attest
英[ə'test]
美[ə'tɛst]
- vt. 证明；证实；为…作证
- vi. 证明；作证
词态变化
第三人称单数: attests;过去式: attested;过去分词: attested;现在分词: attesting;
中文词源
attest 证实，证明
前缀at-同ad-. 词根test, 见证，来自PIE *tri-st, *tri同three, 三。st,站。即第三者，见证者，词源同testis, 睾丸，testament，证词。单词test, 测试，同词根terra, 土，见terrestrial, 领土的。原指土制陶罐用来检测贵金属如金，银纯度。字母r,s音变。
英文词源
- attest
- attest: see testament
- attest (v.)
- 1590s, from Middle French attester (Old French atester, 13c.) "affirm, attest," from Latin attestari "confirm," literally "bear witness to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + testari "bear witness," from testis "witness" (see testament). Related: Attested; attesting.
双语例句
- 1. I can personally attest that the cold and flu season is here.
- 感冒和流感季节来了，对此我有切身体会。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Police records attest to his long history of violence.
- 警方记录证明他有长期从事暴力活动的前科。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination.
- 当时的报道证实了他的勇气和决心。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement.
- 我可以证实他的话是千真万确的.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.
- 这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》