testify
英['testɪfaɪ]
美['tɛstɪfaɪ]
词态变化
第三人称单数: testifies;过去式: testified;过去分词: testified;现在分词: testifying;
中文词源
testify 证实，证明test-,见证，证明，-fy,使。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. They testify to the extraordinary potency of his personality.
- 这些事情证明了他非凡的人格魅力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped.
- 除非撤销对她的谋杀指控，否则她拒绝作证。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Fiers promised to testify fully and truthfully.
- 菲耶尔承诺所作证词将毫无保留且句句属实。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She refused to testify against her husband.
- 她拒绝出庭作证指控丈夫。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. I can testify to this man's veracity and good character.
- 我可以作证,此人诚实可靠,品德良好.
来自《简明英汉词典》