Testify
['testɪfaɪ] or ['tɛstɪfaɪ]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Depose, state, affirm, declare, DEPONE, protest, bear witness.
v. a. Attest, depose, state, declare, affirm, bear witness to, vouch for.
伯纳德錄入
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- That the tragical fate of Tom, also, has too many times had its parallel, there are living witnesses, all over our land, to testify. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I'll testify that you tried to do it, said Laurie with a grateful look. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It was a profound utterance as anyone can testify who reads, let us say, the Congressional Record. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Let her plant Medicis and build grand monuments over them to testify how gratefully she was wont to lick the hand that scourged her. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- 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. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Nobody better than you, I am persuaded,' answered Mrs. Bumble: who did not want for spirit, as her yoke-fellow could abundantly testify. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I'm being scorched in the legs, which indeed is testified to the noses of all present by the smell of his worsted stockings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The twins testified their joy by several inconvenient but innocent demonstrations. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- She tendered not even a remonstrance; she testified no shade of surprise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- In the session of 1804 the Legislature rescinded its latest act in regard to the gin, and testified to its high opinion of Whitney. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Mr. Ablewhite's innocence is equally certain--or Rachel would never have testified to it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He explained this to Professor Gale, a colleague at the university, who later testified as to Morse’s work. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- 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. 維萊特.
- Almost everything testifies to the great premium put upon listening, reading, and the reproduction of what is told and read. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- You may _say_ what you chusebut your countenance testifies that your _thoughts_ on this subject are very much like mine. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The principle elements in the machine remain practically unchanged today, a fact which testifies to the excellence of the inventor’s work. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- If I had been a stock or a stone, such an interference as this must have roused me into testifying to the truth. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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