学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2444- testify

今天我们要学的词是 testify, testify is spelled t-e-s-t-i-f-y, testify. Testify 动词，提供证词。Ex-New York Senate majority leader Dean Skelos won't testify in his and his son's corruption¹ trial. 美国纽约州参议院前多数党领袖史科洛斯将不在针对自己和儿子的腐败案上出庭作证。A Thai investigator² who sought political asylum³ in Australia can testify via video-link in next week's trial of a human trafficking case. 已经在澳大利亚寻求政治庇护的一名泰国调查人员，可以通过视频在下周举行的人口走私案中提供证词。好的，我们今天学习的词是testify, testify, testify...

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

2 investigator   

n.研究者，调查者，审查者

参考例句：

• He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。
• The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

3 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。