testimony
testimony は英検準1級・英検1級レベルの英単語で、「証言、証拠」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˈtɛstəˌmoʊni/ です。
意味一覧 (2件)
証言
解説 Definition
ある事実や出来事が本当であることを証明する証拠。また、法廷で宣誓して述べる証言や陳述。
Testimony is a formal statement about what someone knows, saw, or experienced. It is often given in court, in an official investigation, or in a public discussion. The word can also mean personal words of support or proof about something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
testimony の「証言」は、人が見たこと・知っていることを正式に述べる内容を指す。court testimony, witness testimony, give testimony のように、裁判・調査・公聴会など公的な場面で使われやすい。これは testimony の「証拠」という基本義とは別に、人の発言そのものに焦点がある意味。comment や opinion より重く、宣誓や記録に残る発言という響きがある。
Link it to testify: if someone testifies, their words are testimony. This word often appears in formal settings like court testimony or witness testimony, so it sounds more official than comment or opinion. Think of testimony as words from a person, while evidence can also include objects or documents. Do not confuse it with testimonial, which is often praise or a recommendation.
例文
His testimony was crucial to the trial.
彼の証言は裁判にとって重要でした。
The witness provided clear testimony about what happened.
目撃者は何が起こったかについて明確な証言を述べた。
Written testimony can be submitted as evidence.
書面の証言は証拠として提出できます。
証拠
(意味 2)解説 Definition
testimony は法廷での「証言」だけでなく、ある事実や価値をはっきり示す「証拠・証し」という意味でも使われます。人の努力、成功、変化、品質などを見て、それが何かを物語っていると述べる文脈でよく用いられます。
This adverb shows movement in the direction of home or one’s home country. It fits travel, journeys, and story-like writing, where the focus is on which way someone is going, not simply on arriving. It often appears with verbs of movement such as turning, walking, or sailing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
testify（証言する）を知っていると覚えやすい名詞形。法廷や議会など、公的で重みのある場で事実を述べるときの語で、ただの opinion や comment ではない。よく give testimony, hear testimony, court testimony の形で出る。witness が行うもの、と結びつけると定着しやすい。evidence は物証も含むが、testimony は人が口頭や陳述で示す証言寄り。testimonial は推薦文・体験談の意味にもなるので混同しない。
Think of `home` plus `-ward`, the ending that means "toward." In adverb use, it does not describe a noun; it adds direction after a movement verb, as in `turned homeward` or `sailed homeward`. The key idea is not the result of getting home, but the change of direction toward home.
例文
The rapid growth of the town is testimony to the success of the new railway.
その町の急速な発展は、新しい鉄道の成功の証拠だ。
Her clean and organized desk was testimony to her careful nature.
きれいに整理された彼女の机は、几帳面な性格の証拠だった。
This old building stands as testimony to the city's long history.
この古い建物は、その都市の長い歴史の証拠となっている。
testimony の語源・成り立ち Etymology
testimony は古フランス語 testimonie を経て、ラテン語 testimonium「証拠・証言」に由来します。語根 testis は「証人」で、testify や testament と同根。もともと「証人が示すもの」だから「証言」の意味になりました。
"Testimony" came into English through Old French from Latin "testimonium," meaning evidence or witness statement. Its root is Latin "testis," meaning "witness." So the original sense was something given by a witness, which naturally developed into the meaning of spoken or written evidence. It is related to English words such as "testify" and "testament."
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