| 词汇 | attest |
| 释义 | attest verb[ I or T ] formaluk /əˈtest/ us /əˈtest/ to show, say, or prove that something exists or is true: 表明；证明；证实 Thousands of people came out onto the streets to attest their support for the democratic opposition party.数以千计的人走上街头声援主张民主的反对党。 attest toThe number of old German cars still on the road attests to the excellence of their manufacture.在马路上仍可以看到相当数量的老款德国车，这表明其制造工艺十分精良。 As his career attests, he is a world-class tennis player.他是世界一流的网球选手，其职业生涯便是最好例证。 [ often passive ] law specialized to say officially, for example by signing your name, that a document such as a will(= a document in which a person says what should be done with their money and property after they die) has been written and signed correctly: be attestedThe will needs to be attested by three witnesses. A notary public is an individual authorized by the state to certify documents and attest to their authenticity. Generally, the testimony of at least one attesting witness is required to probate a will. The thing is — and my wife will attest to this — I am so insensitive I probably didn't notice. As any serious gamer will attest, online experiences can have real-life consequences. The exporter's signature may need to be attested by a witness. Any deletion or alteration made before the affidavit is sworn shall be attested by the commissioner. Showing and demonstrating act out bespeak breastbeating bring bring something forward define indicate masterclass ostensive ostensively outlet point (something/someone) out point the wayidiom reflect reveal unproven unveil unwrap vent virtue signalling You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Proving and disproving Official documents attest | American Dictionaryattest verb us/əˈtest/ (of a person) to state with authority that something is true, or (of a situation or event) to show that something is likely to be true: [ + that clause ]As one who worked there for years, I can attest that applications are carefully reviewed. [ I ]Her wealth was attested to by her fur coat and designer shoes. attest | Business Englishattest verb formaluk /əˈtest/us [ T ] LAW to sign a document to show that you were present when it was signed by someone else: The will must be attested by two witnesses. The statement was signed and attested by a high court judge. [ I ] LAW to say officially that something is true or accurate: attest to doing sthCouples must attest to being in a committed relationship. attest to sthThe commission demands that Chief Financial Officers personally attest to the accuracy of their financial statements. [ I ] to show that something is true: attest to sthThe decline in sales attests to the fact that the product is out of date. attestationnoun[ C or U ] The report contains an auditor's attestation. Examples of attestattest Cases of languages in contact that have replaced this class of items on a wholesale basis are widely attested. This account might receive further support if the verbs actually attested with habitual do tended to have action nouns based on them. Many of the patterns visible in prehistoric material either attest structures or else are the cumulative product of countless repetitive and routinised actions. There should be some plausible linguistic or extralinguistic explanation for the mismatch between the predicted and attested types. As such, it would tend to be first attested in writing in the more oral and less formal genres. Both of these patterns are attested in real languages. These perceptual assimilations, moreover, are attested even in highly proficient bilinguals, and they resist specific training. That this is not an uncommon situation is attested to by the experience of the first author in a commercial setting.! A photograph graphically captures the scene as do others that attest to the neglect of the countryside in the same period. In addition, the volume also attests to an intellectual ambition and hardness of thought which critics couldn't acknowledge or didn't see. For centuries, notes on linguistic habits have attested to the existence of this variation and its social value. Although the same or similar tonological processes are attested in geographically unrelated tone languages, this is not to say that all tone languages are alike. An anonymous reviewer points out that the degree of nasalisation on vowels is in fact attested to be contrastive in some languages. Precious metal coinages and the mass disbursements of imported wine, attested in a few regions archaeologically, fit comfortably into an analysis of this kind. Semantic differentiations were attested in only one marginal example sentence and presumably played a negligible role in the evolution of the reinforced comparative. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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