circumstantial

英 [sɜːkəm'stænʃ(ə)l] 美 [,sɝkəm'stænʃl]
  • adj. 依照情况的;详细的,详尽的;偶然的

英文词源


circumstantial (adj.)
c. 1600, from Latin circumstantia (see circumstance) + -al (1). Related: Circumstantially. Circumstantial evidence is attested by 1691.

双语例句


1. Fast work by the police in Birmingham had started producing circumstantial evidence.
快速开展工作的伯明翰警方已经开始发现间接证据。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The reasons for the project collapsing were circumstantial.
工程垮掉系环境所迫。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The evidence against him was purely circumstantial.
对他不利的这项证据完全是间接证据。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The case against him was largely circumstantial.
对他不利的案情大多为间接推测的。

来自《权威词典》

5. My wife insists on telling me her dreams with circumstantial detail.
我太太总是详详细细,一点不拉地给我讲她的梦。

来自辞典例句

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