attests

英 [əˈtests]

美 [əˈtests]

v.  证实; 是…的证据; 作证，证明(如在法庭上)
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 说明，表示，证明（某事属实）
  Toattestsomething orattest tosomething means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. His beautifully illustrated book well attested his love of the university.
     他那本带有精美插图的书见证了他对大学的热爱。

双语例句

• Frank does fill his mind, and that mind is indeed a palace, as this book attests.
  此书表明，弗兰克的确充实了他的大脑，那个大脑也的确是座宫殿。
• The quip that Mrs Merkel is the only politician who can stop Barack Obama being re-elected attests both to her power and to frustration over how she wields it.
  有一种讽刺的说法，说默克尔是唯一可以阻止奥巴马再次当选的政治家。这一说法表明，她拥有超级大的权力，也证实了人们对她没有善用权力的失望。
• From the outset, reggae was political, as the work of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh clearly attests.
  从一开始，它做为鲍勃·马利和“嚎啕者”乐队证明雷吉是政治的特定工作。
• A large body of evidence attests to the fact that organisational performance improves when members are invited to offer initiative and commitment, not just compliance.
  大量证据证明，如果组织鼓励其成员发挥主动意识和承诺精神，而不只惟命是从，组织的绩效则会得到提升。
• The skill with which he has executed the work attests to the thorough training he received.
  他做这件工作如此熟练，证明受过充分的训练。
• Even if the will were there enforcing the caps would be a problem, as the Kyoto Protocol amply attests.
  即便意愿存在，实施限制也会成为问题，京都议定书（kyotoprotocol）就充分证明了这点。
• A person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature.
  通过签上他们自己的签名证明一份资料或者签名的真实性的一个人。
• Clever as well as confident, his easy public manner attests to the inner certainty. He is not overly fussed about being liked.
  在公众场合，他表现得既头脑灵敏又自信满满，这证明了他内心的笃定。对于人们的爱戴，他也没有过于大惊小怪。
• An affidavit that attests to the truth of a pleading.
  这一点在英语属实而在法语则不同。
• The relationship attests to a commonly held view of Americans familiar with the country that despite their nations 'diverging histories and political systems, the two peoples have much in common.
  这折射出熟悉中国的美国人普遍持有的一种观点：尽管两国历史不同、政治体制各异，但两国人民有着许多共同点。