testify
testify 英 [ˈtestɪfaɪ] 美 ['testɪfaɪ]
v. 证实；作证
进行时:testifying 过去式:testified 过去分词:testified 第三人称单数:testifies 名词复数:testifies
- To testify is to make a statement or provide evidence, usually in court. Witnesses testify for the prosecution or defense.
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- v. 证实；作证
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1. She refused to testify against her husband.
她拒绝出庭作证指控丈夫。
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2. Evans testified to receiving $200 000 in bribes.
埃文斯出庭证实了收受 20 万元贿赂的事情。
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3. He testified that he was at the theatre at the time of the murder.
他作证声称凶杀案发生时自己正在剧院。
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4. Too many young people are unable to write or spell well, as employers will testify.
写作或拼写不好的年轻人太多了，这一点雇主都会证明。
- 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) + combining form of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Biblical sense of "openly profess one's faith and devotion" is attested from 1520s. Related: Testified; testifying; testification.
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