1with object Demonstrate the truth or existence of (something) by evidence or argument.

这一概念很难得到证明。

1. 1.1Law Establish the genuineness and validity of (a will).
   〔律〕证明（遗嘱）的真实性和有效性
   Example sentencesExamples

   • I'm sure he was wondering who could prove it up, and I started thinking I was going to be called as an adverse witness.
   • The Moores stayed on the homestead long enough to prove it up and get title which would be three years.

2with object and complement Demonstrate to be the specified thing by evidence or argument.

1. 2.1no object, with complement Be seen or found to be.
   原来是，结果是
   the plan has proved a great success

   该计划结果很成功。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • While massive amounts of US air power could bring tactical victories, achieving strategic victory proved to be more difficult.
   • Completeness, however, is an elusive goal and proves quite difficult to achieve in the arena of electronic state government information.
   • If the scheme proves successful the police hope to run surgeries at the town's other secondary schools.
   • The big striker, who moves with intent rather than rather than noticeable impetus, said afterwards that his second goal had proved crucial.
   • An own goal from Nigel Wright proved costly as Duncombe Park lost 2-1 to Amotherby and Swinton in division two.
   • Optimism proved short-lived, though, as Sheffield scored twice more to earn a convincing victory.
   • Killarney Celtic, have been impressive, with some fine performances and they don't concede too many goals and are proving difficult to breach.
   • But he was determined to prove he could achieve success somehow - and eventually he did.
   • The 150 original settlement master plans proved difficult to get hold of.
   • Nevertheless, tight glycaemic control has proved difficult to achieve in clinical practice.
   • Employees may be able to complain to the pensions ombudsman that the scheme was maladministered, but this may be difficult to prove.
   • Root-and-branch reform of the NHS, and education, is proving difficult to achieve.
   • In the return leg at the Tatran Stadium another Nixon goal proved insufficient as a Vladislav Zvara brace took the Slovakians through.
   • At this stage, the rehabilitation plan proved to be successful and the patient was found fit to undergo plastic surgery.
   • The maintenance of downwards accountability to local communities by the NHS has generally proved difficult to achieve.
   • In the final analysis that lone goal proved to be the all important score of a game that was hard fought but which only produced moderate fare throughout.
   • If the scheme proves to be successful, and householders who are given the brown bins use them for their garden waste, there is a chance the scheme will be extended when it is reviewed after three years.
   • The parking is fully supervised and if the scheme proves successful the feasibility of a more permanent facility will be investigated.
   • This is the third year of the book scheme and it has proved very successful as it greatly reduces the financial burden on parents.
   • If that bid and their offer to take over the football club proves successful, their plan would see City continuing to play at Bootham Crescent until a new home is built.

   Synonyms

   turn out, be found, happen
2. 2.2prove oneself Demonstrate one's abilities or courage.
   显示（自己的）才干（或勇气）
   a new lieutenant, very green and very desperate to prove himself

   Example sentencesExamples

   • You may find yourself in circumstances where you need to prove yourself, and you may end up feeling that your ability to cope is being tested at times.
   • Gavin has proved himself a man of great ability and potential.
   • His batting ability is well known, but he has also proved himself an excellent one-day bowler, and has a shrewd tactical brain.
   • He was rather amazed at her abilities to have such power without really having to prove herself.
   • The intelligence agencies, humiliated by their failure to forestall the attacks, are desperate to prove themselves.
   • It has seemed like an eternity as I've been desperate to get out on to that track and prove myself again at world level.
   • He says the Executive and SE are right to concentrate on specific business areas, such as life sciences, in which the country has proved itself to have some ability.
   • He's so desperate to prove himself and make his own way in the world that he lashes out at everyone.
   • In this dire situation, she proves herself to be a courageous and determined fighter.
   • He is desperate to prove himself, but may have to wait until later in the season to get the chance.

   Synonyms

   demonstrate one's abilities, demonstrate one's courage, demonstrate one's qualities, show one's mettle, show one's true mettle, show what one is made of
3. 2.3rare with object Test the accuracy of (a mathematical calculation).
   〈罕〉验证，验算（数学计算的精确性）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • In 1925 he proved the Krull-Schmidt theorem for decomposing abelian groups of operators.
   • Once academic scientific studies were established they rejected and ridiculed anything spiritual or metaphysical if it could not be proven by a mathematical formula.
   • What no one is yet prepared to do is go on record as saying he has proved the Poincare Conjecture.
   • She proves a well known (to mathematicians!) theorem of homological algebra.
   • There is a theorem proved by Kurt Godel in 1931, which is the Incompleteness Theorem for mathematics.

3no object (of bread dough) become aerated by the action of yeast; rise.

4with object Subject (a gun or other item) to a testing process.

5with object (in homeopathy) demonstrate the action of (a remedy) by seeing what effect it produces in a healthy individual.