witness

witness

英 ['wɪtnɪs]
　　美 ['wɪtnəs]

n. 證人；目擊者；證據
　　vt. 目擊；證明；為…作證
　　vi. 作證人
　　n. (Witness)人名；(津)威特尼斯

v.(動詞)witness的基本意思是“親眼看見”“目擊”某事件的發生,也可表示“作證”“證明”,還有“表示”“說明”的意思。witness一般用作及物動詞,接名詞、代詞、動名詞或that從句作賓語。

中文詞源：

witness 見證

wit,看，-ness,名詞後綴。引申詞義見證。

例句：

1. His girlfriend had gone into the witness box and taken the oath.
他的女朋友進入證人席並立瞭誓。

2. The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.
原告唯一的證人嗜賭成性，遊手好閑，其證詞一下子就被推翻瞭。

3. The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements.
僅僅根據有爭議的目擊者證言和供詞就定瞭罪。

4. Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence.
孩子們經常會目睹暴力事件，其數量之多令人不安。

5. One eye-witness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction.
一位目擊者稱暴徒肆無忌憚地到處進行破壞。