1. A standard criticism of sociological research is that it goes to great lengths to prove what most people with common sense already know.
    社会学研究的标准评论往往会不遗余力地去证明那些大多数有常识的人已经知道了的东西。

2. Can you prove it to me?
    你能向我证实吗?

3. "...while the data...cannot be held to prove the... (hypothesis), they may go so far as to initiate and encourage experiments and observations by which the truth or fallacy of the views held may be demonstrated, which, either way, will be a step in t
    “……虽然现有的实验数据……无法证明我们的……(假设)，但它们能起到这样的作用，即推动和鼓励科学家去进行实验和观察，以验证我们原有的观点是正确还是错误。不论结论如何，总是代表科学在前进的道路上所走的一步。”

4. ·Very competitive people who have a strong need to prove themselves and tie their self-worth to their work.
    ·竞争心很强、急需证明自己、并把自我价值和工作联系起来的人。

5. It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.
    他花了4年时间策划这出精心设计的闹剧，只是想证明评论家们有时并不解他们所谈论的事情。

6. In the state of Kentucky (肯塔基州), students who drop out of school, have nine or more absences without being excused, or whose grades are below a given standard, lose their driving privileges "unless they can prove family hardship".
    在肯塔基州，退学的学生，无故旷课达9次以上的学生，或分数达不到某一标准的学生，都会失去驾驶执照，"除非他们能证明其家庭有困难"。

7. From then on, Harry decided that this little game he had invented might prove to be expensive.
    从那以后，他认识到自己发明的小小恶作剧是要付出很大的代价的。

8. Finding planets is proving hard enough, but finding life on them will prove infinitely more difficult.
    寻找行星证明相当困难，但是要在行星上发现生命会变得无比艰难。