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单词 cross-examine
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Definition of cross-examine in English:

cross-examine

verbˌkrɒsɪɡˈzamɪnˌkrɔs əɡˈzæmən
[with object]
  • 1Question (a witness called by the other party) in a court of law to challenge or extend testimony already given.

    (在法庭上)反诘(对方证人)。比较EXAMINATION-IN-CHIEF

    he would decline to cross-examine the prosecution witness
    Compare with examination-in-chief
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Politics, however, cannot be kept out of the trial without abandoning some fundamentals of the rule of law, like allowing the defendant to cross-examine witnesses for the prosecution.
    • Witnesses will not be cross-examined during their first appearance before the tribunal.
    • He referred to how prosecution witnesses were cross-examined.
    • Witnesses may be cross-examined by the defendant and the presenter.
    • Witnesses were called and cross-examined, counsel addressed the jury, the judge summed up, and the jury convicted.
    • This ruling should also be clear that I am not precluding the defence from cross-examining the third party on this issue.
    • In fact, he did attend to cross-examine one further witness but otherwise took no active part in the proceedings thereafter.
    • She rejected the alternative of an adjournment for what was said to be a further day or day and a half to enable witnesses to be cross-examined.
    • Another point was that the co-accused's counsel cross-examined a number of witnesses to suggest that women generally were in fear of my client.
    • He said each state witness had been extensively cross-examined, and the court had no reason to rule any of them evasive or to doubt their veracity.
    • Then he went on to talk about the length of time that the Crown Prosecutor had cross-examined those witnesses who had been called by the appellant.
    • Her counsel also suggests, in cross-examining a prosecution eye witness, Gary, that he had been high on heroin on the night of the alleged murder and that his account of events was not therefore reliable.
    • The prosecution even declined to cross-examine the last defense witness.
    • They are neutral observers who can challenge the prosecution and cross-examine witnesses.
    • The case involved a woman who was denied legal aid having to cross-examine in court the man she alleged had physically abused her.
    • He would have known that his giving a name could lead to his being summonsed to court and to being cross-examined.
    • The appellant gave evidence and was cross-examined at length.
    • He then attempted to cross-examine this key prosecution witness.
    • She had heard the entire prosecution case and her barrister had cross-examined all the witnesses produced on behalf of the Crown.
    • He certainly was cross-examined, this witness, and on this letter.
    Synonyms
    talk to, have a discussion with, have a dialogue with, hold a meeting with, confer with
    1. 1.1 Question (someone) aggressively or in great detail.
      盘问
      I was cross-examined over the breakfast table

      我在用早餐时受到了盘问。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We didn't even notice, but a Military Policeman discovered the substitution and cross-examined us.
      • But I would immediately cross-examine her on the nature of their relationship.
      • If a Tory prime minister died in office the country could not wait for months while candidates were cross-examined in village halls.
      • The officer was cross-examined as to the detail of the conversation and conceded that the record in his notebook was far from full.
      • That went down a bomb with the soldiers who searched my luggage and cross-examined me several times at Tel Aviv airport when I was leaving on New Year's Day.
      • Employing all the legalistic tricks of her trade, she probed and cross-examined me at breakfast and each evening.
      • It will be a real opportunity for the people of Swindon to ask the questions that matter to them and I am sure the good people of Swindon will cross-examine us.
      • They won't give out press conferences to give the media an opportunity to cross-examine their officials.
      • But think about all the damage that he was able to do by cross-examining these people.
      • It was there that I was able to surreptitiously cross-examine these men.
      • These days guests are often cross-examined before their participation is confirmed to make sure that they will come out fighting.
      • The mother is not a lawyer and she is not a policeman and it is very unlikely that she would have cross-examined her daughter about the detail of this incident.
      • Well, I've taken a look at how those girls were cross-examined.
      • At times it seems like he really is cross-examining him on just about every aspect of his alibi and why he told the lies he did.
      • At times, it sounds like she is cross-examining him, although sometimes she is acknowledging she does have some fears about his alibis.
      • He was not cross-examined as to what he meant by this.
      • After cross-examining me regarding my identity and my employer, he asked me to summarize the story.
      Synonyms
      interrogate, question, cross-question, quiz, catechize
      interview, examine, probe, sound out, debrief
      put questions to, ask questions of
      informal grill, pump, give the third degree to, put through the third degree, put through the wringer, put through the mangle, put the screws on

Derivatives

  • cross-examiner

  • noun
    • Like the skilled courtroom cross-examiner, he realizes that the question is often more important than the answer.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I think another time I will send a barrister who's a good cross-examiner because what was needed here was a good cross-examination of their witnesses.
      • The cross-examiner's question related to the 12-month period prior to the trial.
      • He emerges as a devastating cross-examiner ruthlessly unmasking for history the feebleness of the whole enterprise.
      • He challenged the cross-examiner's view that this case required such expertise.

Definition of cross-examine in US English:

cross-examine

verbˌkrɔs əɡˈzæmən
[with object]
  • 1Question (a witness called by the other party) in a court of law to discredit or undercut testimony already given.

    (在法庭上)反诘(对方证人)。比较EXAMINATION-IN-CHIEF

    Compare with direct examination
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The prosecution even declined to cross-examine the last defense witness.
    • He certainly was cross-examined, this witness, and on this letter.
    • He would have known that his giving a name could lead to his being summonsed to court and to being cross-examined.
    • Another point was that the co-accused's counsel cross-examined a number of witnesses to suggest that women generally were in fear of my client.
    • Witnesses will not be cross-examined during their first appearance before the tribunal.
    • He said each state witness had been extensively cross-examined, and the court had no reason to rule any of them evasive or to doubt their veracity.
    • The case involved a woman who was denied legal aid having to cross-examine in court the man she alleged had physically abused her.
    • This ruling should also be clear that I am not precluding the defence from cross-examining the third party on this issue.
    • She had heard the entire prosecution case and her barrister had cross-examined all the witnesses produced on behalf of the Crown.
    • Her counsel also suggests, in cross-examining a prosecution eye witness, Gary, that he had been high on heroin on the night of the alleged murder and that his account of events was not therefore reliable.
    • He then attempted to cross-examine this key prosecution witness.
    • They are neutral observers who can challenge the prosecution and cross-examine witnesses.
    • Witnesses may be cross-examined by the defendant and the presenter.
    • Politics, however, cannot be kept out of the trial without abandoning some fundamentals of the rule of law, like allowing the defendant to cross-examine witnesses for the prosecution.
    • In fact, he did attend to cross-examine one further witness but otherwise took no active part in the proceedings thereafter.
    • She rejected the alternative of an adjournment for what was said to be a further day or day and a half to enable witnesses to be cross-examined.
    • He referred to how prosecution witnesses were cross-examined.
    • Witnesses were called and cross-examined, counsel addressed the jury, the judge summed up, and the jury convicted.
    • The appellant gave evidence and was cross-examined at length.
    • Then he went on to talk about the length of time that the Crown Prosecutor had cross-examined those witnesses who had been called by the appellant.
    Synonyms
    talk to, have a discussion with, have a dialogue with, hold a meeting with, confer with
    1. 1.1 Question (someone) aggressively or in great detail.
      盘问
      I was cross-examined over the breakfast table

      我在用早餐时受到了盘问。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was there that I was able to surreptitiously cross-examine these men.
      • After cross-examining me regarding my identity and my employer, he asked me to summarize the story.
      • But I would immediately cross-examine her on the nature of their relationship.
      • Employing all the legalistic tricks of her trade, she probed and cross-examined me at breakfast and each evening.
      • But think about all the damage that he was able to do by cross-examining these people.
      • That went down a bomb with the soldiers who searched my luggage and cross-examined me several times at Tel Aviv airport when I was leaving on New Year's Day.
      • He was not cross-examined as to what he meant by this.
      • At times it seems like he really is cross-examining him on just about every aspect of his alibi and why he told the lies he did.
      • It will be a real opportunity for the people of Swindon to ask the questions that matter to them and I am sure the good people of Swindon will cross-examine us.
      • The officer was cross-examined as to the detail of the conversation and conceded that the record in his notebook was far from full.
      • They won't give out press conferences to give the media an opportunity to cross-examine their officials.
      • Well, I've taken a look at how those girls were cross-examined.
      • We didn't even notice, but a Military Policeman discovered the substitution and cross-examined us.
      • If a Tory prime minister died in office the country could not wait for months while candidates were cross-examined in village halls.
      • The mother is not a lawyer and she is not a policeman and it is very unlikely that she would have cross-examined her daughter about the detail of this incident.
      • At times, it sounds like she is cross-examining him, although sometimes she is acknowledging she does have some fears about his alibis.
      • These days guests are often cross-examined before their participation is confirmed to make sure that they will come out fighting.
      Synonyms
      interrogate, question, cross-question, quiz, catechize
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