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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- proof [pruf] [pruːf]
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1.
noun
证明；证实
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2.
noun
证据；证明文件；物证
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3.
noun
论证；验证
- to work on the proof of a theory
- 理论论证工作
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4.
noun
试验；考验；测验
- The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
- 布丁之美味吃时方知；空话不如实验。
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5.
noun
试验过的状态
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6.
noun
（武器等的）试验强度
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7.
noun
酒精的相对强度
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8.
noun
酒精的标准强度
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9.
noun
（版画的）样张
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10.
noun
[legal]
（口头或书面）证词
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11.
noun
[mathematics]
证；证明；证法
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12.
noun
[numismatology]
新发行的有限数量的铸造硬币
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13.
noun
[photography]
试印
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14.
noun
[printing]
校样；校对
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15.
adjective
试验过的；带保证的
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16.
adjective
能抵挡的；不能穿透的；有耐力的（与against连用）
- proof against criticism
- 经得起批评
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17.
adjective
验证用的；检验用的
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18.
adjective
（酒精）合乎标准的；标准强度的
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19.
vt.
检验；试验；试印
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20.
vt.
使…能防；使有耐力；使…不能穿透
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21.
vt.
proofread的缩略形式
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1.
noun
证明；证实
Collins English-English Dictionary
- proof [pruːf]
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1.
n
any evidence that establishes or helps to establish the truth, validity, quality, etc, of something
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2.
n
[law]
the whole body of evidence upon which the verdict of a court is based
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3.
n
[maths]
[logic]
a sequence of steps or statements that establishes the truth of a proposition - See also direct induction
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4.
n
the act of testing the truth of something (esp in the phrase put to the proof)
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5.
n
[Scots law]
trial before a judge without a jury
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6.
n
[printing]
a trial impression made from composed type, or a print-out (from a laser printer, etc) for the correction of errors
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7.
n
(in engraving, etc) a print made by an artist or under his supervision for his own satisfaction before he hands the plate over to a professional printer
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8.
n
[photog]
a trial print from a negative
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9.
n
the alcoholic strength of proof spirit
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10.
n
the strength of a beverage or other alcoholic liquor as measured on a scale in which the strength of proof spirit is 100 degrees
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11.
adj
[usually postpositive;
foll by against] able to resist; impervious (to)- the roof is proof against rain
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12.
adj
having the alcoholic strength of proof spirit
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13.
adj
of proved strength or impenetrability
- proof armour
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14.
vt.
[tr]
to take a proof from (type matter, a plate, etc)
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15.
vt.
to proofread (text) or inspect (a print, etc), as for approval
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16.
vt.
to render (something) proof, esp to waterproof
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17.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French preuve a test, from Late Latin proba, from Latin prob
a re to test
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1.
n
any evidence that establishes or helps to establish the truth, validity, quality, etc, of something
Examples
- foul copy or proof
- 毛校样，初校 → foul
- positive proof
- 确证 → positive
- to work on the proof of a theory
- 理论论证工作 → proof
- The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
- 布丁之美味吃时方知；空话不如实验。 → proof
- proof against criticism
- 经得起批评 → proof
- a shock proof watch
- 防震手表 → shock proof
- When he was a cop, he used a bullet-proof vest to cover his chest.
- 当警察时，他上身要穿着防弹背心保护胸部。 → chest
- A green card can serve as easily recognizable proof of third party insurance, for example in the case of an accident, when traveling abroad.
- 比如发生了事故或在国外旅游，绿卡可以做为第三方保险的证据，很容易识别。
- to be 70% proof
- [alcohol+] 70%的标准酒精度 → proof
- an age-proof career → age-proof
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