| 词汇 | testifying |
| 释义 | testifying present participle oftestify 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. Court cases, orders & decisions actionable actionably administer admissibility admissible extinguishment extrajudicial extrajudicially fatal accident inquiry federal case pettifoggery pettifogging plea bargain plea bargaining pleading the Webster ruling waiver walk walk freeidiom wardship You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Proving and disproving Examples of testifyingtestifying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Husbands and wives were forbidden from testifying for or against each other. Very few billets are now missing, testifying to the high level of the hospital's administrative organization. Even houses that can be qualified as modest are of good architectural quality and have produced inventories testifying to a considerable level of wealth. The book concludes with some 60 pages of references, testifying to the scholarly nature of the work. A second group investigates the witnesses' motivations for testifying. Ritual ablutions were commonplace in most ancient religions, testifying to the constant need to overcome miasma (or stain) by ritualizing spiritual and corporeal purification. Since he was testifying in 1867, this estimate could not have been correct. Thus, in the absence of a particular legal procedure or a theory that would differentiate them, experts testifying in court were regarded merely as witnesses. Testifying under oath to ecclesiastical authorities, witnesses reported extraordinary events. It is for this reason that testifying to what one has seen is a moral necessity. That is because we can never determine whether he is testifying as he is because he is being strategic. I also coded whether a witness was testifying about a particular event or about the broader problem area without direct reference to a particular event. Instead, he gave considerable thought and attention to the invention and development of new devices and to testifying in defense of the inventions of others. By looking at the 1860s for clues, we find ways financial tropes were later played out, testifying to the growing attraction of financial speculation. The church court evidence, appearing to show that 40 per cent of wives were wholly supported by their husbands, is dramatically exaggerated by the exigencies of the women testifying. 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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