circumstantial
🇬🇧/ˌsɜːkəmˈstænʃ(ə)l/ 🇺🇸/ˌsɜːrkəmˈstænʃ(ə)l/📚 13784GRECircumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it. 好像发生过却无法证明的
adjective [原级]依照情况的；详细的，详尽的；偶然的
Fast work by the police had started producing circumstantial evidence.
警方已快速开展了建立旁证的工作。
circum(绕圈) + stant(站， 立) + ial → 处于周围 → 不重要的
单词造句:
- 网友用“Circumstantial”造句精选
- The case against him was largely circumstantial. 对他不利的案情大多为间接推测的。
- The evidence against him was purely circumstantial. 不利于他的证据纯粹是间接证据。
- Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal. 他们的困难是环境而非个人所致。