corroborate
/kəˈrɒbəreɪt/verb
with obj.
- confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)证实; 证明; 支持（陈述、理论或发现）：
the witness had corroborated the boy's account of the attack.
目击者证实了男孩对袭击的陈述。
派生词
corroboration
nouncorroborative
adjectivecorroborator
nouncorroboratory
adjective词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'make physically stronger'）： from Latin corroborat- 'strengthened', from the verb corroborare, from cor- 'together' + roborare, from robur 'strength'.