音标：[ˈwitnisiz] ；

n. 目击者( witness的名词复数 ); 证词; 见证（以言行证实信仰）; 见证人
v. 作证( witness的第三人称单数 ); 表示; （摆证据）…就是证据; 是…的迹象

n someone who sees an event and reports what happened
n a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
n testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
n (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
n (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
v be a witness to
v perceive or be contemporaneous with

witness的用法和样例：

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。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)

She was a witness of the incident.她是这起事件的目击者。
A witness was examined by him in a court of law.他在法庭上询问一个证人。
He gave witness on behalf of an accused person.他为被告作证。
His clothes are a witness to his poverty.他的穿着可以证明他穷。

用作动词(v.)

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

I witnessed the accident.我亲眼目睹了这场事故。
He witnessed a change in her.他注意到了她的变化。
The park witnessed a number of duels.这个公园发生过许多次决斗。
The 1980s have witnessed increasing unemployment.20世纪80年代发生了不断增长的失业现象。
Severe damage witnessed the destructive force of the storm.严重的损失表明了这场暴风雨巨大的破坏力。

S+～+that-clause

None could witness that he was present.没有人能证明他在现场。
My wife will witness that I was at home all night.我妻子会证明那天我整夜都在家。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)

witness to (v.+prep.)

证明; 表明 prove (sth) by showing it clearlyHer actions witness to her trustworthiness.她的行为证明她是可以信赖的。

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

经典引文

Agamemnon..if the witness of Homer be accepted, brought the greatest number of ships.
出自：B. Jowett
The early Christians..made a triumphant witness for Christ.
出自：M. L. King
To..recount the true pre-history of the race through the witness of folk-tale and legend.
出自：A. S. Byatt
The antiquity of the settlement of the Scots in Britain witnessed by our own country writers.
出自：T. Innes
Witness you threesI'm not afraid of him.
出自：Dickens

【近义词】

observe观察
perceive注意到
see看见
view视野
spectator观众
observer观察者
onlooker旁观者
behold看到
watcher监票员
bystander旁观者
eyewitness目击者
countersign副署
endorse赞同
sign手势
attest证明
authenticate证明...为真
vouch担保
testify作证
swear咒骂
discern辨别
glimpse一瞥
spy间谍
sight视力
reference参考
watch注视
proof证明
mark记号
notice注意
note笔记
confirmation确认
attestant连署人
find发现
viewer观看者
looker观看的人
attestor证人
attestator证明者
informant通知者
witnesser目击者
look看
evidence证据
testimony证明

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