hearsay

英 [ˈhɪəseɪ]

美 [ˈhɪrseɪ]

n.  道听途说; 传闻

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BNC.15520 / COCA.17347

牛津词典

noun

• 道听途说；传闻
  things that you have heard from another person but do not (definitely) know to be true
  1. 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。
  2. hearsay evidence
     传闻的证据

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 传闻;谣言;道听途说
  Hearsayis information which you have been told but do not know to be true.
  1. Much of what was reported to them was hearsay...
     向他们汇报的消息中很多都是道听途说。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
  Synonym:rumorrumour

adj

• heard through another rather than directly
  1. hearsay information

双语例句

• Inadmissible hearsay evidence was expunged from the report.
  从报告中删除不可采信的传闻证据。
• All this is mere hearsay.
  这一切都只是传闻而已。
• They're just going by hearsay and duplicating what they think the pro's are using.
  他们只是去的道听途说和重复表里如一亲的使用。
• Hearsay is not admissible evidence in court.
  传言在法律上是不足采信的证据。
• This article mainly discusses the concept of hearsay evidence and the relation between hearsay evidence and hearsay testimony.
  文章主要探讨传闻证据的概念，传来证据与传闻证据的关系。
• The writer made a denial of the hearsay.
  这位作家公开否认了这一传闻。
• His evidence was all just hearsay.
  他的证词都只是一些传闻。
• You shouldn't believe that it's just hearsay.
  你不该相信那话&那不过是道听途说罢了。
• This is not a matter of hearsay or theory, but of fact.
  这不是道听途说或者空话，而是事实。
• The reason of Haizi's death in hearsay, even in the biography of Haizi, exist various versions.
  传说中海子的死因，甚至在一些有关海子的传记中，存在多种版本。