bear out

裏付ける、証明する

証拠を示して、発言や考えが正しいと確かめる。

やさしい英語で： To show that a statement or belief is true by providing evidence.

• The facts bear out his story.
• New research has borne out our earlier findings.
• Will the results bear me out on this point?

使い方： bear something out (The figures bear our prediction out.); bear someone out on something (The witness bore her out on the timing.)

類義語： confirm, support, corroborate, substantiate

反対語： disprove, contradict

よく使う表現： bear out a claim, bear out a theory, bear someone out

最後まで支える、最後まで擁護する

人や物事を最後まで支えたり、かばったりし続ける。

やさしい英語で： To keep supporting or defending someone or something until the end.

• His friends bore him out.
• She bore the cause out despite growing opposition.
• Will you bear me out until this dispute ends?

使い方： bear someone/something out (She promised to bear him out through every difficulty.)

類義語： stand by, support, defend

反対語： abandon

よく使う表現： bear someone out, bear out a cause

外側によれる

競走中にコースの外側へ急にそれる。

やさしい英語で： To move suddenly toward the outside of a racing track.

• The horse bore out suddenly.
• My horse bears out on sharp turns.
• The jockey lost ground when his mount bore out near the bend.

類義語： veer out, swerve outward

よく使う表現： bear out sharply, bear out on turns