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

• At this company, the CEO and general managers-rather than the procurement department-own the relationship with Hearsay.
  这家公司由CEO和总经理负责与Hearsay的关系，而不是采购部门。
• 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 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。
• Later experience proved that our estimate was reasonable. Judgment should be based on facts instead of hearsay.
  过后事实证明我们的判断不错。判断应该是基于事实而不是道听途说。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I speak not from hearsay.
  我可不是根据传闻这样讲的。
• 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。