witness

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n. 证人, 目击者, 证据, 证词 vt. 目击, 作证, 证明, 表明 vi. 作证人, 作为证据

发音

US /ˈwɪt.nɪs/
UK /ˈwɪt.nɪs/
US /ˈwɪt.nəs/
AU /ˈwɪt.nəs/

词形变化

witnesses 复数 witnesses unwitnessed witnessed witnessedst witnesses 三单 witnessest witnesseth witnessing witnessing 现在分词 witnessed 过去式 witnessed 过去分词

别名

wit. witnesse witneße

教材释义与例句

名词

证人；目击者；证据

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

动词

目击；证明；为…作证

to see something happen, especially a crime or accident

动词

作证人

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.

    证人

    不可数 可数

    She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.

  2. 2.

    One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.

    证人

    见证人

    目击者

    可数 不可数

    As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London Joolby saw that Mr. Bronsky had looked in by another door and been a witness of the last stage of the quarrel

  3. 3.

    Someone called to give evidence in a court.

    证人

    可数 法律 不可数

    The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.

  4. 4.

    One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.

    可数 不可数

    The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.

  5. 5.

    Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)

    可数 不可数 语言学
  7. 7.

    An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.

    可数 计算机 工程 数学 不可数

    Automatic failover requires a witness, either a file share or a SQL Server witness (SQL Server Express may be used as a witness).

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To furnish proof of, to show.

    及物

    This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.

  2. 2.

    To take as evidence.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To see or gain knowledge of through experience.

    及物

    He witnessed the accident.

  4. 4.

    To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.

    to witness a bond or a deed

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

informant viewer watcher spectator looker attestor witnesser

上位词 10

actor worker testimony speaker observer talker doer beholder signatory perceiver

下位词 10

spy eyewitness bystander voyeur browser peeper onlooker theatergoer adverse witness attester
动词

同义词 2

see find

上位词 4

see watch experience go through

下位词 2

catch eyewitness

近义相关 8

see find hear learn discover pickup find out get wind

相关短语

witness box n. 证人席 witness stand 证人席 [法] 证人席 witness tampering witness boxes 证人席 witness protection witness marks witness mark witness stands witness consciousness in witness whereof 以此为证 Jehovah's Witness [网络] 耶和华见证人；耶和华见证会；耶和华的证人 hostile witness [法] 敌意的证人, 恶意证人 eye witness zealous witness [法] 偏袒一方的证人, 有偏见的证人

词源

From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).

来源：wiktionary