testimony
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR 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) 證詞
His testimony was an important element of the prosecution's case. 他的證詞是本起公訴案中的一個重要因素。
2. N-UNCOUNT If you say that one thing is testimony to another, you mean that it shows clearly that the second thing has a particular quality. 明證[also 'a' N, usu N 'to' n]
The environmental movement is testimony to the widespread feelings of support for nature's importance. 環(huán)保運動是大自然重要性得到廣泛認可的明證。
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testimony /?t?st?m?n?/ (testimonies)
劍橋詞典
- (an example of) spoken or written statements that something is true , especially those given in a law court
(尤指法庭上的)證詞,證言
Some doubts have been expressed about his testimony. 有人對他的證詞提出了一些質(zhì)疑。
?be (a) testimony to sth
to be clear proof of something
清楚地證明
The reports are testimony to the many hours of research completed by this committee . 這些報告充分表明該委員會花了很多時間進行研究。 返回 testimony