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circumstantial

/sur-kuhm-stan-shuhl/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈstæn ʃəl //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmˈstænʃəl) //

旁证,旁证法,旁证的,偶然的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
    • : of the nature of a circumstance; secondary; incidental: of circumstantial importance.
    • : dealing with or giving circumstances; detailed; particular: a circumstantial report of a business conference.
    • : pertaining to conditions of material welfare.

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Examples

  • We can’t see through Venus’ thick clouds, but thanks to a vast amount of circumstantial evidence scientists think it’s almost certainly still erupting.

  • There are several pieces of circumstantial evidence leading scientists to suspect that our solar system suffered a dynamical instability, an event during which the giant planets’ orbits changed in sudden, dramatic fashion.

  • While the NYPD declined to comment on specific incidents, a spokesperson said cases often have “important circumstantial distinctions.”

  • While there is a demand for quality supply in the region, it’s circumstantial and client-specific, said Niou, some clients are looking for the most cost-effective way of reaching people in a region where the CPMs are relatively low.

  • All of which offers some evidence—circumstantial, at least—that to strongly fused individuals, there is something viscerally threatening about being exposed to opposing political ideas.

  • Part of that has just been circumstantial and part of that has been by design.

  • A fair amount of it is biological, but a lot of it is also circumstantial.

  • The problem is that there is an enormous amount of both direct and circumstantial evidence to the contrary.

  • The case, he said, is “built on loose circumstantial evidence.”

  • Still, the circumstantial case against Lieberman involved much more money and was much more transparent.

  • These stories by a round-about way, gathering in circumstantial detail as they travelled, had reached his sister.

  • While a jury might refuse to convict on circumstantial evidence a detective is not so deterred.

  • Circumstantial evidence backed by a confession that checks on all angles is about all any jury needs to be convinced of guilt.

  • I have known you for a long time, and possess the most circumstantial details about the plans you were devising.

  • A public meeting was convened, and Moffat gave a circumstantial account of the information he had gathered.