Testify
[ 'tɛstɪfaɪ ]
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vi. 作证;声明;证明;证实;
vt. 作证;证明，为…提供证明;公开宣称，宣布;
💡 词根助记
test实验+ify动词后缀→用证据证明 → 表明；证实
📝 例句
He will testify in favor of the defendent.
他愿意出庭作对被告有利的证词。
testify to sb' conduct
为某人的品行作证
He offered to testify in favor of the accused.
他主动出庭作对被告有利的证词。
All of us can testify to his good behaviour.
我们都可以证明他表现很好。
Reformed sinners testify.
受感化的罪人向上帝忏悔。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“苔丝特烦”:苔丝特烦没有人能证明她的清白
※ test-测试,I-我,fy-拼音“法院”:测试完后我去法院开证明
※ test-试验,I-我,fy-拼音“法院”,我在法院作试验来证明事实的真相
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-test-表示“验证”
📖 牛津释义
testify
v
(pt, pp -fied)
1 [I, Ipr, Tf]~ (to sth); ~ (against/in favour of sb) give evidence; declare as a witness, esp in court 提供证据; 作证（尤指出庭）
summoned to testify in court 被传出庭作证
The teacher testified to the boy's honesty. 老师证明那男孩很诚实.
Two witnesses testified against her and one in her favour. 有两个证人的证词对她不利, 另一个人的对她 有利.
He testified under oath that he had not been at the scene of the crime. 他宣誓称自己当时不在犯罪现场.
2 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (to) sth (fml 文) be evidence of sth 作为某事的证据; 证明
tears that testified (to) her grief 可见她悲伤的眼泪.
🎯 考研助记
test(测试)+ify(使): 作证 见证
🔁 扩展释义
*['testifai]vt. 证明, 作证, 声明, 表明vi. 证明, 作证, 声明, 表明【法】 证明, 表明, 作证相关词组: testify under oath that... testify against sb testify on behalf of sb
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-6」词汇
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From 1830 onwards in the USA and from about 1870 in Canada, settlers began to move westwards and to take possession of the plains as their own.
美国自1830年起，加拿大从1870年左右起，殖民者开始向西迁移，并把平原据为己有。
There was an argument about money, so it seemed, in a language that Kunta did not understand.
看来他们在用孔塔听不懂的语言进行了一番讨价还价。
Yes, but one thing is most unlikely to change.
对，但有一件事是最不可能改变的。