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

• And before these times, Gerson rebukes this error of the monks concerning perfection, and testifies that in his day it was a new saying that the monastic life is a state of perfection.
  并在这些时候，格尔森指责这个错误的僧侣关于完善，并证明，在他的一天这是一个新的话说，僧侣生活是一种完美的状态。
• Goias testifies to the occupation and colonization of the lands of central Brazil in the18th and19th centuries.
  戈亚斯城向世人展示了18世纪和19世纪巴西中部被占领时的殖民历史。
• There is a verse by a contemporary poet which testifies to this.
  有当时诗人之诗为证。
• This paper first reviews the basic ideas and operational procedure of behaviour therapy, and then testifies and comments on its latest development.
  本文一是论述了行为疗法的基本观点和操作步骤；二是重点论证了行为疗法的最新进展并对其进行了评述。
• Then we applies GA to optimized design of analog active filter, its result testifies the efficiency of algorithm.
  将其应用到模拟有源滤波器参数的优化设计中，仿真结果验证了算法的有效性。
• 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。
• The demonstrated decrease of surface residual stresses testifies the removal of the former deformation layer.
  针对表面残余应力的计算也证实了表面加工变质层的有效去除。
• A poem testifies to that.
  有诗为证。
• Analysis testifies its security and efficiency.
  分析表明，方案是安全的、效的。
• But, as Katie testifies, things can get rough.
  但是，当凯蒂证明，事情可能会变得麻烦。