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veritable adj. [VAIR-uh-tuh-bul]

真实的，确实的，真正的

Definition

: being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary — often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor.
：讲述的事情是真实的，不是假造的，不真实的，或者想象中的 — 常用于强调某个比喻/象征的适合性。

Did You Know?

Veritable, like its close relative verity (“truth”), came to English through Anglo-French from Latin. It is ultimately derived from verus, the Latin word for “true,” which also gave us verify, aver, and verdict. Veritable is often used as a synonym of genuine or authentic (“a veritable masterpiece”), but it is also frequently used to stress the aptness of a metaphor, often in a humorous tone (“a veritable swarm of lawyers”). In the past, usage commentators have objected to the latter use, but today it doesn’t draw much criticism.

词根词源演化：verus (L. “true”) —> verity/veritable

Veritable，还有它的近亲verity（意思是“真理，真实”），起源在拉丁语，通过Anglo-French进入英语世界；最终可以回溯到拉丁单词verus，意思是“真的”。这个拉丁词源也给我们带了了verify（验证），aver（声明，断言），和verdict（裁决，定论）。veritable经常用于genuine与authentic的同义词，例如 “a veritable masterpiece，真正的杰作”，不过也用于表达“某个比喻的适合性”，多含有幽默的腔调，例如“a veritable swarm of lawyers，一群真正的律师”。在过去，一些英语用法学者反对后面这种用法，但是在现代，这种用法并未招致很多批评。

注：swarm：群，蜂群

Examples

“The availability of movies and TV shows on streaming services is a veritable merry-go-round these days, with so many titles coming and going that it’s hard to keep things straight.”
— Bryan Bishop, The Verge, 29 July 2016

现如今，观众可以从流媒体服务中获得电影与电视节目，这个事实像是一个“真正的”旋转木马，有如此多的称号出现消失，以致于很难让事情保持直线行进。（注：不懂，瞎翻译的）

注：merry-go-round：旋转木马
“Putting on shows at the amphitheater takes a large cohort of people, each with their own expertise, and I began to see that theater was a veritable smorgasbord of options: lights, sound, props, costumes … director, actor, stage manager, etc.”
— Casey Joiner, quoted in The Daily Toreador (Texas Tech University), 25 Feb. 2019

在圆形剧场中上演剧目需要一大批演职人员，每个人都有他们自己的专长。我开始感觉整个剧场有点像一个“真正的”瑞式自助餐：灯光，音响，道具，服装…导演，演员，舞台监督，等等。

注：amphitheater：圆形剧场，阶梯式座位区；cohort：一群人，同伴，步兵队；smorgasbord：瑞式自助餐

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