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单词 attest
释义
attest
verb[IorT]
formal
uk
/əˈtest/us
/əˈtest/
to show something or to say orprovethat something istrue:
表明；证明；证实
Thousands ofpeoplecame out onto thestreetsto attesttheirsupportfor thedemocraticoppositionparty.数以千计的人走上街头声援主张民主的反对党。
ThenumberofoldGermancarsstill on theroadattests(to)theexcellenceoftheirmanufacture.在马路上仍可以看到相当数量的老款德国车，这表明其制造工艺十分精良。
As hiscareerattests, he is aworld-classtennisplayer.他是世界一流的网球选手，其职业生涯便是最好例证。
specializedThe willneedsto be attested(=officiallymarkedto show that thesignatureof thepersonwho made the will iscorrect)by threewitnesses.此遗嘱需要有3个证人联署证明。
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(Definition ofattestfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

attest| American Dictionary

attest
verb
us
/əˈtest/
(of aperson) tostatewithauthoritythat something istrue, or (of asituationorevent) to show that something islikelyto betrue:
[+ that clause]As one whoworkedthere foryears, I can attest thatapplicationsarecarefullyreviewed.
[I]Herwealthwas attested to by herfurcoatanddesignershoes.
(Definition ofattestfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

attest| Business English

attest
verb
formal
uk
/əˈtest/us
[T]LAW
tosignadocumentto show that you werepresentwhen it wassignedby someoneelse:
The will must be attested by twowitnesses.
Thestatementwassignedand attested by a highcourtjudge.
[I]LAW
to sayofficiallythat something istrueoraccurate:
attest to doing sthCouples must attest to being in acommittedrelationship.
attest to sthThecommissiondemandsthat Chief Financial Officerspersonallyattest to theaccuracyoftheirfinancialstatements.
[I]
to show that something istrue:
attest to sthThedeclineinsalesattests to thefactthattheproductis out ofdate.

attestation

noun[CorU]
Thereportcontainsan auditor's attestation.
(Definition ofattestfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofattest

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Cases of languages in contact that have replaced this class of items on a wholesale basis are widely attested.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This account might receive further support if the verbs actually attested with habitual do tended to have action nouns based on them.
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Many of the patterns visible in prehistoric material eitheratteststructures or else are the cumulative product of countless repetitive and routinised actions.
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There should be some plausible linguistic or extralinguistic explanation for the mismatch between the predicted and attested types.
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As such, it would tend to be first attested in writing in the more oral and less formal genres.
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Both of these patterns are attested in real languages.
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These perceptual assimilations, moreover, are attested even in highly proficient bilinguals, and they resist specific training.
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That this is not an uncommon situation is attested to by the experience of the first author in a commercial setting.!
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A photograph graphically captures the scene as do others thatattestto the neglect of the countryside in the same period.
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In addition, the volume also attests to an intellectual ambition and hardness of thought which critics couldn't acknowledge or didn't see.
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For centuries, notes on linguistic habits have attested to the existence of this variation and its social value.
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Although the same or similar tonological processes are attested in geographically unrelated tone languages, this is not to say that all tone languages are alike.
From theCambridge English Corpus
An anonymous reviewer points out that the degree of nasalisation on vowels is in fact attested to be contrastive in some languages.
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Precious metal coinages and the mass disbursements of imported wine, attested in a few regions archaeologically, fit comfortably into an analysis of this kind.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Semantic differentiations were attested in only one marginal example sentence and presumably played a negligible role in the evolution of the reinforced comparative.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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