circumstantial

circumstantial

[.sə:kəm'stænʃəl]

adj.依情况而定的, 详细的

例句与用法:

"John said he wasn't at home between the match and the film." "Well, there's circumstantial evidence in the bathroom that he was."

"约翰说在比赛和电影中间他不在家。""好吧,浴室里有证据表明他在家。"

Circumstantial evidence is like a blackberry, which when red or white is really green.

环境证据有如黑莓,当其呈红色或白色之时,其实还是青[未成熟]的。

词形变化:

副词: circumstantially |


a.

1. 与情况有关的; 依情况而定的

You can't convict him merely on circumstantial evidence.

你不能仅凭间接证据判他有罪。

2. 非主要的; 偶然的

3. 详尽的, 详细的

a circumstantial account of what happened

对所发生之事的详尽叙述

4. 排场大的; 礼仪的


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