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hearsay

英 ['hɪəseɪ] 美 ['hɪrse]

解释

n. 传闻，谣言
adj. 传闻的，风闻的

※ 提供单词"hearsay"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

hearsay 道听途说

来自hear say,边听边说，引申词义道听途说。

英文词源

hearsay (n.): "information communicated by another, gossip," mid-15c., from phrase to hear say (Middle English heren seien, Old English herdon secgan). The notion is "hear (some people) say;" from hear (v.) + say (v.). As an adjective from 1570s. Hearsay evidence (1670s) is that which the witness gives not from his own perception but what was told to him. Compare similar formation in Dutch hooren zeggen, German hörensagen.

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例句和用法

1. Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed.: 杀戮持续了数月后，真相在谣言、谎话和传闻的遮掩下变得模糊不清。

2. We can't make a decision based on hearsay and guesswork.: 我们不能根据传言和猜测作决定。

3. You are only supposing this on hearsay, you have no proof.: 你只是根据传闻想像而已, 并没有证据.

4. They started to piece the story together from hearsay.: 他们开始根据传闻把事情的经过一点点拼湊起来.

5. Hearsay definitely can't be regarded as accurate information.: 道听途说的决然不能算作很准确的消息.