Preponderance of evidence

preponderance [prɪ'pɑndərəns]

n. 数量上的优势;

of [əv]

prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成; aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];

evidence ['ɛvɪdəns]

n. 证词;证据;迹象;明显; vt. 使明显;显示;表明;证实;

e出+vid看+ence表名词→明显的证据→证据，证人

get some background on the job.

了解这项工程的一些背景。

Do you know when the next exam is?

你知道下次考试在什么时候吗？

We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;

如果我们回想一下伽利略之前几个世纪期间，曲面镜一直是一种用于产生幻影而不是产生真象的把戏装置，那么我们就会原谅那些当时把伽利略观察到的木星卫生说成是伽利略用他的小望远镜变出来的人们，