prove的用法(国外英语资料).doc

prove的用法 The use of the verb to prove and to confirm is mainly used for the following sentence patterns: (1) prove You have proved your courage in the battle. You have shown your courage on the battlefield. The facts prove The truth of his words. ? What he said proved true. He did some experiments to prove his theory. ? He did some experiments to prove his theory. The strength of Chinas economy will be further ? The economic strength of China will be further confirmed. Who can prove it? Who can attest to that? There are adjectives, nouns, infinitives, prepositional phrases, etc. To be is usually omitted. Such as: Time will prove me right. Time will prove me right. One mad action is not enough to prove a man mad. Doing a crazy thing is not enough to prove that one person is crazy. (proverb) Facts have proved to be unnecessary. These fears proved unnecessary. Again, Again history proved to be wrong. History once again proved him wrong. They prove themselves (to be) wise and brave. They proved themselves brave and brave. She proved herself (to be) an able secretary. She proved herself a competent secretary. Nicole Kidman has proved herself (to be) a Successful actress after she divorced Tom Cruise. Nicole kidman proved to be a successful actress after her divorce from Tom cruise. The fingerprints proved to be The murderer. ? The fingerprints proved him to be the murderer. The above sentence is an adjective and a noun that complements the language It can be added to be, but to be is usually omitted. The experiment proved his theory to be important ? His theory is important to our research. All this proved him to be an honest man. All this proved him to be an honest man. Practice proved sports and games of great value. Practice proves that sports are valuable. It is a good idea to prove the right thing to do. Such as: The difficulty was how he could prove his ideas ? To other scientists. The difficulty was how he could prove his idea to other scientists. (4 The doctors