testimony

• n. [仏]供述、証言、証拠。

test-、証言、証明、-mony、名詞の接尾辞、語源はalimonyと同じ。

testimony (n.)

c. 1400, "proof or demonstration of some fact, evidence, piece of evidence;" early 15c., "legal testimony, sworn statement of a witness," from Old North French testimonie (Old French testimoine 11c.), from Latin testimonium "evidence, proof, witness, attestation," from testis "a witness, one who attests" (see testament) + -monium, suffix signifying action, state, condition. Despite the common modern assertion, the sense of the word is unlikely to have anything to do with testicles (see testis).

Earliest attested sense in English is "the Ten Commandments" (late 14c.), from Vulgate use of Late Latin testimonium, along with Greek to martyrion (Septuagint), translations of Hebrew 'eduth "attestation, testimony" (of the Decalogue), from 'ed "witness."

1. His testimony ，however，was only one in a salvo of new attacks.

しかし、彼の証言は新しい言葉と言葉の剣の中の火力にすぎない。

2.Yesterday 's testimony began on a note of passionate but civilized disagreement.

昨日の供述は、激しいが文明的に食い違いを表現する雰囲気の中で始まった。

3.The government decided that thair testimony would be irrelevant to the case.

政府は彼らの証言が事件と関連していないと認定した。

4.When the father took the stand today，he contradicted his son 's testimony .

その父親は今日出廷して証言した時、自分の息子の証言を反駁した。

5.His testimony was an important element of the Prosecution case.

彼の証言はこの公訴事件の重要な要素の1つである。