testify
英 ['test?fa?]
美['t?st?fa?]
- vt. 證明，證實；作證
- vi. 作證；證明
CET6TEM4GRE考研中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?testifies;過去式:?testified;過去分詞:?testified;現在分詞:?testifying;
中文詞源
testify 證實，證明
test-,見證，證明，-fy,使。
英文詞源
- testify (v.)
- late 14c., "give legal testimony, affirm the truth of, bear witness to;" of things, c. 1400, "serve as evidence of," from Anglo-French testifier, from Latin testificari "bear witness, show, demonstrate," also "call to witness," from testis "a witness" (see testament) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Biblical sense of "openly profess one's faith and devotion" is attested from 1520s. Related: Testified; testifying; testification.
雙語例句
- 1. They testify to the extraordinary potency of his personality.
- 這些事情證明了他非凡的人格魅力。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped.
- 除非撤銷對她的謀殺指控，否則她拒絕作證。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Fiers promised to testify fully and truthfully.
- 菲耶爾承諾所作證詞將毫無保留且句句屬實。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She refused to testify against her husband.
- 她拒絕出庭作證指控丈夫。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. I can testify to this man's veracity and good character.
- 我可以作證,此人誠實可靠,品德良好.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》