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Testimony，Affidavit，Deposition，Evidence
证据。
🚩testimony是指“目击者在法庭上提供的证词”，柯林斯解释为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.。它也指“一般含义的证据，证明”，柯林斯解释为If you say that one thing is testimony to another, you mean that it shows clearly that the second thing has a particular quality.。
如：
His testimony was an important element of the Prosecution case.他的证词是这宗公诉案件中的一个重要因素。
This book is testimony to a very individual kind of courage.这本书显示了个人非凡的勇气。
🚩affidavit是“宣誓书，书面证词，经陈述者宣誓在法庭上可作为证据采纳的书面陈述”，柯林斯解释为An affidavit is a written statement which you swear is true and which may be used as evidence in a court of law.。
如：
swear/make/take/sign an affidavit 订立、签署、宣誓书
🚩deposition是“未到庭证人提供的作证书，书面证词”，柯林斯解释为A deposition is a formal written statement, made for example by a witness to a crime, which can be used in a court of law if the witness cannot be present.。
如：
The jury heard 200 pages of depositions.陪审团听取了长达 200 页的书面证词。
🚩evidence含义最广泛，它可以指“一般的证据，佐证，根据”，柯林斯解释为Evidence is anything that you see, experience, read, or are told that causes you to believe that something is true or has really happened.。也可以泛指“几乎所有法庭上的证据，证物，证词”，柯林斯解释为Evidence is the information which is used in a court of law to try to prove something. Evidence is obtained from documents, objects, or witnesses.。
如：
There is a lot of evidence that stress is partly responsible for disease.有很多证据证明压力是造成疾病的原因之一。
To date there is no evidence to support this theory.到目前为止，还没有证据支持这种理论。
enough evidence for a successful prosecution足以胜诉的证据
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