testifying

英 [ˈtestɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈtestɪfaɪɪŋ]

v.  (尤指出庭)作证; 证实; 证明; 见证(上帝的存在)
testify的现在分词

现在分词：testifying　

柯林斯词典

• VERB (在法庭上)作证，证明
  When someonetestifiesin a court of law, they give a statement of what they saw someone do or what they know of a situation, after having promised to tell the truth.
  1. Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face...
     几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。
  2. Eva testified to having seen Herndon with his gun on the stairs...
     伊娃作证称看见过赫恩登持枪站在楼梯上。
  3. He hopes to have his 12-year prison term reduced by testifying against his former colleagues.
     他希望通过出庭检举从前的同事缩短自己 12 年的刑期。
• VERB 证明;证实
  If one thingtestifies toanother, it supports the belief that the second thing is true.
  1. Recent excavations testify to the presence of cultivated inhabitants on the hill during the Arthurian period.
     最近几次发掘证实了亚瑟王时期这座山上有农耕人口居住过。

双语例句

• I felt that this would be extremely befitting in a court with an attorney and a witness testifying.
  我感觉律师与证人法庭对战的这种模式正好能实现这样的理念。
• Have you considered that by not testifying.
  你想过如果你不出庭的话。
• The witness stood down after testifying to the prisoner's innocence.
  证人在证明拘留犯无罪后退席。
• Sonia Sotomayor is testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
  索尼娅·索托马约尔现在在参议院司法委员会做听证。
• By citing a mathematical testifying method, the judges can find or establish an auxiliary theorem so as to testify whether legal interpretation can have ultimately the "real" or general objectivity.
  裁判者是否能援用数学证明的方法，在疑难案件中发现或设定一条辅助定理，可旁证法律解释最终能否获得“真的”或普适意义上的客观性。
• But it's more like he's just testifying himself.
  但这更像他自己在作证。
• Tom wondered that Joe had not recognized his voice and come over and killed him for testifying in court.
  汤姆在想乔没听出他是谁，否则会过来杀了他，以报他在法庭上作证之仇。
• You told me you'd talk him out of testifying.
  你给我说过会叫他不出来作证。
• The witness was kept from testifying by intimidation.
  证人受到威吓，未能作证。
• He's testifying in closed court.
  他在秘密法庭做证。