"prove" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

prove verbo

prove + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 103
prove one's point • prove one's innocence • prove one's case • prove one's worth • prove one's theory • prove one's ability • ...
verbo + prove
Kolokacji: 14
try to prove • failed to prove • need to prove • want to prove • go to prove • ...
prove + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
prove beyond • prove to • prove by • prove over • prove against • ...
prove + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 362
prove difficult • prove successful • prove popular • prove useful • prove effective • prove impossible • prove fatal • prove wrong • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 70
(3) popular, unpopular, ideal
Kolokacji: 3
1. prove unable = okaż się niezdolny prove unable
2. prove ineffective = okaż się nieskuteczny prove ineffective
3. prove useless = okaż się nieprzydatny prove useless
4. prove inefficient = okaż się nieudolny prove inefficient
5. prove ineffectual = okaż się nieudolny prove ineffectual
  • During the reign of emperor Tiberius, sumptuary laws were passed that forbade men from wearing silk garments, but these proved ineffectual.
  • In the preamble, the Edict frankly reported that previous measures against heresy in the kingdom had proved ineffectual.
  • But the group has proved ineffectual because its powers are limited and some members, notably Russia, oppose strong pressure against Serbia.
  • Gaddafi rapidly complied, and the OAU troops; but these proved ineffectual.
  • From its inability to travel, the herd, after all efforts to carry it off had proved ineffectual, had been abandoned by its captors.
  • A less drastic remedy would prove ineffectual or horribly intrusive.
  • These governments have proved highly ineffectual in running the country, and by the late 1990s there was growing discontent with the entire democratic process.
  • Tony David proved ineffectual in civilian life, unable to find a suitable job, and ran up debts.
  • Against this technology, human weaponry proves ineffectual as demonstrated when Nyah comes away unscathed by shots from a gun.
  • Parliament also passed several laws aimed at combatting corruption, including the Corrupt Practices Act 1854, though these measures proved largely ineffectual.
6. prove unavailing = okaż się daremny prove unavailing
7. prove impotent = okaż się bezsilny prove impotent
(21) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(23) influential, powerful, potent
Kolokacji: 3
(35) vulnerable, weak, powerless
Kolokacji: 3
(37) resilient, eager
Kolokacji: 2
(40) superior, justified
Kolokacji: 2
(41) deadly, lethal, toxic
Kolokacji: 3
(43) actually, illusory
Kolokacji: 2
(44) worthy, suitable, unfit
Kolokacji: 3
(46) guilty, painful, uncomfortable
Kolokacji: 3
(47) small, fully, amply
Kolokacji: 3
(52) repeatedly, continually
Kolokacji: 2
(53) overwhelming, irresistible
Kolokacji: 2
(54) wise, unwise
Kolokacji: 2
(57) simply, merely, simple
Kolokacji: 3
(58) premature, initially, timely
Kolokacji: 3
(59) valid, untenable
Kolokacji: 2
(64) empty, fragile, meaningless
Kolokacji: 3
(66) apt, agile
Kolokacji: 2
(67) impervious, receptive
Kolokacji: 2
(69) robust, hardy
Kolokacji: 2
(70) palatable, disconcerting
Kolokacji: 2

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