prove yourself

1 PROVEto show how good you are at doing something （向某人）展现，展示，证明〔自己的实力〕

When I first started this job, I felt I had to prove myself.

我刚开始干这份工作的时候，觉得必须证明一下自己的实力。

→ prove yourself/prove something (to somebody) at prove(1)

2 to show other people that you are a particular type of person 〔向别人〕证明自己是〔某一类人〕

She’s proved herself to be a very reliable worker.

她证明了自己在工作上是非常可靠的。

Examples from the Corpus

prove yourself (to be) something• Entrepreneur Larry Wilson defined the difference between desire and drive as the difference between expressing yourself and proving yourself.• He was posted first to Reading, and was soon proving himself a soldier and horseman of rare incompetence.• In the meantime you have to prove yourself by being extra good, and doing helpful things around the house.• The fourteen-year-old Gertrude was appointed as the abbess and proved herself deserving of the title.• Despite this, I felt it would be better to prove myself in basic training before allowing my real personality to resurface.• For them an elite must prove itself in this ability to murder.• Outstanding Spartak have proved themselves the masters of away goals and just one tonight will seriously jeopardise Liverpool's hopes.• Unfortunately, molecular evidence, which has proved itself useful in other areas of disagreement, has yet to prove itself here.

→ prove yourself (to be) something at prove(2)

词汇	prove yourself
释义	prove yourself prove yourself 1 PROVEto show how good you are at doing something （向某人）展现，展示，证明〔自己的实力〕 When I first started this job, I felt I had to prove myself. 我刚开始干这份工作的时候，觉得必须证明一下自己的实力。 → prove yourself/prove something (to somebody) at prove(1) 2 to show other people that you are a particular type of person 〔向别人〕证明自己是〔某一类人〕 She’s proved herself to be a very reliable worker. 她证明了自己在工作上是非常可靠的。 Examples from the Corpus prove yourself (to be) something• Entrepreneur Larry Wilson defined the difference between desire and drive as the difference between expressing yourself and proving yourself.• He was posted first to Reading, and was soon proving himself a soldier and horseman of rare incompetence.• In the meantime you have to prove yourself by being extra good, and doing helpful things around the house.• The fourteen-year-old Gertrude was appointed as the abbess and proved herself deserving of the title.• Despite this, I felt it would be better to prove myself in basic training before allowing my real personality to resurface.• For them an elite must prove itself in this ability to murder.• Outstanding Spartak have proved themselves the masters of away goals and just one tonight will seriously jeopardise Liverpool's hopes.• Unfortunately, molecular evidence, which has proved itself useful in other areas of disagreement, has yet to prove itself here. → prove yourself (to be) something at prove(2)
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