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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   witness

   • IPA[ˈwitnəs]

   美式

   • n.
     a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place；a person giving sworn testimony to a court of law or the police
   • v.
     see (an event, typically a crime or accident) take place；be present as someone signs (a document) or gives (their signature) to a document and sign it oneself to confirm this

   • verb: witness, 3rd person present: witnesses, gerund or present participle: witnessing, past tense: witnessed, past participle: witnessed

   • noun: witness, plural noun: witnesses

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place police are appealing for witnesses to the accident I was witness to one of the most amazing comebacks in sprinting history 同義詞 observer, onlooker, looker-on, eyewitness, spectator, ... 更多viewer, watcher, bystander, passerby, earwitness
   • ▪ a person giving sworn testimony to a court of law or the police a key witness at the trial oral evidence set down in witness statements 同義詞 attestor, testifier, deponent
   • ▪ a person who is present at the signing of a document and signs it themselves to confirm this a deed signed in the presence of a witness
   • 2. evidence; proof the memorial service was witness to the wide circle of his interest 同義詞 evidence, indication, proof, testimony
   • ▪ used to refer to confirmation or evidence given by signature, under oath, or otherwise in witness thereof, the parties sign this document
   • ▪ open profession of one's religious faith through words or actions faithful Christian witness
   • 3. a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. see (an event, typically a crime or accident) take place a bartender who witnessed the murder 同義詞 see, observe, watch, look on at, be a witness to, ... 更多view, note, notice, spot, be present at, attend, literarybehold
   • ▪ be present as someone signs (a document) or gives (their signature) to a document and sign it oneself to confirm this the clerk witnessed her signature 同義詞 countersign, sign, endorse, validate, certificate, ... 更多document, notarize
   • 2. have knowledge of (an event or change) from personal observation or experience what we are witnessing is the birth of a new political entity
   • ▪ (of a time, place, or other context) be the setting in which (an event or development) takes place the 1980s witnessed an unprecedented increase in the scope of the electronic media
   • ▪ give or serve as evidence of; testify to his writings witness to an inner toughness 同義詞 attest to, be evidence/proof of, testify to, bear witness to, confirm, ... 更多evidence, prove, verify, corroborate, substantiate, bear out, show, demonstrate, establish, be a monument to, indicate, reveal, literarybespeak
   • ▪ look at (used to introduce a fact illustrating a preceding statement) the nuclear family is a vulnerable institution—witness the rates of marital breakdown
   • 3. (of a person) openly profess one's religious faith our duty is to witness to God

   片語

   • as God is my witness
   • call someone or something to witness