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单词 testament
释义
testament
noun
formal
uk
/ˈtes.tə.mənt/us
/ˈtes.tə.mənt/

testamentnoun(PROOF)

[CorU]
proof:
证明；验证
Thedetailof herwildlifepaintingsis (a) testamentto(=proofof)herpowersofobservation.她画野生动物十分细致，这证明她有很强的观察能力。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Proving and disproving
  • actions speak louder than wordsidiom
  • anti-sexist
  • attest
  • authenticate
  • convince
  • credential
  • demonstrability
  • demonstrable
  • demonstrably
  • dispel
  • disprove
  • lie
  • non-documentary
  • non-evidence
  • probatory
  • proof positive
  • provable
  • the acid test
  • vindicate
  • vindication
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[C]
awillthat someone makes, saying what should be done withtheirmoneyandpropertyafter theydie:
遗嘱，遗言
Thisarticlewill giveclearinstructionsfor making a last will and testament.这篇文章清楚介绍了如何立下遗嘱。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inheriting & bequeathing
  • advance directive
  • assign
  • beneficiary
  • bequeath
  • bequest
  • cadger
  • execute
  • executor
  • heir
  • heir apparent
  • heiress
  • inherit
  • inheritance
  • passsomethingdown
  • patrimony
  • pond life
  • pond scum
  • primogeniture
  • settle
  • testate
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(Definition oftestamentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

testament| American Dictionary

testament
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈtes·tə·mənt/
proofof something:
[Cusually sing]He is awalkingtestament to thevalueof hardwork.
A testament is also a will .
(Definition oftestamentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

testament| Business English

testament
noun
uk
/ˈtestəmənt/us
[CorU]
proofthat somethingexistsor istrue:
be (a) testament to sthThesepositiveresultsare a testament to thestrengthof thetechnologysector.
Compare
testimonial
[C]LAW
awill:
Non-marriedcouplescandesignateeach other asbeneficiariesforlifeinsurancebenefitsintheirlast will and testament.
(Definition oftestamentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftestament

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In contrast, women gradually became more active as executors of testaments written by men.
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We need courage to recognize these as far more useful for life in the role of testaments and 'witnesses'.
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The composition of testaments needs to be understood within the context of the larger impact of the spread of literacy in the indigenous world.
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Therefore, rather than totting up the numbers of testaments, an attempt was made to study replacement rates based on the sample wills.
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The value of testaments for the study of social topography is undisputed.
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A disproportionate percentage of indigenous testaments represent the established nobility and the well-off, as might be expected.
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Second, it examines the impact that the composition of testaments had on the indigenous members of the colonial societies.
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Every contribution adds materially to a deeper understanding of indigenous testaments.
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A triad of structures located in the heart of the town still stand as testaments to its past importance.
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How are gifts and testaments to be handled?
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During the later 1990s, the practice of making legal agreements (testaments) by family firms increased.
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The exegesis of the content of the testaments reveals surely as much as can be known about the individual testators and their lives.
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Thirty years ago, a group of six books on ruling monarchies would have been considered the last testaments of an endangered anachronism.
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In all these testaments, it is hard to escape the conclusion that they were conceived, at least in part, as public statements for a wider audience.
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Although hospitals drew an increasing amount of support and publicity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this trend is not always corroborated by some recent studies of charitable testaments.
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