testify
v
(pt, pp -fied)
1 [I, Ipr, Tf]~ (to sth); ~ (against/in favour of sb) give evidence; declare as a witness, esp in court 提供证据; 作证(尤指出庭)
summoned to testify in court 被传出庭作证
The teacher testified to the boy's honesty. 老师证明那男孩很诚实.
Two witnesses testified against her and one in her favour. 有两个证人的证词对她不利, 另一个人的对她 有利.
He testified under oath that he had not been at the scene of the crime. 他宣誓称自己当时不在犯罪现场.
2 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (to) sth (fml 文) be evidence of sth 作为某事的证据; 证明
tears that testified (to) her grief 可见她悲伤的眼泪.
🎯 考研助记
test(测试)+ify(使): 作证 见证
🔁 扩展释义
*['testifai]vt. 证明, 作证, 声明, 表明vi. 证明, 作证, 声明, 表明【法】 证明, 表明, 作证相关词组: testify under oath that... testify against sb testify on behalf of sb
🌿 同词根单词
testn. 试验;考验;测验;化验;
vt. 测验;考查;考验;勘探;
vi. 受试验;受测验;受考验;测得结果;
I'm not sure. I ought to do some studying, as I've got masses of work to do, but I think I'll be too tired. Maybe I'll just watch the news on television and go to bed early.
When someone dies, all the relations, old and young, come to the marae for the Maori burial service.
当某人死亡后,所有亲戚,无论老幼,均要到集会地参加毛利人的葬礼。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.