circumstantial evidence

• n. 旁证；间接证据

英英释义

Noun:

1. evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. You can't convict a man of a crime on circumstantial evidence alone.
   不能只靠旁证就判定一个人有罪。
2. With vague circumstantial evidence pointing to Philippe, he was immediately arrested and charged with patricide.
   由于各种含糊其词的旁证都指向菲利浦，他很快就被拘捕并因弑父罪遭到指控。
3. All sciences frequently rely on indirect evidence.
   所有科学都三不五时要依赖间接证据。
4. There is much circumstantial evidence and some direct evidence.
   有许多间接证据和一些直接证据。

近反义词

【近义词】

• indirect evidence [经] 间接证据...

【反义词】

• direct evidence 直接证据