veritable

IPA/ˈverɪtəbl/
KK[vˈɛrɪtəbəl]IPA/ˈverɪtəbl/

veritable — 形容詞

  • veritablepositive
  • more veritablecomparative
  • most veritablesuperlative

1. placed before a noun to stress that something truly deserves the name you are gi

1.形容詞B2
釋義

名副其實的

置於名詞前，強調「名副其實」而非誇大

placed before a noun to stress that something truly deserves the name you are giving it — not as an exaggeration, but because the description is accurate in a striking or impressive way

例句

Walking through the old market, Linh entered a veritable maze of narrow alleyways.

Linh 走進舊市場，穿梭在名副其實的迷宮般狹窄小巷中。

After the rain, Talia's garden became a veritable jungle of tomato plants.

雨後，Talia 的花園成了一片名副其實的番茄叢林。

veritable + noun for dramatic emphasis

常見搭配
  • a veritable explosion (of interest, anger, colour)
  • a veritable feast
  • a veritable goldmine
  • a veritable maze
  • a veritable jungle
  • a veritable mountain (of paperwork, debt)
同義詞
  • genuine

    lacks the dramatic, intensifying quality; 'genuine' simply means real, while 'veritable' adds emphasis

  • bona fide

    similar formal register, but focuses on authenticity rather than intensity of the description

  • real

    much more common and everyday; 'a real mess' is informal, 'a veritable disaster' is formal and literary

反義詞
  • so-called

    implies doubt or irony about the description, whereas veritable insists the description is fully deserved

文法句型

a veritable + [dramatic or metaphorical noun]

用法筆記

Always attributive — you can say 'a veritable feast' but not 'the feast is veritable'. The noun that follows is typically a metaphor or an extreme description (maze, jungle, goldmine), not an ordinary one.

常見錯誤

The collection was veritable.
It was a veritable collection of rare coins.
veritable must come directly before a noun; it cannot stand alone after the verb.

同根字

  • verity
    名詞C2
  • veritably
    副詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • a veritable explosion of [colour, sound, anger]
  • a veritable feast of [food, music, ideas]
  • a veritable mountain of [paperwork, debt, evidence]