witness
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?w?tn?s'w?tn?s]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?w?t.n?s]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) ['witnis]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n. 證人;目擊者;證據(jù)
- vt. 目擊;證明;為…作證
- vi. 作證人
- n. (Witness)人名;(津)威特尼斯
詞源解說(shuō)
- 直接源自古英語(yǔ)的witnes,意為事件。
詞根記憶
- wit(知道,了解) + ness→知道或了解情況的人→證人
- 智力(wit)不正常的人不能作證(witness)
- wit(知道,了解) + ness→知道或了解情況→目擊,作證
用法辨析
- witness的基本意思是“親眼看見(jiàn)”“目擊”某事件的發(fā)生,也可表示“作證”“證明”,還有“表示”“說(shuō)明”的意思。
- witness一般用作及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞、代詞、動(dòng)名詞或that從句作賓語(yǔ)。
v. (動(dòng)詞)
英漢例句
- She was a witness of the incident.
她是這起事件的目擊者。 - I witnessed the accident.
我親眼目睹了這場(chǎng)事故。 - None could witness that he was present.
沒(méi)有人能證明他在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)。
用作名詞 (n.)
用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)
用作及物動(dòng)詞: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
詞組短語(yǔ)
- bear 〔stand〕 witness 作證
- examine 〔summon〕 a witness 訊問(wèn)〔傳喚〕證人
- false witness 偽證
- key witness 關(guān)鍵的證人
- powerful witness 有力的證據(jù)
- defense 〔prosecution〕 witness 被告〔原告〕方證人
- eye witness 目擊者,見(jiàn)證人
- in witness of 作為…的證據(jù)
- witness against 對(duì)…作不利的證明
用作名詞 (n.)
動(dòng)詞+~
形容詞+~
名詞+~
介詞+~
~+介詞
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
- 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.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 證據(jù)
- 證言
- 證人作證
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構(gòu)建我國(guó)的污點(diǎn)證人作證豁免制度。 - 證人
- 見(jiàn)證
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.
廣福王信仰的興起和傳播,其實(shí)是桂林的開發(fā)和周邊不同族群、不同文化被納入主流話語(yǔ)的見(jiàn)證。測(cè)繪科學(xué)技術(shù)
- 證示線
- 目擊者
- 證人
- 見(jiàn)證