evidence
/ˈɛvɪd(ə)ns/
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e - vi - dence -> evidence
(n) သက်သေခံ
၁။ [U] ~ (for sth/to do sth/that …) အကိုးအကား။ အထောက်အထား။ သာဓက။ သက်သေ။ not a scrap/shred of evidence
❍ There is now fresh/further scientific evidence for this theory. ❍ The medical/forensic evidence suggests (that) he is guilty. ❍ There is no evidence that the meeting actually took place. ❍ Have you any evidence to support this allegation? ❍ His statement to the police was used in evidence against him.
၂။ [U, C] လက္ခဏာ။ အသွင်။ ဟန်။ The room bore evidence of a struggle. ❍ On the evidence of their recent matches it's unlikely the Spanish team will win the cup. ❍ The cave produced evidences of prehistoric settlement.
v (fml ) အထောက်အထားဖြစ်သည်။ သာဓကဖြစ်သည်။ Trading by big institutions continues to rule Wall Street, as evidenced by the New York Stock Exchange's own statistics.
❏ give (one's) evidence [IDM ] သက်သေခံသည်။ သက်သေ ထွက်ဆိုသည်။ give evidence for the defence.
❏ (be) in evidence [IDM ] အထင်အရှား တွေ့မြင်ရသည်။ The police were much in evidence at today's demonstration.
❏ turn King's/Queen's evidence (Brit ); (US ) turn State's evidence [IDM ] အစိုးရသက်သေအဖြစ် ပြောင်းလဲ ထွက်ဆိုသည်။ (အပြစ်ပေါ့အောင်) ဖော်ကောင်လုပ်သည်။
Compare PLEA BARGAINING
- Evidence shows that global warming is definitely occurring.
- [evidence of] : Doctors found no evidence of infection.
- [evidence that] : There is some evidence that the economy is improving.
- [evidence for/in support of/in favour of] : Evidence for the existence of life on other planets
- The police didn’t have enough evidence to convict him.
- They destroyed the evidence by flushing it down the toilet.
- [hard evidence] : They are reluctant to prosecute without any hard evidence.
- In his evidence, he said that he had never met Mr Jones.
- [give evidence] : Kemp was never called to give evidence.
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