Testify
['testɪfaɪ] or ['tɛstɪfaɪ]
解释:
(verb.) give testimony in a court of law.
(verb.) provide evidence for; 'The blood test showed that he was the father'; 'Her behavior testified to her incompetence'.
卡梅拉整理--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To make a solemn declaration, verbal or written, to establish some fact; to give testimony for the purpose of communicating to others a knowledge of something not known to them.
(v. i.) To make a solemn declaration under oath or affirmation, for the purpose of establishing, or making proof of, some fact to a court; to give testimony in a cause depending before a tribunal.
(v. i.) To declare a charge; to protest; to give information; to bear witness; -- with against.
(v. t.) To bear witness to; to support the truth of by testimony; to affirm or declare solemny.
(v. t.) To affirm or declare under oath or affirmation before a tribunal, in order to prove some fact.
(adv.) In a testy manner; fretfully; peevishly; with petulance.
录入:谢里夫
同义词及近义词:
v. n. Depose, state, affirm, declare, DEPONE, protest, bear witness.
v. a. Attest, depose, state, declare, affirm, bear witness to, vouch for.
伯纳德录入
解释:
v.t. to bear witness: to make a solemn declaration: to protest or declare a charge (with against).—v.t. to bear witness to: to affirm or declare solemnly or on oath:—pa.t. and pa.p. tes′tifīed.—ns. Testif′icāte (Scots law) a solemn written assertion; Testificā′tion the act of testifying or of bearing witness; Tes′tifier.
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例句:
- Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- That the tragical fate of Tom, also, has too many times had its parallel, there are living witnesses, all over our land, to testify. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- I'll testify that you tried to do it, said Laurie with a grateful look. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- It was a profound utterance as anyone can testify who reads, let us say, the Congressional Record. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Let her plant Medicis and build grand monuments over them to testify how gratefully she was wont to lick the hand that scourged her. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Persons who were made privy to his first discovery testify to the several experiments which he made in their presence before he ventured to expose his invention to the scrutiny of the public eye. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Nobody better than you, I am persuaded,' answered Mrs. Bumble: who did not want for spirit, as her yoke-fellow could abundantly testify. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- I'm being scorched in the legs, which indeed is testified to the noses of all present by the smell of his worsted stockings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The twins testified their joy by several inconvenient but innocent demonstrations. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- She tendered not even a remonstrance; she testified no shade of surprise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- In the session of 1804 the Legislature rescinded its latest act in regard to the gin, and testified to its high opinion of Whitney. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Mr. Ablewhite's innocence is equally certain--or Rachel would never have testified to it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- He explained this to Professor Gale, a colleague at the university, who later testified as to Morse’s work. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Other children in grief or pain cry aloud, without shame or restraint; but this being wept: the tiniest occasional sniff testified to her emotion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Almost everything testifies to the great premium put upon listening, reading, and the reproduction of what is told and read. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- You may _say_ what you chusebut your countenance testifies that your _thoughts_ on this subject are very much like mine. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- The principle elements in the machine remain practically unchanged today, a fact which testifies to the excellence of the inventor’s work. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- If I had been a stock or a stone, such an interference as this must have roused me into testifying to the truth. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
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