考证

It has an origin lost in the mists of antiquity.

由于年代久远，其渊源已无法考证。

I don´t know where that old story came from, I´ve never been able to track it down.

我不知道这则旧传闻的出处，我从来没能考证出结果。

But as with many such suppositions in natural history, no one had ever tested it.

博物学中虽然有许多类似的假设，却从没人对此考证过。

I have long been interested in christianity and Biblical criticism.

我对于基督教和“圣经”考证久已感觉兴味了。

Biblical criticism excavates the various deposits that have been gathered in successive layers in these writings.

“圣经”考证把向来积聚于这些作品的各层中的各种堆积物掘开。