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Testify Bear Witness Testifai V.见证,证实 英 V.见证,证实(To Attest

单词 testify
音标 ['testifai]
解释 v.见证,证实
红宝书 【英】 v.见证,证实(to bear witness to: attest; prove)
【记】 test(验证,目击)+if y→见证
【例】 refuse to testify against a friend(拒绝做不利于 朋友的证词)
字源 testify (v.)
late 14c., "give legal testimony, affirm the truth of, bear witness to;" of things, c.1400, "serve as evidence of," from Anglo-French testifier, from Latin testificari "bear witness, show, demonstrate," also "call to witness," from testis "a witness" (see testament) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Biblical sense of "openly profess one's faith and devotion" is attested from 1520s. Related: Testified; testifying; testification.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】test 考试,测验 是(水平,能力)的见证与证明,老师做见证人
【相关】attest 证明

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