testified
past simple and past participle oftestify
| 单词 | testified |
| 释义 | testified past simple and past participle oftestify testify verb[IorT] uk/ˈtes.tɪ.faɪ/us/ˈtes.tə.faɪ/C2[IorT] (of aperson) tospeakseriouslyabout something,especiallyin alawcourt, or to give orprovideproof: [+ that]He testifiedthathe hadseenthe manleavingthebuildingaround thetimeof themurder. I can testifytotheforegoingsince I wasactuallypresentwhen ithappened. [I] (of afact,event, etc.) to show something orprovethat something istrue: Thesemonumentstestifytotheprosperityof thecountryand therichnessofitsculture. Thisactofgenerositytestifiestothekindofpersonyou are. As hisstorytestifies,socialmobilityis not amyth.
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Proving and disproving Examplesoftestifiedtestified In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. No doubt, this unusual grouping of high officialstestifiedto the emergency status of the situation. From theCambridge English Corpus Subsequent eventstestifiedthat the journal's anticipatory readjustment was indeed founded on a good guess. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, the increase in precision can be considerable, astestifiedby the percentages of benchmarks falling in the higher precision classes. From theCambridge English Corpus Different kinds of witnessestestifiedin hearings on different biotechnology applications. From theCambridge English Corpus Eyewitnessestestifiedthat he received gifts from residents who did not want their names to be reported as violators of sanitary laws. From theCambridge English Corpus You oncetestifiedbefore a congressional commit tee on ozone depletion. From theCambridge English Corpus The resonant condition is analytically derived and numericallytestified. From theCambridge English Corpus Shetestifiedthat the defendant had come to her mistress's house to sell some cloth that was being shown at the artillery barracks. From theCambridge English Corpus Shetestifiedthat she thought she might be fifteen years old, but was definitely not twenty. From theCambridge English Corpus The very fact of its popularitytestifiedto its harmfulness. From theCambridge English Corpus Nor had they seen any blood as the other witnesses hadtestified. From theCambridge English Corpus Theytestifiedin public about their salvation, meeting for hours to confess their sins. From theCambridge English Corpus The court openly questioned whether zoning would in fact reduce congestion or enhance health (although a cadre of expertstestifiedthat it would). From theCambridge English Corpus The resonant condition is theoretically given and numericallytestified. From theCambridge English Corpus The prosecution witnessestestifiedthat these goods were bought to help indebted soldiers pay off their debts. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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