流逝汉英词典

witness

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈwɪtnɪs'wɪtnɪs]
  • 美式音标 [ˈwɪt.nəs]
  • 国际音标 ['witnis]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 证人；目击者；证据
  • vt. 目击；证明；为…作证
  • vi. 作证人
  • n. (Witness)人名；(津)威特尼斯

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的witnes，意为事件。

词根记忆

  • wit(知道，了解) + ness→知道或了解情况的人→证人
  • 智力(wit)不正常的人不能作证(witness)
  • wit(知道，了解) + ness→知道或了解情况→目击，作证

同根派生

  • witness

用法辨析

    v. (动词)

  • witness的基本意思是“亲眼看见”“目击”某事件的发生,也可表示“作证”“证明”,还有“表示”“说明”的意思。
  • witness一般用作及物动词,接名词、代词、动名词或that从句作宾语。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • She was a witness of the incident.
    她是这起事件的目击者。

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • I witnessed the accident.
    我亲眼目睹了这场事故。

    • S+～+that-clause

  • None could witness that he was present.
    没有人能证明他在现场。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • bear 〔stand〕 witness 作证
  • examine 〔summon〕 a witness 讯问〔传唤〕证人

    • 形容词+～

  • false witness 伪证
  • key witness 关键的证人
  • powerful witness 有力的证据

    • 名词+～

  • defense 〔prosecution〕 witness 被告〔原告〕方证人
  • eye witness 目击者，见证人

    • 介词+～

  • in witness of 作为…的证据

    • ～+介词

  • witness against 对…作不利的证明

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (SEE) a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident
  • (LAW) a person in a law court who says what they know about a legal case or a particular person
  • (BE PRESENT) to see something happen, especially an accident or crime
  • (HAPPEN) When a place or period witnesses a particular event, the event happens in that place or during that period.
  • (SHOW) to show or give proof of something

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it.
  • If you witness something, you see it happen.
  • A witness is someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event.
  • A witness is someone who writes their name on a document that you have signed, to confirm that it really is your signature.
  • If someone witnesses your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature.
  • 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.

专业释义

    法学

  • 证据
  • 证言
  • 证人作证

    Secondly we should adopt the limitary immunity. Thirdly the prosecutor starts up the stain witness testimony system.
    第四部分是思考如何构建我国的污点证人作证豁免制度。

  • 证人

    • 历史学

  • 见证

    The emergence and spread of the faith in King Guangfu is actually a witness of Guilin’s development and the incorporation of periphery cultures of different ethic groups into the mainstream culture.
    广福王信仰的兴起和传播,其实是桂林的开发和周边不同族群、不同文化被纳入主流话语的见证。

    测绘科学技术

  • 证示线

    • 能源科学技术

  • 目击者

    • 交通运输工程

  • 证人

    • 计算机科学技术

  • 见证