英语单词 | testimony |
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英美音标 | 英 ['testɪməni] 美 ['testɪmoʊni] |
中文释义 | n.证明;证据 |
英语例句 | (1) His hearty laughter is testimony of his happiness. (2) Nothing could refute her testimony that the driver was drunk. (3) The witness is giving false testimony. (4) The statement is confirmed by testimony. (5) The testimony consisted with all known facts. |
中文例句 | (1) 他尽情的欢笑可以证明他很幸福。 (2) 她关于那个司机已经喝醉的证词无可辩驳。 (3) 那个证人在作伪证。 (4) 这个说法由证据所证实了。 (5) 证据与全部已知事实相符。 |
vocabulary简明 | When you give testimony you are telling what you saw or what you know. Your testimony that your hand was not in the cookie jar goes against the testimony of several eyewitnesses. |
vocabulary扩展 | The Latin root for testimony is testis, meaning “ witness.” “Eye witness testimony” is a phrase you will hear often in legal discussions. An object can also give testimony, without speaking of course: "The statue they built of you outside the bowling alley offers testimony to your greatness." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词](法庭上的)证词 In a court of law, someone's testimony is a formal statement that they make about what they saw someone do or what they know of a situation, after having promised to tell the truth. [oft poss N]
2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]证明;证据 If you say that one thing is testimony to another, you mean that it shows clearly that the second thing has a particular quality. [also
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