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单词 testify
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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.他作证说，自己看到那人在谋杀发生前后离开了大楼。
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.
More examples
  • They weresubpoenaedto testify before thejudge.
  • Tenwitnessesareexpectedto testify at thetrialtoday.
  • Thisamountofcorrespondencetestifies to Einstein'scentralpositionin thescientificlifeofEuropein the 1920s.
  • The hundreds ofletters,cards, e-mails, andphonecallsfrom all over theworldtestify to theimpactshe had on so manypeople.
  • As hisworktestifies, hespecializedin reality-basedcomedy.
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(Definition oftestifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
testify
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈtes.tɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈtes.tə.faɪ/
C2
tospeakseriouslyabout something,especiallyin alawcourt, or to give orprovideproof
证明，证实；作证
[+ that]He testifiedthathe hadseenthe manleavingthebuildingaround thetimeof themurder.他作证说，自己看到那人在谋杀发生前后离开了大楼。
More examples
  • I can testify to theforegoingsince I wasactuallypresentwhen ithappened.
  • They weresubpoenaedto testify before thejudge.
  • Tenwitnessesareexpectedto testify at thetrialtoday.

testify| American Dictionary

testify
verb
us
/ˈtes·təˌfɑɪ/
tospeakseriouslyabout something,esp. totellwhat youknowabout acasein acourtoflawafter you haveofficiallypromisedtotellthetruth:
[I]Elizabeth testified before agrandjury.
[+ that clause]Onewitnesstestified that shesawthethiefrunningaway.
(Definition oftestifyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

testify| Business English

testify
verb[IorT]
uk
/ˈtestɪfaɪ/us
LAW
to make aformalstatementabout something,especiallyin acourtoflaw:
testify thatHe testified that thestoreownerhadliedwhen heappliedfor thestatelicense.
Thesenatortestified to theHouseCommittee on Financial Services.
to say that something istrue:
Managingpeopleis noteasy, as many newmanagerscan testify.

Phrasal verb

testify to sth
(Definition oftestifyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftestify

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In the context of this song, the rap text indeed takes on dimensions of both testifying and preaching.
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Perhaps what these findings do best istestifyto the methodological difficulties associated with input manipulation studies.
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Husbands and wives were forbidden from testifying for or against each other.
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No doubt, this unusual grouping of high officials testified to the emergency status of the situation.
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Subsequent events testified that the journal's anticipatory readjustment was indeed founded on a good guess.
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Moreover, the increase in precision can be considerable, as testified by the percentages of benchmarks falling in the higher precision classes.
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Different kinds of witnesses testified in hearings on different biotechnology applications.
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Eyewitnesses testified that he received gifts from residents who did not want their names to be reported as violators of sanitary laws.
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The sheer limitless number of publications on this topic testifies to the importance that has been attributed to this change to this day.
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This is tantamount to asking ever y witness simply totestifyabout what he (reasonably) thinks the ultimate outcome of the trial should be.
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Even though theytestifyto considerable wealth, we cannot automatically assume that these tombs belong to aristocratic groups in the society.
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Very few billets are now missing, testifying to the high level of the hospital's administrative organization.
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Religious experiences don't uniformlytestifyto a single description of the religious ultimate.
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Several small producers were brought forward totestifyagainst monopolistic tendencies of oligopolists.
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His greatest success has been in opera, and the two orchestral works in his catalogue alsotestifyto a remarkable theatrical sensibility.
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