indicate vt.指出，显示

例句：Research indicates that men find it easier to give up smoking than women.

研究表明，男人比女人更容易戒烟。

indicative adj. 指示的，预示的

例句：Their failure to act is partly indicative of their lack of interest in the problem.

他们没有采取行动，部分地表明他们对这个问题不感兴趣。

verdict n.(陪审团的)裁决，判决

例句：Members of the jury must now retire to consider your verdict.

陪审团的全体成员现在必须退下去考虑应如何裁决。

contradict vt.同……矛盾，同……抵触

例句：He is not in a position either to contradict or affirm this statement.

他既不能否定这一说法，又不能肯定这一说法。

contradiction n.反驳，矛盾

例句：That's a flat contradiction of what she said before.

这可和她以前说的恰恰相反。