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witness n.目击者；证人vt.目击；经历；见证；出席；观察vi.证明；为(宗教信仰)做见证 (1) 目击者正在讲述整个事故的过程。(2) 律师讯问了证人。(3) 一名重要的证人没有出庭。(4) 有谁目击了这场交通事故？(5) 请把目击证人带到左边的房间。(6) 亲眼目睹千禧年的第一缕曙光是一种与众不同的经历。(7) 节目寻访拥有特殊经历的人物，一起见证历史，思索人生，直指生命的体验与心灵秘密，创造一种新颖的谈话记录。(8) 只有一人站出来为这次事件作见证。(9) 不能在见证上设置数据库属性。(10) 现在你是痛苦体的目击人或观察者。(11) 空的食橱就是他贫穷的证明。(12) 他是证明我清白的活证人。 The first part of a witness's role is observation. You witness the accident. The second part is telling someone about it — bearing witness. In court, you can be a witness for the defense or prosecution. You can also witness a legal document, like a will, or a wedding conducted by the justice of the peace. Religious people use this word a lot too: being a witness in that sense is being a true believer who tries to convert others.

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英 ['wɪtnəs] 美 ['wɪtnəs] (1) The witness was telling about the whole accident.(2) The lawyer examined the witness.(3) A material witness failed to appear in court.(4) Did anyone witness the traffic accident?(5) Please the witness to the room on the right.(6) It was an extraordinary experience to witness the first sunrise of the new millennium.(7) Programs look for people with special experience, to witness history, pondering life, against life experience and spiritual secrets of the creation of a novel transcript.(8) Only one witness of the accident has come forward.(9) Database properties cannot be set on the witness.(10) You are now the witness or the watcher of the pain-body.(11) The empty cupboard was a witness of his poverty.(12) He is a living witness to my innocence. If you're walking down the street and see one car run a red light and plow into another, you are a witness to the accident. You saw it and can tell someone else how the accident happened. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]见证人；目击者 A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it.   [oft N to n]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。2[VERB 动词]目击；目睹 If you witness something, you see it happen.   [V n]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。3[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.   [oft N for n]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。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]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. 5[VERB 动词]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.   [V n]Ask a friend to witness your signature.请一位朋友给你的签名作证。6[VERB 动词]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.   [V n]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。At present, we are witnessing another building boom.当前，我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。7[VERB 动词]以…为证；…便是明证 You use witness to introduce an example of what you have just been talking about.   [V n]  [only imper]  [FORMAL 正式]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。8[PHRASE 短语]是…的见证人；是…的目击者 If you are witness to something, you see it happen.   [V inflects]  [FORMAL 正式]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。9[PHRASE 短语]证明；为…作证 If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.   [V inflects]  [FORMAL 正式]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。

英语单词	witness
英美音标	英 ['wɪtnəs] 美 ['wɪtnəs]
中文释义	n.目击者；证人 vt.目击；经历；见证；出席；观察 vi.证明；为(宗教信仰)做见证
英语例句	(1) The witness was telling about the whole accident. (2) The lawyer examined the witness. (3) A material witness failed to appear in court. (4) Did anyone witness the traffic accident? (5) Please the witness to the room on the right. (6) It was an extraordinary experience to witness the first sunrise of the new millennium. (7) Programs look for people with special experience, to witness history, pondering life, against life experience and spiritual secrets of the creation of a novel transcript. (8) Only one witness of the accident has come forward. (9) Database properties cannot be set on the witness. (10) You are now the witness or the watcher of the pain-body. (11) The empty cupboard was a witness of his poverty. (12) He is a living witness to my innocence.
中文例句	(1) 目击者正在讲述整个事故的过程。 (2) 律师讯问了证人。 (3) 一名重要的证人没有出庭。 (4) 有谁目击了这场交通事故？ (5) 请把目击证人带到左边的房间。 (6) 亲眼目睹千禧年的第一缕曙光是一种与众不同的经历。 (7) 节目寻访拥有特殊经历的人物，一起见证历史，思索人生，直指生命的体验与心灵秘密，创造一种新颖的谈话记录。 (8) 只有一人站出来为这次事件作见证。 (9) 不能在见证上设置数据库属性。 (10) 现在你是痛苦体的目击人或观察者。 (11) 空的食橱就是他贫穷的证明。 (12) 他是证明我清白的活证人。
vocabulary简明	If you're walking down the street and see one car run a red light and plow into another, you are a witness to the accident. You saw it and can tell someone else how the accident happened.
vocabulary扩展	The first part of a witness's role is observation. You witness the accident. The second part is telling someone about it — bearing witness. In court, you can be a witness for the defense or prosecution. You can also witness a legal document, like a will, or a wedding conducted by the justice of the peace. Religious people use this word a lot too: being a witness in that sense is being a true believer who tries to convert others.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]见证人；目击者 A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it. [oft N to n] 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。 2 [VERB 动词]目击；目睹 If you witness something, you see it happen. [V n] 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。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. [oft N for n] 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。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. 5 [VERB 动词]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. [V n] Ask a friend to witness your signature. 请一位朋友给你的签名作证。 6 [VERB 动词]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. [V n] 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。 At present, we are witnessing another building boom. 当前，我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。 7 [VERB 动词]以…为证；…便是明证 You use witness to introduce an example of what you have just been talking about. [V n] [only imper] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 8 [PHRASE 短语]是…的见证人；是…的目击者 If you are witness to something, you see it happen. [V inflects] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 9 [PHRASE 短语]证明；为…作证 If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened. [V inflects] [FORMAL 正式] 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。

Witness N [V Person Verb 动词 Accident N Count