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单词 veritable
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Definition of veritable in English:

veritable

adjective ˈvɛrɪtəb(ə)lˈvərədəb(ə)l
  • attributive Used for emphasis, often to qualify a metaphor.

    用作强调词,常用于修饰隐喻名副其实的;真正的;确实的

    the early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion

    20世纪70年代经历了真正的价格爆炸。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have a number of those guidelines and one could literally drive the veritable bus through any of them.
    • Then there is the minimum wage, the assault on child poverty and a veritable revolution in constitutional affairs.
    • The older generation is played by a veritable Spotlight casting directory of well-loved performers.
    • She knew all too well that the man with the bigger reach strives to avoid fighting in close like a veritable plague.
    • Anyone walking through the doors of the company premises should prepare themselves for a veritable banquet of glass.
    • Women's presence in civil and political society is a veritable moral reproach.
    • Happily, the next decade will see a veritable slew of well-qualified candidates.
    • Errors of judgment seem inspired, and the few shards of true inspiration sound like veritable masterpieces.
    • The school going children can expect a veritable literary blitz to descend on their schools.
    • The road outside the jail was turned into a veritable fortress since last night with both ends barricaded.
    • What with ripened berries, snails, slugs and insects, there was a veritable feast on offer.
    • Then there is the little library which is a veritable treasure trove on Kangra's rich heritage.
    • I was speaking with a veritable banshee of a woman: red-headed, a writer and a boxer.
    • At the prisoner of war camp at Springvale there is a certain Captain Waterston who is a veritable Nero.
    • This contains a veritable outpouring of medieval art; frescoes cover most of the interior walls and porch.
    • Culture or romance, history or fun on a budget - Rome is a veritable antipasto platter of weekend choices.
    • With Horace the body of criticism is a veritable totem pole whose foundation goes back to ancient times.
    • Critics, especially the press, both local and foreign, have descended like veritable vultures.
    • Then I plonked everything onto plates and served this veritable feast.
    • The soft acid rain that has fallen this summer has the countryside a veritable patchwork quilt of colour.
    Synonyms
    true, accurate, correct, errorless, unerring, exact, precise, factual, literal, realistic, authentic, faithful, close, strict, just, unelaborated, unvarnished

Derivatives

  • veritably

  • adverb ˈvɛrɪtəbliˈvərədəbli
    • Dawson's theater seems like a veritably contemporary form of system critique.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She lowered her eyes flirtatiously, batted her lashes and veritably glowed with his praise.
      • The final time I veritably growled and he went yelping quicksmart downstairs with his tail between his legs.
      • He is today, veritably, a one-man-Open University on Mahatma Gandhi.
      • Sage veritably whispers these opening lines, suggesting pain and danger.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from verite 'truth' (see verity). Early senses included 'true' and 'speaking the truth', later 'genuine, actual'.

Definition of veritable in US English:

veritable

adjectiveˈvərədəb(ə)lˈvərədəb(ə)l
  • attributive Used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor.

    用作强调词,常用于修饰隐喻名副其实的;真正的;确实的

    the early 1970s witnessed a veritable price explosion

    20世纪70年代经历了真正的价格爆炸。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the prisoner of war camp at Springvale there is a certain Captain Waterston who is a veritable Nero.
    • She knew all too well that the man with the bigger reach strives to avoid fighting in close like a veritable plague.
    • What with ripened berries, snails, slugs and insects, there was a veritable feast on offer.
    • Anyone walking through the doors of the company premises should prepare themselves for a veritable banquet of glass.
    • The older generation is played by a veritable Spotlight casting directory of well-loved performers.
    • I have a number of those guidelines and one could literally drive the veritable bus through any of them.
    • Women's presence in civil and political society is a veritable moral reproach.
    • Then I plonked everything onto plates and served this veritable feast.
    • Culture or romance, history or fun on a budget - Rome is a veritable antipasto platter of weekend choices.
    • I was speaking with a veritable banshee of a woman: red-headed, a writer and a boxer.
    • Then there is the little library which is a veritable treasure trove on Kangra's rich heritage.
    • Then there is the minimum wage, the assault on child poverty and a veritable revolution in constitutional affairs.
    • Critics, especially the press, both local and foreign, have descended like veritable vultures.
    • The road outside the jail was turned into a veritable fortress since last night with both ends barricaded.
    • The soft acid rain that has fallen this summer has the countryside a veritable patchwork quilt of colour.
    • The school going children can expect a veritable literary blitz to descend on their schools.
    • With Horace the body of criticism is a veritable totem pole whose foundation goes back to ancient times.
    • Errors of judgment seem inspired, and the few shards of true inspiration sound like veritable masterpieces.
    • Happily, the next decade will see a veritable slew of well-qualified candidates.
    • This contains a veritable outpouring of medieval art; frescoes cover most of the interior walls and porch.
    Synonyms
    true, accurate, correct, errorless, unerring, exact, precise, factual, literal, realistic, authentic, faithful, close, strict, just, unelaborated, unvarnished

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from verite ‘truth’ (see verity). Early senses included ‘true’ and ‘speaking the truth’, later ‘genuine, actual’.

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