Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #11297
substantiate
使实体化；使坚固；加强
核心释义
solidify, firm, or strengthen
- 1.
通过提供证据来核实某事；证明或佐证。
To verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
- 2.
赋予某物物质形式或实质；体现；记录在文件中
To give material form or substance to something; to embody; to record in documents
通过提供证据来核实某事；证明或佐证。；赋予某物物质形式或实质；体现；记录在文件中；使实体化；证实；[经] 确证
用法In use
The police need more evidence to substantiate the witness's statement.
用法提示：此处 substantiate 为及物动词，表示“证实”，后接宾语。
She was unable to substantiate her accusations with any facts.
用法提示：此句中 substantiate 作及物动词，意为“为…提供证据”。
The researcher substantiated his theory by conducting a series of experiments.
用法提示：此处 substantiated 是 substantiate 的过去式，表示“用证据支持”。
substantiate sth
substantiate 是及物动词，后接名词作宾语。常见宾语包括 claim（说法）、allegation（指控）、theory（理论）等抽象名词。
The authorities have not substantiated the allegations.
当局尚未证实这些指控。
substantiate sth with sth
with 介词短语表示"用……来证实"，引出证据或事实依据。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- substantiate a claim
- 证实一项主张
- The report fails to substantiate the claim that the drug is safe.这份报告未能证实该药物安全的说法。
- substantiate an allegation
- 证实指控
- No evidence was produced to substantiate the allegations.没有拿出证据来证实这些指控。
- substantiate a theory
- 证实理论
- Further experiments are needed to substantiate this theory.需要进一步的实验来证实这一理论。
- substantiate findings
- 佐证研究结果
- The new data substantiate the findings of the earlier study.新数据佐证了早前研究的结果。
- substantiate an assertion
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
substantiate 像 substance（实质）+ ate，让说法有实质内容，即‘证实’。想象给一句话填上实质证据。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：艺术评论、文学分析、哲理论述 该词通常用于正式书面语，多出现在文艺评论、哲理论述等语境，表示‘使抽象事物具体化、坚实或更有分量’；日常口语中很少用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 substantiate 一样以 -iate 结尾，但多数重读元音不同，因此并不都与 substantiate 押韵。其中 associate 和 negotiate 彼此押韵（均含 /oʊʃieɪt/）；initiate、appreciate、differentiate、enunciate 则各有不同元音。真正与 substantiate 押韵的词要含 /stænʃieɪt/，如较生僻的 transubstantiate。别只看拼写就断定发音相同。
用法优先级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。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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