circumstantial
英 [s??k?m'st?n?(?)l]
美[,s?k?m'st?n?l]
- adj. 依照情況的；詳細(xì)的，詳盡的；偶然的
TEM8GRE
英文詞源
- circumstantial (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin circumstantia (see circumstance) + -al (1). Related: Circumstantially. Circumstantial evidence is attested by 1691.
雙語例句
- 1. Fast work by the police in Birmingham had started producing circumstantial evidence.
- 快速開展工作的伯明翰警方已經(jīng)開始發(fā)現(xiàn)間接證據(jù)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The reasons for the project collapsing were circumstantial.
- 工程垮掉系環(huán)境所迫。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The evidence against him was purely circumstantial.
- 對(duì)他不利的這項(xiàng)證據(jù)完全是間接證據(jù)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The case against him was largely circumstantial.
- 對(duì)他不利的案情大多為間接推測(cè)的。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. My wife insists on telling me her dreams with circumstantial detail.
- 我太太總是詳詳細(xì)細(xì)，一點(diǎn)不拉地給我講她的夢(mèng)。
來自辭典例句