corroborate

１．今日の単語は corroborate です。collaborate と間違えそうですが、、、

Gay man who reported homophobic gang attack in Madrid admits he made it up: ‘It was consensual’
The 20-year-old claimed he was assaulted by a group of eight hooded men in the entrance to his apartment building. He now says he lied to hide the truth from his partner The pieces of the puzzle did not fit together. The security cameras in the area, checked by the police, did not record anything to corroborate the story offered by the alleged victim: that he had been assaulted by eight individuals wearing hoods in the entrance to his apartment building on Sunday, in the central Madrid neighborhood of Malasaña. He also claimed that they insulted him with homophobic slurs before carving the word “maricón” (faggot) into one of his buttocks before leaving. (From El Pais)

自作自演、うそだったんですね。被害者の話を corroborate する記録が見つからなかった。

Update: Other sources corroborate report that Bayern Munich has interest in FC Barcelona’s Frenkie De Jong　(from Bayern Munich News and Commentary)

ドイツサッカー界の話。バイエルン・ミュンヘンがある選手に興味をもっていることが、いくつかの情報源からも corroborate されたそう。

Recent research seems to corroborate his theory.

彼のセオリーを corroborate しそうな研究結果が最近でた。

Leak suggests the next iPhone will have an always-on display – Some of this lines up with a leak from February, when leaker Max Weinbach claimed that the new handset would get a low-power, 120Hz LTPO always-on display. As did analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, and Weinbach added that the handset would be able to shoot live video in Portrait Mode, too. The fact that many of these leaks more or less corroborate each other gives weight to what we can expect to see in the next month or so. (from Engadget)

うわさ。漏れてくる情報。色々ありますが、それらを合わせるとけっこう corroborate できる部分があるようです。待てないんですね～。

２．おおよそ予想がつきました。では、英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認しておきましょう。

to add proof to an account, statement, idea, etc. with new information:

To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.

to make more certain; confirm:

裏付ける

証拠を挙げて、何かが真実であることを証明する

立証する

確認する

今日の単語は

corroborate 裏付ける、立証する

でした

1か月前の単語は lethargic

https://himekurieitango/lethargic

無気力な、元気がでない