bear witness

短语

作证, 证明 [经] 作证

发音

其它

词形变化

bearing witness bears witness 三单 bears witness bore witness borne witness bearing witness 现在分词 bore witness 过去式 borne witness 过去式 borne witness 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To deliver a testimony, especially as witness

    He hesitated to bear witness against them in court for fear of reprisals by the felons' accomplices

  2. 2.

    To prove, demonstrate

    The dubious state of the whole society bears witness of years of misrule

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

show evidence prove testify attest take the stand

上位词 2

inform declare

下位词 10

evidence presume demonstrate manifest vouch cite attest certify abduce adduce