substantiate

verb

1. solidify, firm, or strengthen

e.g. The president's trip will substantiate good relations with the former enemy country

2. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

e.g. his story confirmed my doubts
The evidence supports the defendant

Synonym: confirmcorroboratesustainsupportaffirm

3. make real or concrete
give reality or substance to

e.g. our ideas must be substantiated into actions

Synonym: realizerealiseactualizeactualise

4. represent in bodily form

e.g. He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist

Synonym: incarnatebody forthembody

1. 证实;证明
To substantiate a statement or a story means to supply evidence which proves that it is true.

e.g. There is little scientific evidence to substantiate the claims.
这些主张几乎找不到科学依据来证实。

1. 证实,加强：substantial 大体上,实质,真质的,重大,相当大,坚实 | substantiate 证实,加强 | substitute 代替,代替物,代替者

2. 证实：substantial物质的a | substantiate证实v | supercilious目中无人的

3. 实体化：substantially 实质上 | substantiate 实体化 | substantiation 实体化

4. 证实;证明...有根据：substantially 相当地;可观地 | substantiate 证实;证明...有根据 | substitute 代替人 vt.用...代替