ring true
聽來真實可靠
講解:
從前用金幣、銀幣的時代,人們怕拿到的硬幣純度不參夠,常會兩枚互敲一下,聽聽聲音是否清脆悠長。ring指的就是敲擊的聲音,ring true這個動詞詞組是指硬幣敲擊聲聽起來成色十足,引申為“(事情、說法等)真實可靠”。
例句:
Using computers,(insurance companies) scan (clientss claims) for such warning signs of fraud as services performed on weekends and holidays and visits to doctors far from a claimant's home. That still leaves plenty of claims that ring true to a computer program only to prove false upon human investigation.(出自:TIME, Aug. 30,1993,p. 24 )
(保險公司)用計算機掃描檢查(客戶的索賠),尋找一些詐欺的跡象:例如周末假日還有服務,以及索賠者跑到離家很遠的地方看病等等。但還是有許多在計算機程序看來是貨眞價實的索賠案,派人調查時才露出馬腳。