attest
英 [?'test]
美[?'t?st]
- vt. 證明；證實；為…作證
- vi. 證明；作證
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?attests;過去式:?attested;過去分詞:?attested;現在分詞:?attesting;
中文詞源
attest 證實，證明
前綴at-同ad-. 詞根test, 見證，來自PIE *tri-st, *tri同three, 三。st,站。即第三者，見證者，詞源同testis, 睪丸，testament，證詞。單詞test, 測試，同詞根terra, 土，見terrestrial, 領土的。原指土制陶罐用來檢測貴金屬如金，銀純度。字母r,s音變。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. I can personally attest that the cold and flu season is here.
- 感冒和流感季節來了，對此我有切身體會。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Police records attest to his long history of violence.
- 警方記錄證明他有長期從事暴力活動的前科。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination.
- 當時的報道證實了他的勇氣和決心。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement.
- 我可以證實他的話是千真萬確的.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place.
- 這些遺跡充分證明此處昔日的宏偉.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
