witness

英式音标：[ˈwɪtnəs]

美式音标：[ˈwɪtnɪs]

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概况：

n. 证人；目击者；证据

vt. 目击；证明；为…作证

vi. 作证人

n. (Witness)人名；(津)威特尼斯

词义：

n.

目击者，见证人；[法]证人；证据；

vt.

出席或知道；作记录；提供或作为…的证据；

vi.

做证人；见证；

变形

复数：witnesses过去式：witnessed过去分词：witnessed现在分词：witnessing第三人称单数：witnesses

双语释义

n.(名词)

[C] 目击者; 证人 person who sees an event take place; person who gives evidence in a law court after swearing to tell the truth

[S] [U] 证词,证据 what is said about an event , etc., especially in a law court; evidence

v.(动词)

vt. 亲眼看见; 目击 see or notice (sth) by being present when it happens

vt. 作证,证明 evidence (in a law court); give evidence of

vt. 表示; 说明 show; be a sign or proof of

英英释义

witness[ 'witnis ]

n.

someone who sees an event and reports what happened

同义词：witnesserinformant

a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

同义词：spectatorviewerwatcherlooker

testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature

同义词：attestantattestorattestator

(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law

v.

be a witness to

"She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"

perceive or be contemporaneous with

同义词：findsee

用法：

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

bear〔stand〕 witness作证

examine〔summon〕 a witness讯问〔传唤〕证人

形容词+～

false witness伪证

key witness关键的证人

powerful witness有力的证据

名词+～

defense〔prosecution〕 witness被告〔原告〕方证人

eye witness目击者

介词+～

in witness of作为…的证据

～+介词

witness against不利于…的证人

witness to the accident事件的目击者

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

witness one's signing documents在…签署的文件旁连署

witness sb's will在某人的遗嘱上签名作证

～+介词

witness against对…作不利的证明

witness for对…作有利的证明

witness to对…作证,证明,表明

词组短语

bear witness证明，作证

as witness以…为证明

in witness whereof以资证明；作为其证据

expert witness鉴定证人

material witness重要证人

with a witness[古语]极端地；毫无疑问地

star witness主要证人

eye witness目击者，见证人

witness stand（法庭上的）证人席

witness box证人席

同近义词辨析

observe, witness

observe看到，注意到

witness表明，是……的证明

testimony, evidence, proof, witness

这组词都有“证据、见证”的意思，其区别是：

testimony指证据、证词，多系法律用语。

evidence普通用词，在法律上指能起证明作用的，如证明、公证书以及所有的实物东西等。在生活中指任何一样可证明某一件事的真实性的东西。

proof指足以直接证明某事为某事实的依据，侧重作为充分证据所导致的结果。

witness指证据或证人，尤指后者，且有亲眼见到之意。

look, see, observe, watch, witness

这组词都有“看”的意思，其区别是：

look侧看“重”的动作。

see指看见。

observe侧重以客观的态度进行观察。

watch指用眼睛跟随某物，以便对每一个变化、运动等进行观察。

witness指当场看见，亲眼看见。

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The witness was telling about the whole accident.
目击者正在讲述整个事故的过程。

The lawyer examined the witness.
律师讯问了证人。

A material witness failed to appear in court.
一名重要的证人没有出庭。

用作及物动词(vt.)

Did anyone witness the traffic accident?
有谁目击了这场交通事故？

Please the witness to the room on the right.
请把目击证人带到左边的房间。

It was an extraordinary experience to witness the first sunrise of the new millennium.
亲眼目睹千禧年的第一缕曙光是一种与众不同的经历。

Programs look for people with special experience, to witness history, pondering life, against life experience and spiritual secrets of the creation of a novel transcript.
节目寻访拥有特殊经历的人物，一起见证历史，思索人生，直指生命的体验与心灵秘密，创造一种新颖的谈话记录。

Only one witness of the accident has come forward.
只有一人站出来为这次事件作见证。

Database properties cannot be set on the witness.
不能在见证上设置数据库属性。

The witness at the trial had been carefully primed by defence lawyers.
被告律师对出席审讯的证人事先作了仔细的指导。

You are now the witness or the watcher of the pain-body.
现在你是痛苦体的目击人或观察者。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

The empty cupboard was a witness of his poverty.
空的食橱就是他贫穷的证明。

He is a living witness to my innocence.
他是证明我清白的活证人。

权威例句

Witness indistinguishable and witness hiding protocols

Suggestibility of the Child Witness

Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium.FemaleMan_Meets_OncoMouse,

Using witness trees to assess forest change in southeastern Ohio

Children who witness the sexual assaults of their mothers.

Topological estimation using witness complexes

Suggestibility of the child witness: a historical review and synthesis

Suggestibility of the child witness: An historical review and synthesis

Proofs of Partial Knowledge and Simplified Design of Witness Hiding Protocols

Proofs of Partial Knowledge and Simplified Design of Witness Hiding Protocols.

同义词：voucher,testimony,testifier,testification,teste,prover,prove,proof,eyewitness,exhibit,demonstrate,attestor,argue

英语词源：

witness

witness: [OE] Witness originally meant ‘knowledge’ or ‘wisdom’; it was simply an abstract noun formed from wit. This was extended via ‘knowledge gained by observation’ to ‘testimony’ in the Old English period, and by the beginning of the Middle English period ‘person who gives testimony’ was well established.=> wit

witness (n.)

Old English witnes "attestation of fact, event, etc., from personal knowledge;" also "one who so testifies;" originally "knowledge, wit," formed from wit (n.) + -ness. Christian use (late 14c.) is as a literal translation of Greek martys (see martyr). Witness stand is recorded from 1853.

witness (v.)

c. 1300, "bear testimony," from witness (n.). Meaning "affix one's signature to (a document) to establish its identity" is from early 14c. Meaning "see or know by personal presence, observe" is from 1580s. Related: Witnessed; witnessing.

造句：

1. material witness

能提供实质性证据的证人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

2. zealous witness | prejudiced witness

有偏见之证人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

3. paralleling, synchronization, conflict and consequence relation during discrete event simulation using WITNESS

针对WITNESS仿真环境下,复杂离散事件仿真建模过程中出现的大量顺序、并行、同步、冲突及因果依赖等关系,提出采用改进型IDEF3方法进行仿真建模.

-- 来源 -- 网友提供

4. reliable witness

可靠的证人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

5. With witness

千真万确

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

6. competent witness

有资格的证人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

7. Witness Heaven!

让老天作证吧！

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

8. credible witness

可信的证人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

9. admissible witness

可接纳的证人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

10. witness protection

保护证人

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]