circumstantial
/ˌsɜːkəmˈstænʃəl/adjective
1
- (of evidence or a legal case) pointing indirectly towards someone's guilt but not conclusively proving it（证据, 案件）间接指认罪行但不能确证的。
2
- (of a description) containing full details（描述）详尽的, 详细的：
the picture was so circumstantial that it began to be convincing.
画面描述得如此详尽, 开始令人信服了。
派生词
circumstantiality
nouncircumstantially
adverb词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin circumstantia （see CIRCUMSTANCE） + -AL.