testify

testify
(-ies, -ied)
  1. [no obj.]give evidence as a witness in a law court
    作证
    he testified against his own commander.
    他做了不利于自己指挥官的证明。
    [with clause]he testified that he had supplied Barry with crack.
    他作证说他为巴里提供了可卡因。
    ■serve as evidence or proof of something's existing or being the case
    证明
    the bleak lines testify to inner torment.
    沟壑纵横的脸表明了内心所受的折磨。
派生
testifier
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin testificari, from testis 'a witness'
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