circumstantial
美音:
[´sə:kəms´tæntʃəl
]英音:
[´sə:kəms´tæntʃəl
]/n.旁謎ty/`s\:kEm9stAnl/adj.依照情况的//,间接证据
难易程度:
circumstantial为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:circumstantially
词根
sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)
近义词, 同义词
circumstantial
/,sɜ:kəm'stænʃl; ,sɝkəm`stænʃəl/
adj
1 (of a description) giving full details (指描述)详细的.
2 (of evidence) consisting of details that strongly suggest sth but do not prove it (指证据)有充分细节却无法证实的
*You can't convict a man of a crime on circumstantial evidence alone. 不能只靠旁证就判定一个人有罪.
circumstantial
adj
law based on something that appears to be true but is not proven
circumstantial evidence/case
The case against McCarthy is based largely on circumstantial evidence.
formal including all the details
The book includes a long and circumstantial account of Empson's conversation with the Queen.
>circumstantiallyadv