1 N-COUNT 见证人;目击者 A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it. 见证人;目击者
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Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster. [+ to]
空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看见飞机发生了爆炸。
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No witnesses have come forward.
没有目击证人站出来。
SYN observer, viewer, spectator, looker-on
2 VERB 目击;目睹 If you witness something, you see it happen. 目击;目睹
SYN see, mark, view, watch
3 N-COUNT (出庭的)证人 A witness is someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event. (出庭的)证人 [Also + for]
4 N-COUNT 见证人;连署人 A witness is someone who writes their name on a document that you have signed, to confirm that it really is your signature. 见证人;连署人
5 VERB 为(文件的签署)作证;连署 If someone witnesses your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature. 为(文件的签署)作证;连署
SYN countersign, sign, endorse, validate
6 VERB 见证，经历(事件、变化等) 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. 见证，经历(事件、变化等)
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India has witnessed many political changes in recent years. [VERB noun]
印度近年来经历了很多政治变动。
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The year 1886 witnessed the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi. [VERB noun]
1886年，埃利法斯·莱维的作品第一次有了长篇英译本。
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At present, we are witnessing another building boom. [VERB noun]
当前，我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。
7 VERB [only imper] 以…为证;…便是明证 You use witness to introduce an example of what you have just been talking about. 以…为证;…便是明证 [formal]
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Americans are a generous people: witness the increase in charitable giving, even during the recession. [VERB noun]
美国人是个慷慨的民族：即使是在经济萧条时期，慈善捐赠也在不断增加，这便是明证。
8 PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n] 是…的见证人;是…的目击者 If you are witness to something, you see it happen. 是…的见证人;是…的目击者 [formal]
SYN see, mark, view, watch
9 PHRASE 证明;为…作证 If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened. 证明;为…作证 [formal]
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Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China.
这些诗中有很多见证了他在印度和中国度过的岁月。
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Many veterans believe it is their job to bear witness to the horrors of war that they personally experienced.
很多老兵认为他们有职责为他们亲身经历的战争的恐怖作证。
| Word Partnership | Use witness with: |
| N. | defence witness, key witness, material witness, prosecution witness, star witness 3 |
| VERB. | call a witness, witness tells, witness testifies 3 bear witness 9 |
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