詞彙精選：testify的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
作證，證明 [I,T]
例句：
His refusal to testify cost him a month in jail
他拒不作證因而被監禁一個月。
例句：
Two witnesses will testify against her and three will testify on her behalf.
兩位證人將作不利於她的證明，三位將作有利於她的證明。
證明，證實 [I,T]
例句：
I can testify to the marvellous effect of this medicine.
我可以證明這種藥的特效。
例句：
Recent excavations testify to the presence of cultivated inhabitants on the hill during the Arthurian period.
最近幾次發掘證實了亞瑟王時期這座山上有農耕人口居住過。
二、詞義辨析：
assert,affirm,allege,maintain,testify,claim
這些動詞均含有“斷言，聲稱”之意。assert主觀意味強，指自認爲某事就是如此，而不管事實如何。affirm側重在作出斷言時表現出的堅定與不可動搖的態度。allege多指無真憑實據，不提供證據的斷言或宣稱。maintain與assert近義，但前者指堅決維護某種主張或觀點。testify多指在法庭作證，莊嚴地宣稱自己所說屬實。claim可與assert換用，但語氣弱一些，側重指行爲自己的權利提出要求他人承認。
三、參考例句：
His friends will testify for him.
他的朋友們將爲他作證。
I can testify to his honesty.
我可以證明他的誠實。
Two witnesses will testify against her and three will testify on her behalf.
兩位證人將作不利於她的證明，三位將作有利於她的證明。
They testify to the extraordinary potency of his personality.
這些事情證明了他非凡的人格魅力。
The fingerprint expert was asked to testify at the trial.
指紋專家應邀出庭作證。
He offered to testify in favour of the accused.
他主動出庭作對被告有利的證詞。
He offered to testify in favor of the accused.
他主動出庭作對被告有利的證詞。
I can testify to the marvellous effect of this medicine.
我可以證明這種藥的特效。
I can testify to this mans veracity and good character.
我可以作證，此人誠實可靠，品德良好。
I can testify to the marvellous effect of this medicine.
我可以證明這種藥的特效。
