witness的意思

基本释义

• v 当场见到；目击

  to see something happen, especially a crime or accident

• n 目击者；证人

  someone who sees a crime or an accident and can describe what happened

例句

1. Several residents claim to have witnessed the attack.

   几位居民称目击了袭击事件。

2. The defence is expected to call them as witnesses .

   预计辩方会传召他们作为证人。

3. She was a witness of the incident.

   她是这起事件的目击者。

4. A witness was examined by him in a court of law.

   他在法庭上询问一个证人。

5. He gave witness on behalf of an accused person.

   他为被告作证。

6. His clothes are a witness to his poverty.

   他的穿着可以证明他穷。 (

7. I witnessed the accident.

   我亲眼目睹了这场事故。

短语

• bear witness 证明，作证
• as witness 以…为证明
• in witness whereof 以资证明；作为其证据
• expert witness 鉴定证人
• material witness 重要证人

近义词

英英释义

witness什么意思 noun 1. testimony by word or deed to your religious faith 2. a close observer someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) e.g. the spectators applauded the performance television viewers sky watchers discovered a new star Synonym: spectator, viewer, watcher, looker 3. someone who sees an event and reports what happened Synonym: witnesserinformant 4. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature Synonym: attest, ant, attest, or, attest, at, or 5. (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law verb 1. be a witness to e.g. She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court 2. perceive or be contemporaneous with e.g. We found Republicans winning the offices You'll see a lot of cheating in this school The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions I want to see results Synonym: findsee

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