参考词典中witness的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 证人,目击者,证据,证明,证词
vt. 目击,作证,证明,表明,经历
vi. 作证人
词形变化
- 时 态:wit·nessed, wit·ness·ing, wit·ness·es名 词:wit'ness·er
常用短语
参考例句
- His tears were pathetic to witness.
他的眼泪引起在场人的怜悯. - I was a witness to their quarrel.
我是他们吵架时的目击者. - A stunned silence that witnessed his astonishment.
不知所措的沉默说明了他的震惊 - His pale looks witnessed his agitation.
他苍白的脸色表明他很激动。 - Rome witnessed great historic events.
罗马经历了一些重大的历史事件。
- His tears were pathetic to witness.
英英解释
5个名词解释
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
[同] informant, witness, witnesser - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
[同] looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness
[例]- the spectators applauded the performance
- television viewers
- sky watchers discovered a new star
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- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
[同] attestant, attestator, attestor, witness - (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
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- be a witness to
[例]- She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
[同] find, see, witness
[例]- 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
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