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testimony

/tes-tuh-moh-nee, or, especially British, -muh-nee/US // ˈtɛs təˌmoʊ ni, or, especially British, -mə ni //UK // (ˈtɛstɪmənɪ) //

证言,证词,证供,证据

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tes·ti·mo·nies.

    • : Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
    • : evidence in support of a fact or statement; proof.
    • : open declaration or profession, as of faith.
    • : Usually testimonies. the precepts of God.
    • : the Decalogue as inscribed on the two tablets of the law, or the ark in which the tablets were kept. Exodus 16:34; 25:16.
    • : Archaic. a declaration of disapproval; protest.

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Examples

  • A key witness in that case offered testimony that experts concluded was false.

  • Some questioned why patients with mental health conditions so rarely receive discounted passes despite testimony from their doctors.

  • In his testimony, he noted that models he’d studied assumed a person’s race incorrectly 25% of the time.

  • USPS declined to comment and referred Fortune to DeJoy’s testimony.

  • The decision came after about two hours of contentious testimony in a virtual public hearing on August 18.

  • When do we stop and start believing Jay, the person whose testimony upon which the state of Maryland relies?

  • According to court testimony by the lead NCIS investigator, it contained various mobile phones and even valuable letters.

  • Who even needs a court of law, let alone victim testimony, now that we have the hashtag?

  • The jury met in secret for months gathering testimony from witnesses, including from Pantaleo.

  • All of their testimony has been accepted by the court, and most of it casts blame squarely on their captain.

  • All parties have borne testimony to the value of his services, and the eminence of his talents.

  • On this point, I have the testimony of eye-witnesses of diverse sentiments and of unimpeachable character.

  • The Washington manual laborer school and the Howard institution can bear testimony to his industry and patriotism.

  • Wellington himself bore testimony to Soult's virtues, maintaining that of the Marshals he was second only to Massna.

  • Few knew—in fact maybe only one other, and that was her husband—or appreciated how much that false testimony had cost her.