evidence

名词指支持某个说法或判断的事实、观察和材料，尤其可指法庭认可的证据；作动词时指用事实材料证明或显示某事为真。

💡 记忆钩子

想象把一叠清楚的事实材料摆在桌上：它们先用来支持一个说法，这就是“证据”；摆进法庭后，就成了证明事实的证据；把这些材料拿出来支持某个判断，就是“提供证据”这一动作用法。

📝 学习建议

先记住“支持判断的事实材料”这一核心意思，再扩展到法庭用语和动词用法。
不要把它简单等同于“证明”：evidence通常是支持结论的材料，而不是结论本身。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 支持说法的事实材料

📖 指用来支持某个说法、判断或怀疑的事实、观察结果或其他材料；重点在于它帮助人判断某事是否可信。

💡 常用 evidence of + 名词或 evidence that + 从句来说明证据支持的内容，也可用 evidence for/against + 名词表示支持或反对某一看法。这个意思常见于新闻、学术和日常讨论，通常不可数；若强调一项具体材料，要用 a piece of evidence。

uncountable usually

There is no evidence that anyone was here earlier.

没有证据表明之前有人来过这里。

The new evidence supports her explanation.

新的证据支持她的解释。
common 法庭证据

📖 指在审判中被提交、接受或审查，用来证明或反驳有关事实的材料，例如文件、物品或证词。

💡 常见搭配有 present/submit evidence、admit evidence 和 examine evidence，后面可接 in court 或 at trial。这个意思属于法律语境，但新闻报道中也很常见；不要把它只理解为“证人”，因为它通常指法庭使用的材料总称。

uncountable usually

The judge refused to admit the evidence.

法官拒绝采纳这份证据。
rare 作证者

📖 这是古旧或边缘用法，指为某事作证的人；可以看作从“提供证据的人”这一概念延伸出来的意思。

uncountable usually
common 可客观验证的证据整体

📖 强调一组能够客观核实、并且明显指向某个结论的事实材料；它比一般的 evidence 更突出“排除其他解释”的确定性。

💡 常在学术、科学或严谨论证中使用，通常与 objective、verifiable 等词连用。它仍是不可数名词，通常表示证据整体，而不是单独的一条材料。

uncountable usually

The researchers found strong evidence for a single cause.

研究人员找到了指向单一原因的有力证据。

evidences plural

verb

core 证明或显示

📖 指提供事实材料，使某个判断显得真实或可信；也可指某人的行为、表现直接显示出其情绪或状态。

💡 常用 evidence + 名词，或用 as evidenced by + 名词说明依据，例如某种表现显示出某种情绪。这个用法偏正式，日常表达中常用 show 或 prove；不要在 evidence 后随意加介词 to 来代替正常的宾语结构。

transitive

Her silence evidenced her disappointment.

她的沉默表明她很失望。

evidences present,singular,third-person evidencing participle,present evidenced participle,past evidenced past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 6 组

provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; ;

同义词集: attest certify manifest demonstrate evidence

His high fever attested to his illness

The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication

This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness

上位: bear witness, prove, show, testify 下位: condemn, reflect

give evidence

同义词集: tell evidence

he was telling on all his former colleague

上位: inform 参见: discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart

provide evidence for;

同义词集: testify bear witness prove evidence show

The blood test showed that he was the father

Her behavior testified to her incompetence

上位: inform 下位: abduce, adduce, attest, certify, cite, demonstrate, manifest, presume

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

同义词集: evidence grounds

the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling

上位: information 下位: cogent evidence, lead, proof, sign, symptom, track, trail

an indication that makes something evident

同义词集: evidence

his trembling was evidence of his fear

上位: indicant, indication 下位: argument, clew, clue, cue, identification, record, statement, testimonial, testimony

(law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved

同义词集: evidence

上位: info, information 下位: exhibit, testimony

🌳 词源

源自中古英语，经古法语追溯至拉丁语 evidentia，原意与“清楚、证明”有关；与 evident 同源。

From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.

🔄 变式

evidenced past evidences plural evidencing present

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