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wit.ness SEE5wIt7nEsna person who sees an event happening, esp. a crime or an accident（尤指犯罪或事故等的）目击者Following the crash on the motorway last night, police have appealed for witnesses to the accident to come forward. [C]在昨晚高速公路上的撞车事故之后，警察已经呼吁事故目击者站出来。According to (eye) witnesses, the robbery was carried out by two teenage boys. [C]据目击者说，抢劫是两个十几岁的男孩干的。If someone is witness to something, they see it.是…目击者，看到She was witness to the tragic event. [U]她看到了这一悲惨事件。During the play, the audience is witness to intrigue, betrayal and murder. [U]在这部戏中，观众们看到了阴谋，背叛及谋杀。If something is (a) witness to or bears witness to something, it shows or proves it.表明，作证，证明This latest rise in sales is (a) witness to the universal appeal of our recent advertising campaign.最近销售额上升证明了我们近来广告活动的广泛吸引力。As last week's riots bear witness, the political situation is very unstable.像上周的暴乱证明的那样，政局非常不稳定。The enormous popularity of the film bears witness to the fact that people still like a simple adventure story.这部影片受到的极大欢迎说明了人们仍然喜欢简单的冒险故事。A witness is also someone who is asked to be present at a particular event and sign their name in order to prove that things have been done correctly.见证人，连署人He signed the treaty in the presence of two witnesses. [C]他在两个见证人面前签署了条约。They were married a week after they first met, with two friends acting as witnesses. [C]他们在初次见面一周后就在两个朋友的见证下结婚了。
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