1N-VAR [oft poss NOUN](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. (法庭上的)证词
His testimony was an important element of the Prosecution case.
他的证词是这宗公诉案件中的一个重要因素。
Prosecutors may try to determine if Robb gave false testimony when he appeared before the grand jury.
2N-UNCOUNT [oft aNOUN]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. 证明;证据
This book is testimony to a very individual kind of courage. [+ to]
这本书显示了个人非凡的勇气。
Her living room is also her office, filled with desks, books, papers, a testimony to her dedication to her work.
1formal statement that sth is true證詞ADJECTIVE | VERB + TESTIMONY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤credible, reliable可信的/可靠的證詞➤uncorroborated未經證實的證詞▸➤false, perjured偽證▸➤sworn宣誓證詞➤oral, written口頭/書面證詞➤video, videotaped視頻/錄像證詞▸➤eyewitness, personal, witness目擊者/個人/證人證言▸➤expert專家證言▸➤court, trial法庭/庭審證言◇a transcript of the trial testimony庭審證言的文字記錄➤public (NAmE) 公開做證▸➤congressional, grand jury (both NAmE) 國會/大陪審團做證VERB + TESTIMONY➤hear聽取證言▸➤give, offer, present, provide做證➤corroborate證實證言◇Her testimony was corroborated by the other witnesses.她的證言得到了其他證人的證實。➤undermine推翻證言➤coerce, compel (both NAmE) 脅迫/迫使做證◇The government was able to compel his testimony.政府能夠迫使他做證。PREPOSITION➤by your testimony根據⋯的證言◇He had by his own testimony taken part in the burglary.根據他本人的證言,他參與了這起入室盜竊案。➤in testimony在證言中◇In testimony before the Crown Court, she described her movements on the day of the murder.在向刑事法庭提供的證言中,她講述了兇殺案案發當日她的行踪。➤testimony about關於⋯的證言◇Witnesses were called to give testimony about the effects of smoking.證人被傳喚就吸煙的影響做證。➤testimony against指證⋯的證言◇The court heard her testimony against the accused.法庭聽取了她指證被告的證言。➤testimony before面對⋯提供的證言◇his testimony before a Senate committee他在一個參議院委員會所做的證言testimony
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2proof證據ADJECTIVE | VERB + TESTIMONY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤ample, clear, eloquent, powerful, remarkable充足的/明顯的/雄辯的/強有力的/顯著的證據VERB + TESTIMONY➤bear, stand as證明;作為證據➤offer, provide提供證據PREPOSITION➤testimony to⋯的證據◇His thick, swollen fingers bore testimony to a lifetime of toil.他粗壯腫脹的手指是一生勞作的見證。