circumstantial
英 [sɜːkəm'stænʃ(ə)l]
美 [,sɝkəm'stænʃl]
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