上一篇我们认识了犯罪词根crim,该词根也很委屈,凭什么说我是犯罪词根呢?拿出证据来啊!!今天,我们就请来了证据词根啦。
词根prob: Comes from the Latin words for "prove or proof" and "honesty or integrity" 该词根来自拉丁语,意为“证据,证明”或者“正直,诚实”
1. probe: n. a slender instrument used especially for exploration :探头,探测器(都是为了寻找证据)
vt: a tentative exploratory advance or survey :探索,调查(也是为了寻找证据)
例: The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become
他们越调查他的背景,疑团就越多。
2. prove: vt: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment: 证明,证实。
3. provable: capable of being demonstrated or proved: 可证明的,可证实的。
There is now a direct, provable link between an organization's flexibility and business performance.
例:现在有证据证明组织的灵活性与商业性能之间存在着直接的联系。
4. probate: the judicial determination of the validity of a will: n/vt 遗嘱检验
例:Probate cases can go on for two years ormore.
遗嘱认证案可能要持续两年或者更长时间。
5. reprobate: A person of thoroughly bad character. n.道德败坏的人,恶棍(re反+prob正直+ate人:不正直的人)
例:The reprobate and Satan will suffer eternal punishment in hell.
道德败坏之人和撒但会在地狱受到永恒的刑罚。
6. probity: Absolute honesty and uprightness. 正直,诚实。
例:Guo Jing is a man of probity 郭靖是一个正直之人。
7. approbation: an act of approving formally or officially. n.认可; 赞许; 批准; 许可 (较正式)
例:We have not yet received the approbation of the Minister for carrying out the plan.
我们尚未得到部长的批准,让我们实施该项计划。