英語單詞

testify是什麽意思

testify

英 ['testɪfaɪ] 美 ['tɛstɪfaɪ]
  • vt. 證明,證實;作證
  • vi. 作證;證明

中文詞源


testify 證實,證明

test-,見證,證明,-fy,使。

英文詞源


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.

雙語例句


1. They testify to the extraordinary potency of his personality.
這些事情證明了他非凡的人格魅力。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She refused to testify, unless the murder charge against her was dropped.
除非撤銷對她的謀殺指控,否則她拒絕作證。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Fiers promised to testify fully and truthfully.
菲耶爾承諾所作證詞將毫無保留且句句屬實。

來自柯林斯例句

4. She refused to testify against her husband.
她拒絕出庭作證指控丈夫。

來自《權威詞典》

5. I can testify to this man's veracity and good character.
我可以作證,此人誠實可靠,品德良好.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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