verify

1、verify 拆两半：ver（真）加 -fy（使、做）——拉丁 verus"真的"正是 very 的老家，very 的本义就是"恰好是、真真的"；facere（做）生出 fact（事实）。
2、核实＝"把真做出来"：拿事实和细节去查验属实。verify the address 核地址。与 confirm 分工：confirm 侧重不容置疑地坐实，verify 强调拿出具体证据细节。
3、形近一串要分清：certify（出具证明）、testify（出庭作证）、rectify（纠正）、verify（核实）——都是 -ify 收尾的"动词四兄弟"。拼写 ver-i-fy 重音在 ver /ˈverɪfaɪ/。

verify 核实

来自拉丁语verus,真实的，词源同very.

verify

verify: see very

verify (v.)

early 14c., from Old French verifier "substantiate, find out the truth about" (14c.), from Medieval Latin verificare "make true," from Latin verus "true" (see very) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious).

1. They now take extra steps to verify the creditworthiness of customers.

他们现在又采取额外措施来核实客户的信用度。

2. I can verify that it takes about thirty seconds.

我能证明，这大约要用30秒的时间。

3. Inspectors were sent to visit nuclear sites and verify compliance with the treaty.

监督员被派去视察核武器基地并核实条约的遵守情况。

4. People began verify their scientific hypotheses by stringent tests.

人们开始用精确的试验证实自己的科学假说.

5. I have been hunting through all sorts of books to verify this.

我查了好多书来核实这一点.

【verify, confirm】
这组词都有“证实”的意思，其区别是：
verify: 强调以具体的事实和细节为证据。
confirm: 侧重以事实或以不容置疑的陈述来证实某事的正确与真实。

【certify, testify, verify, rectify】
这是一组形近易混词。
certify: v.证明，声称是真的。
• He certified it was his wife's handwriting. 他证明那是他妻子的手迹。
testify: v. (在法庭上)宣誓作证；表明。
• He is the only person who can testify in this case, because the other witnesses were killed mysteriously. 由于其他的证人已经被神秘地杀害，他成为这件案例中唯一可以作证的人。
verify: v. (用事实)证实或核实。
• I verified the store's address by calling to check it. 我打电话询问，以核实商店的地址。
rectify: v.改正，纠正；整顿。
• He rectified the mistake in the contract by changing its wording. 他通过改变措辞纠正了合同里的错。