witness是什么意思？

witness

英[ˈwɪtnəs] 美[ˈwɪtnɪs]

• n. 目击者，见证人，[法]证人，证据；
• vt. 出席或知道，作记录，提供或作为…的证据；
• vi. 做证人，见证；

复数：witnesses;

第三人称单数：witnesses;

过去式：witnessed;

过去分词：witnessed;

现在分词：witnessing;

例句

• The witness tripped up rather badly under close cross-examination. 这个证人在严密的盘问之下破绽百出。
• The witness showed unquestionable proof. 证人出示了确凿的证据。
• The chief witness was allowed to leave the town only after lodging a sworn statement with the police. 主要见证人向警方提交宣过誓的证词后,才可离开市镇。
• I shall prove to you that the witness is quite unreliable. 我将向你证明,证人十分不可靠。
• Line up these men and see if the witness can recognize the criminal. 让这些人站成一排看看见证人能否从中把罪犯认出来。
• An important witness was absent when the case came up. 开庭时, 有个重要的证人没有出席。
• The gangster's friends bought off the police witness. 那坏蛋的朋友买通了警察方面的证人。
• a veracious witness 诚实的目击者
• an ocular witness 目击者, 见证人
• There’s not a vestige of truth in the witness’s statement. 这个证人的证词没有一丝一毫的真实性。

同义词

• vt.
  witness的同义词之：作...的证人;证明
  swear, vouch, testify,
  witness的同义词之：看;观察;察觉
  view, glimpse, observe, discern, sight, spy, perceive, see,
• witness的同义词之：其他释义
  view, vouch, see, observe, swear, onlooker, observer, testify, glimpse, behold, discern, perceive, spy, spectator, reference, sight,

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均有"看" 的意思
  look：侧看"重"的动作。
  see：指看见。
  watch：指用眼睛跟随某物，以便对每一个变化、运动等进行观察。
  observe：侧重以客观的态度进行观察。
  witness：指当场看见，亲眼看见。
• 以下这些名词均有"证据，见证" 的意思
  proof：指足以直接证明某事为某事实的依据，侧重作为充分证据所导致的结果。
  evidence：普通用词，在法律上指能起证明作用的，如证明、公证书以及所有的实物东西等。在生活中指任何一样可证明某一件事的真实性的东西。
  witness：指证据或证人，尤指后者，且有亲眼见到之意。
  testimony：指证据、证词，多系法律用语。

词组

• as God is my witness (或 God be my witness)
  an invocation of God as confirmation of the truth of a statement 上帝作证，老天作证（用于确认事实）
• call someone or something to witness
  (archaic)appeal or refer to someone or something for confirmation or evidence of something (古)请…作证；传…作证

英语四级真题

She was a witness to the crime.
出自-2010年12月听力原文

英语六级真题

Many factors influence the accuracy of witness testimony.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
At Jackson's trial, although two witnesses testified that Jackson was with them in another location at the times of the crimes, he was convicted anyway.
出自-2012年6月听力原文
For instance, witnesses sometimes see photographs of several suspects before they try to identify the person they saw in a lineup of people
出自-2012年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  见证人;目击者
  A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it.
  例句
  Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster... 空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看见飞机发生了爆炸。 No witnesses have come forward. 没有目击证人站出来。
• VERB
  目击;目睹
  If you witness something, you see it happen.
  例句
  Anyone who witnessed the attack should call the police... 目睹这次袭击的人都应向警方报告。 It was the quickest swimming lesson I'd ever witnessed. 这是我所见过的最速成的游泳课。
• N-COUNT
  (出庭的)证人
  A witness is someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event.
  例句
  In the next three or four days, eleven witnesses will be called to testify. 接下来的三四天里，将传唤11名证人出庭作证。
• N-COUNT
  见证人;连署人
  A witness is someone who writes their name on a document that you have signed, to confirm that it really is your signature.
• VERB
  为(文件的签署)作证;连署
  If someone witnesses your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature.
  例句
  Ask a friend to witness your signature. 请一位朋友给你的签名作证。
• VERB
  见证，经历(事件、变化等)
  If you say that a place, period of time, or person witnessed a particular event or change, you mean that it happened in that place, during that period of time, or while that person was alive.
  例句
  India has witnessed many political changes in recent years... 印度近年来经历了很多政治变动。 The year 1886 witnessed the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi... 1886年，埃利法斯·莱维的作品第一次有了长篇英译本。
• VERB
  以…为证;…便是明证
  You use witness to introduce an example of what you have just been talking about.
  例句
  Americans are a generous people: witness the increase in charitable giving, even during the recession. 美国人是个慷慨的民族：即使是在经济萧条时期，慈善捐赠也在不断增加，这便是明证。
• PHRASE
  是…的见证人;是…的目击者
  If you are witness to something, you see it happen.
  例句
  Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence. 孩子们经常会目睹暴力事件,其数量之多令人不安。
• PHRASE
  证明;为…作证
  If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
  例句
  Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China... 这些诗中有很多见证了他在印度和中国度过的岁月。 Many veterans believe it is their job to bear witness to the horrors of war that they personally experienced. 很多老兵认为他们有职责为他们亲身经历的战争的恐怖作证。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  目击者; 证人
  She was a witness of the incident. 她是事件的目击者。 A witness was examined by him in a court of law. 他在法庭上质问一个证人。
  证词; 证据
  He gave witness on behalf of an accused person. 他为被告作证。
• vt.
  亲眼看见, 目击
  I witnessed the accident. 我亲眼目睹了这场事故。
  作证, 证明
  No one could witness that he was present. 没有人能证明他在现场。
  表示, 说明
  Severe damage witnessed the destructive force of the storm. 严重的损失表明了这场暴风雨巨大的破坏力。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. someone who sees an event and reports what happened
  2. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind);
  "the spectators applauded the performance""television viewers""sky watchers discovered a new star"
  3. testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
  4. (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
  5. (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
• Verb
  1. be a witness to
  2. perceive or be contemporaneous with;
  "We found Republicans winning the offices""You'll see a lot of cheating in this school""I want to see results""The 1960 saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions""I want to see results"

行业词典

• 法律： 证人；
  金融： 见证人；中人；证据；