testifies

英 [ˈtestɪfaɪz]

美 [ˈtestɪfaɪz]

v.  (尤指出庭)作证; 证实; 证明; 见证(上帝的存在)
testify的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (在法庭上)作证，证明
  When someonetestifiesin a court of law, they give a statement of what they saw someone do or what they know of a situation, after having promised to tell the truth.
  1. Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face...
     几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。
  2. Eva testified to having seen Herndon with his gun on the stairs...
     伊娃作证称看见过赫恩登持枪站在楼梯上。
  3. He hopes to have his 12-year prison term reduced by testifying against his former colleagues.
     他希望通过出庭检举从前的同事缩短自己 12 年的刑期。
• VERB 证明;证实
  If one thingtestifies toanother, it supports the belief that the second thing is true.
  1. Recent excavations testify to the presence of cultivated inhabitants on the hill during the Arthurian period.
     最近几次发掘证实了亚瑟王时期这座山上有农耕人口居住过。

双语例句

• A poem testifies to that.
  有诗为证。
• He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
  他将所见所闻的见证出来，只是没有人领受他的见证。
• This fully testifies to the indestructible strength of this independent national spirit of the Chinese people.
  这充分说明，中国人独立自主的民族精神具有坚不可摧的力量。
• The fact that Harvard was founded before the Unites States of America testifies to its position in American history.
  先有哈佛，后有美利坚合众国，这说明了哈佛在美国历史上的地位。
• There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is valid.
  另有一位给我作见证。我也知道他给我作的见证是真的。
• There is a verse by a contemporary poet which testifies to this.
  有当时诗人之诗为证。
• Analysis testifies its security and efficiency.
  分析表明，方案是安全的、效的。
• The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.
  圣灵与我们的心同证我们是神的儿女。
• The filtering result by experiments is given and it testifies the effectiveness of the algorithm.
  论文最后给出了实验滤波结果，说明了该方法的有效性。
• When testifies before Congress, he will be in the hot seat.
  在国会作证的时候，他将面临巨大的压力。