evidence

evidence
noun
  1. [mass noun]the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid
    根据；证明
    the study finds little evidence of overt discrimination.
    研究几乎没有找到能够表明有明显歧视的事实依据。
    ■(Law)information given personally, drawn from a document, or in the form of material objects, tending or used to establish facts in a legal investigation or admissible as testimony in a law court
    (律)证据
    without evidence, they can't bring a charge.
    没有证据，他们不能提起诉讼。
    ■signs; indications
    迹象；痕迹
    there was no obvious evidence of a break-in.
    没有非法入室的明显痕迹。
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作be evidenced)be or show evidence of
    证实；证明
    that it has been populated from prehistoric times is evidenced by the remains of Neolithic buildings.
    史前时期那里就有人住过的观点被新石器时代的建筑遗迹所证实。
常用词组
give evidence
  1. (Law)give information and answer questions formally and in person in a law court or at an inquiry
    (律)作证
in evidence
  1. noticeable; conspicuous
    明显的；显眼的
    his dramatic flair is still very much in evidence.
    他的戏剧才能仍然十分引人瞩目。
turn King's (或 Queen's 或 美 state's) evidence
  1. (Law)(of a criminal) give information in court against one's partners in order to receive a less severe punishment oneself
    (律)（罪犯）供出对同案犯不利的证据；作告发同案犯的证人
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from Latin evidentia, from evident- 'obvious to the eye or mind' (see evident)
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