testify
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they testify | |
| he / she / it testifies | |
| past simple testified | |
| past participle testified | |
| -ing form testifying |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to make a statement that something happened or that something is true, especially as a witness in court （尤指出庭）作證 - testify against somebody/something
She refused to testify against her husband. 她拒絕出庭作證指控丈夫。 - testify for somebody/something
There are several witnesses who will testify for the defence. 有幾名證人願意爲被告作證。 - testify about something
He was summoned to testify before a grand jury about his role in the affair. 他被傳喚出庭在大陪審團前就他在這一事件中的角色作證。 - testify to something/to doing something
Evans testified to receiving $200 000 in bribes. 埃文斯出庭證實了收受 20 萬美元賄賂的事情。 - testify (that)…
He testified (that) he was at the theatre at the time of the murder. 他作證聲稱兇殺案發生時自己正在劇院。 - + speech
‘I was approached by a man I did not recognize,’ she testified. “一個我不認識的男人和我接洽過。” 她作證說。
Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1a Mafia member who was prepared to testify for the authorities 準備爲當局做證的黑手黨成員 Several witnesses have come forward to testify against her. 數位目擊者挺身而出指證她。 She was unwilling to testify before Congress. 她不願意在國會作證。 The president's former aides were called to testify at his trial. 審判總統時，他的前助手們被要求出庭做證。 The basis for the perjury conviction was he had testified falsely under oath. 判定僞證罪的依據是他在宣誓後做了僞證。 A senior officer testified to the existence of police hit squads. 一位高級官員證實了警方暗殺隊的存在。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- falsely
- truthfully
- publicly
- …
- ask somebody to
- call somebody to
- call upon somebody to
- …
- against
- before
- for
- …
- testify in court
- testify under oath
- testify against somebody/something
- [transitive] testify (that)… (formal)
to say that you believe something is true because you have evidence of it 證實；證明 Too many young people are unable to write or spell well, as employers will testify. 寫作或拼寫不好的年輕人太多了，這一點僱主都會證明。
- [intransitive] (especially North American English)
to express your belief in God publicly 見證（上帝的存在）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin testificari, from testis ‘a witness’.