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

• Judgement should be based on facts, not on hearsay.
  判断应该以事实为依据，而不应该依靠道听途说。
• That's only hearsay.
  这不过是传说而已。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's merely hearsay.
  那仅是谣传罢了。
• Thus, these documents usually fall within an exception to the hearsay rule, even in a jury trial.
  因此，这些文件一般归入传闻规则的例外，即使在陪审团审理中也是如此。
• Certainly, no all-round knowledge can be acquired merely by glancing this way and that and relying on hearsay.
  东张西望，道听途说，绝然得不到什么完全的知识。
• It's not just hearsay.
  传言非虚。
• 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。