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词汇 testify
释义 testify
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈtes.tɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈtes.tə.faɪ/
C2[ I or T ]
(of a person) to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court, or to give or provide proof: 证明,证实;作证
[ + that ]He testified that he had seen the man leaving the building around the time of the murder.他作证说,自己看到那人在谋杀发生前后离开了大楼。
I can testify to the foregoing since I was actually present when it happened.我能证明以上所述事实,因为实际上事件发生时我就在现场。
[ I ]
(of a fact, event, etc.) to show something or prove that something is true:
These monuments testify to the prosperity of the country and the richness of its culture.
This act of generosity testifies to the kind of person you are.
As his story testifies, social mobility is not a myth.
They were subpoenaed to testify before the judge.他们被传唤到庭作证。
Ten witnesses are expected to testify at the trial today.在今天的审判中,将有两名证人出庭作证。
This amount of correspondence testifies to Einstein's central position in the scientific life of Europe in the 1920s.
The hundreds of letters, cards, e-mails, and phone calls from all over the world testify to the impact she had on so many people.
As his work testifies, he specialized in reality-based comedy.
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testify | American Dictionary


testify
verb
us/ˈtes·təˌfɑɪ/
to speak seriously about something, esp. to tell what you know about a case in a court of law after you have officially promised to tell the truth:
[ I ]Elizabeth testified before a grand jury.
[ + that clause ]One witness testified that she saw the thief running away.

testify | Business English


testify
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈtestɪfaɪ/us
LAW
to make a formal statement about something, especially in a court of law:
testify thatHe testified that the store owner had lied when he applied for the state license.
The senator testified to the House Committee on Financial Services.
to say that something is true:
Managing people is not easy, as many new managers can testify.

Phrasal verb


testify to sth

Examples of testify


testify
In the context of this song, the rap text indeed takes on dimensions of both testifying and preaching.
Perhaps what these findings do best is testify to the methodological difficulties associated with input manipulation studies.
Husbands and wives were forbidden from testifying for or against each other.
No doubt, this unusual grouping of high officials testified to the emergency status of the situation.
Subsequent events testified that the journal's anticipatory readjustment was indeed founded on a good guess.
Moreover, the increase in precision can be considerable, as testified by the percentages of benchmarks falling in the higher precision classes.
Different kinds of witnesses testified in hearings on different biotechnology applications.
Eyewitnesses testified that he received gifts from residents who did not want their names to be reported as violators of sanitary laws.
The sheer limitless number of publications on this topic testifies to the importance that has been attributed to this change to this day.
This is tantamount to asking ever y witness simply to testify about what he (reasonably) thinks the ultimate outcome of the trial should be.
Even though they testify to considerable wealth, we cannot automatically assume that these tombs belong to aristocratic groups in the society.
Very few billets are now missing, testifying to the high level of the hospital's administrative organization.
Religious experiences don't uniformly testify to a single description of the religious ultimate.
Several small producers were brought forward to testify against monopolistic tendencies of oligopolists.
His greatest success has been in opera, and the two orchestral works in his catalogue also testify to a remarkable theatrical sensibility.
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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