conclusive

adjective
🔊/kənˈkluːsɪv/
🔊/kənˈkluːsɪv/
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  1. proving something in a way that is certain and allows no doubt结论性的;不容置疑的;确凿的
    • conclusive evidence/proof/results确凿的证据;不容置疑的结果
    • The evidence is by no means conclusive.证据决不是决定性的。
    opposite inconclusive
    Extra Examples
    • They produced some fairly conclusive evidence.他们提供了一些相当确凿的证据。
    • In the absence of any conclusive proof against the man, charges will not be brought.在没有针对该男子的任何确凿证据的情况下,不会提出指控。
    • It's difficult to get conclusive evidence of the existence of black holes in space.很难找到宇宙空间存在黑洞的确凿证据。
    • Studies of gender differences in learning are far from conclusive.关于学习中性别差异的研究远没有定论。
    • The results of the test were not conclusive.化验结果说明不了什么问题。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • fairly
    • pretty
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘summing up’): from late Latin conclusivus, from Latin conclus- ‘closed up’, from the verb concludere, from con- ‘completely’ + claudere ‘to shut’.