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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

witness

英  [ˈwɪtnəs]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • witnesses

    1. [C 可数名词] 目击者

    A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it.

    近义词

    eye-witness

    双语例句

    例：

    Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster.

    据空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看到飞机发生了爆炸。

    例：

    No witnesses have come forward.

    没有目击者站出来。

    2. [C 可数名词] 证人

    A witness is someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event.

    双语例句

    例：

    In the next three or four days, eleven witnesses will be called to testify.

    在随后的三四天里，将传唤11名证人出庭作证。

    3. [C 可数名词] 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The codicil must first be signed and dated by you in the presence of two witnesses.

    你必须先当着两位连署人的面在遗嘱附件上签名并写上日期。

    VERB. 动词

  • witnesses , witnessing , witnessed

    1. [T 及物动词] 目击

    If you witness something, you see it happen.

    近义词

    see , experience

    双语例句

    例：

    Anyone who witnessed the attack should call the police.

    任何目睹了那场袭击的人都应该报警。

    2. [T 及物动词] 连署

    If someone witnesses your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature.

    双语例句

    例：

    Ask a friend (not your spouse) to witness your signature.

    请一位朋友（不可以是你的配偶），来连署你的签名。

    3. [T 及物动词] 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.

    近义词

    see

    双语例句

    例：

    India has witnessed many political changes in recent years.

    印度近些年经历了许多政治变革。

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