms.在数学中,每一个可证明的陈述都必须从公理推出。
- provable hypothesis
- 可证明的假设
- Scientists seek provable hypotheses to guide their experiments.科学家寻求可证明的假设来指导实验。
- readily provable
- 容易证明的
- The error in the calculation is readily provable.计算中的错误是容易证明的。
- provable by induction
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 prove(证明)和 -able(能…的)拆开记:能拿出证据证明的就是 provable。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:学术论证、逻辑或数学讨论、正式说明 该词属于中性偏正式的用语,多用于学术、逻辑等需要严谨表述的场合;日常口语中比较少见,通常会说 can be proven。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Movable, removable and unprovable rhyme with provable (stressed vowel and following sounds are /uːvəbl/). Lovable and probable are spelling lookalikes only: lovable is /ˈlʌvəbl/ and probable is /ˈprɒbəbl/ (US /ˈprɑːbəbl/), so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.