corroborate
verb🔊/kəˈrɒbəreɪt/
🔊/kəˈrɑːbəreɪt/
[transitive, intransitive, often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they corroborate | 🔊/kəˈrɒbəreɪt/ 🔊/kəˈrɑːbəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it corroborates | 🔊/kəˈrɒbəreɪts/ 🔊/kəˈrɑːbəreɪts/ |
| past simple corroborated | 🔊/kəˈrɒbəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/kəˈrɑːbəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle corroborated | 🔊/kəˈrɒbəreɪtɪd/ 🔊/kəˈrɑːbəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form corroborating | 🔊/kəˈrɒbəreɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/kəˈrɑːbəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- corroborate (something)
to provide evidence or information that supports a statement, theory, etc. 证实，确证（陈述、理论等） The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses. 此证据被两名独立证人证实。 🔊🔊 corroborating evidence 证实的证据
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCorroborate is used with these nouns as the object:- finding
- report
- testimony
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