"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
(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
1. prove incompatible = okaż się niezgodny prove incompatible
2. prove unsuited = okaż się niedostosowany prove unsuited
  • With no other volunteers, Sofia took the position, but became isolated and irritable when she proved unsuited to the task.
  • The trees proved unsuited for use, and Berolzheimer made the island his private hunting preserve.
  • As these proved unsuited in the bomber role they were replaced from March 1939 with Wellingtons.
  • When she arrived in the Pacific Northwest, these designs proved unsuited for the conditions, and the ship became a steady money-loser.
  • Sadly, John Gummer's temperament proved unsuited to the discipline of sport.
  • My dad then worked in what was essentially a fund-raising job at which he proved unsuited to the task of buffing the egos of wealthy donors.
  • When she arrived in the Pacific Northwest this design proved unsuited for the conditions, and the ship became a steady money loser.
  • Despite his cheerfulness and amiability he proved unsuited to handling the pressure of a live TV show where things frequently went wrong.
  • However, his feeble, arrogant and undisciplined character was to prove unsuited to such a role.
  • Unfortunately, his voice proved unsuited to those many mainstream operatic parts which require charm, elegance and a beguiling mid-range from the performer executing them.
3. prove compatible = okaż się zgodny prove compatible
4. prove congenial = okaż się miły prove congenial
(66) apt, agile
Kolokacji: 2
(67) impervious, receptive
Kolokacji: 2
(69) robust, hardy
Kolokacji: 2
(70) palatable, disconcerting
Kolokacji: 2

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