| 单词 | witness |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[ˈwɪtnəs] 美[ˈwɪtnɪs] |
| 解释 | 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; |
| 例句 | 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: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。 例: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:Anyone who witnessed the attack should call the police...目睹这次袭击的人都应向警方报告。 例: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: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: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:India has witnessed many political changes in recent years...印度近年来经历了很多政治变动。 例: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: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: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: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。 例: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。 |
| 变形 | third:witnesses~done:witnessed~pl:witnesses~ing:witnessing~past:witnessed~ |
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