英 [ˈtestɪməni] 美 [ˈtestɪmoʊni]
n. （尤指法庭上的）证词，证言；证据，证明；（宗教皈依或经历的）公开表白
复数testimonies
testimony /ˈtɛstɪmənɪ/ CET6 TEM4
有变体名词 In a court of law, someone's testimony is a formal statement that they make about what they saw someone do or what they know of a situation, after having promised to tell the truth. (法庭上的) 证词
His testimony was an important element of the prosecution's case.
他的证词是本起公诉案中的一个重要因素。
不可数名词 If you say that one thing is testimony to another, you mean that it shows clearly that the second thing has a particular quality. 明证
The environmental movement is testimony to the widespread feelings of support for nature's importance.
环保运动是大自然重要性得到广泛认可的明证。
a solemn statement made under oath
an assertion offering firsthand authentication of a fact
according to his own testimony he can't do it
证据-引用次数：234
证人证言-引用次数：180
The testimony of witness is crucial to criminal procedure.
证人证言是刑事诉讼中重要的证据,在某些情况下,证人证言是能否给被告人定罪的决定性因素。
证明-引用次数：90
证词
证言
见证-引用次数：9
As a language ,dialect accumulate regional traditional culture, and testimony the history culture vicissitude in this area.
方言作为地域传统文化的积淀,见证着这一地区历史的变迁。
参考来源历史的袪魅
(刻在两块石碑上的)摩西十诫；[复数](基督教《圣经》中)上帝的箴言；[t-](内藏摩西十诫石碑的)约柜[《出埃及记》 16：34；25：16]
...两大类，第一类为有形的，通常称为“物证”（tangibleevidence或physicalevidence），第二类为无形的，称为言词证据（testimony），包括证人证言和被告人的陈述。我们平常理解的“材料”，通常是一种有形的物质，不包括未形成文字的陈述。
但迈凯轮的无线电灌音表明他们之前的证词(Testimony)是在扯谎。知识不是天生的，而是经过千心万苦学来的。
亲身知情是英美国家区分证人证言（Testimony）与传闻证据（Hearsay）的关键所在，对所要证明的事情，如果具有亲身知情，即为证人证言，反之即为传闻证据。
...为每一对杭州新人带来定制创意婚庆婚礼策划，公司立足于婚庆创意（creative）、贴心婚庆（considerate）和婚庆见证（testimony）这三个关键词，将为所有杭州新人打造一座充满爱和想象力的婚礼策划梦工厂，满足新人表达所有爱的婚礼策划。
testimonial 证明的；褒奖的；表扬的
testimonial 证明书；推荐书
Can I refuse to give testimony?
我能拒绝作证吗？
His testimony, however, was only one in a salvo of new attacks.
然而，他的证词是唯一进行新一轮猛烈抨击的。
His testimony was an important element of the prosecution's case.
他的证词是本起公诉案中的一个重要因素。
Or a newspaper might report that "defense lawyers were 'battening down the hatches' for testimony by someone who observed the crime."
VOA : special.2009.05.24
She's probably said way more than enough in her testimony to the potentially apocalyptic power of her virginal speech.
在她证明童贞潜在的启示力量的演讲中,她很可能说得更多。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
That Satan is still able to doubt the legitimacy of God's power is a testimony to the complexity, I think, of the analysis of power in Paradise Lost. No power, not even God's power, can be irresistibly and indisputably proven.
我认为，撒旦尚能怀疑上帝力量的正统性,就证明了，《失乐园》中对力量的分析的复杂性，即使是上帝的力量，也不能被不可抗拒，无可置疑的证明。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"The criminal justice system relies on the testimony of persons and their ability to tell the truth.
VOA : special.2009.08.31
The Chilcot inquiry will examine reams of documents, call witnesses for public and private testimony, including military,government and intelligence officials.
VOA : standard.2009.11.25
These holy places and the nearby Neolithic sites are an incomparable testimony to prehistoric times.
Given that Taylor farms 10, 000 acres, from Vancouver Island down into Mexico, that is impressive testimony.
He criticised the testimony of Detective Hilton Botha for not following up important leads and changing his evidence.