circumstantial

circumstantial

英[ˌsɜ:kəmˈstænʃl]美[ˌsɜrkəmˈstænʃl]

adj.（指描述）详细的，（指证据）有充分细节却无法证实的；

例句

The evidence against him was purely circumstantial.对他不利的这项证据完全是间接证据。

The reasons for the project collapsing were circumstantial.工程垮掉系环境所迫。

Fast work by the police in Birmingham had started producing circumstantial evidence.快速开展工作的伯明翰警方已经开始发现间接证据。

同义词

adj.

circumstantial的同义词之：偶然的,不测的

extraneouscollateralexternalextrinsicfortuitousadventitiouscontingentindirectsecondaryancillaryaccidentalincidentalchanceconditional

circumstantial的同义词之：按情况推测的,看情形的

conjecturalpresumeddeducedinferential

circumstantial的同义词之：详细的,精确的

accuratedetailedpreciseexhaustiveparticularexact

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ADJ

(证据)间接的;佐证的

Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.

例句

Fast work by the police in Birmingham had started producing circumstantial evidence.快速开展工作的伯明翰警方已经开始发现间接证据。

ADJ

视情况而定的;与特定情况有关的

Something that is circumstantial is related to a particular circumstance.

例句

The reasons for the project collapsing were circumstantial.工程垮掉系环境所迫。

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. fully detailed and specific about particulars;

"a circumstantial report about the debate"