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wit·ness /ˈwɪtnɪs/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr. I n. 1. 目击者;见证人 a witness of the accident 事故的目击者 2. 【律】证人;连署人 call a witness in sb.'s defence 请证人为某人辩护 a witness to the will 遗嘱连署人 3. 证据;证言 It stands there in witness of the event. 它屹立在那里,为这事件作证。 4. 可作证据的人(或物) He is a living witness to the success of the scheme. 他是这个计划取得成功的活见证。 My clothes are a witness to my poverty. 我的衣着证明我穷困。
II ❶ vt. 1. 目击;注意到 witness a historic event 亲眼目睹一重要历史事件 witness a gang of hoodlums steal the wallet of a tourist 看到一伙流氓扒窃一旅游者的钱包 2. 是发生…的地点(或时间) This field has witnessed a battle. 这片土地上曾打过仗。 the years that witnessed the Industrial Revolution 发生工业革命的年代 3. 为…作证;证明 Your actions witness your guilt. 你的行动足以证明你有罪。 None could witness that he was present. 没有人能证明他当时在场。 4. 为…的证据;表明 His tears witnessed the shame he felt. 他流了泪,这说明他已感到羞耻。 5. 作…的证人;在(文件)上签名作证,连署 witness the signing of the declaration 作签署宣言的证人 He witnessed her will. 他在她的遗嘱上签名作证。 ❷ vi. 作证,证明;作为证据;作见证 (against,for,to) witness against (for) sb. in the charge 在控告中作不利(有利)于某人的证明 witness to the truth of a statement 证明陈述属实 He witnessed to having seen the man enter the building. 他作证说曾看到此人走进大楼。 witness for Christ 为基督作见证 Witness Heaven! 让老天作证吧! [WIT² + -NESS] phr. (as) witness 以…为明证 Diagnoses can be wrong, (as) witness the number of people wrongly sent to mental hospitals. 诊断可能是错误的,许多人被错误地送进精神病院即是明证。bear witness 作证;证明;表明 bear witness in the murder case 在谋杀案中作证 bear false witness against sb. 作不利于某人的伪证 The tests bear witness to the quality of this new car. 这些试验证明这辆新车质量很好。call to witness 〈古〉请…作证;传…作证 give witness 作证 give witness on behalf of sb. 为某人作证 God be my witness. 上帝作证。 (强调所言的真实性) with a witness 〈古〉确凿无疑;非常,极其 |