Witness
['wɪtnɪs] or ['wɪtnəs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) testimony by word or deed to your religious faith.
(noun.) someone who sees an event and reports what happened.
(noun.) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature.
(noun.) (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law.
(verb.) be a witness to; 'She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court'.
(verb.) perceive or be contemporaneous with; 'We found Republicans winning the offices'; 'You'll see a lot of cheating in this school'; 'The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions'; 'I want to see results'.
整理:玛丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony.
(v. i.) That which furnishes evidence or proof.
(v. i.) One who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness.
(v. i.) One who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts.
(v. i.) One who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like.
(v. t.) To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of.
(v. t.) To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.
(v. t.) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.
(v. i.) To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify.
伊夫林整理
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Testimony, evidence, attestation, corroboration.[2]. Deponent, corroborator, eye-witness.
v. a. [1]. Attest, be a witness of, bear witness to.[2]. Observe, see, take cognizance of.
乔整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Attestation, testimony, evidence, corroboration, cognizance, corroborator, eyewitness,spectator, auditor, testifier, voucher, earwitness
ANT:Invalidation, Incognizance, refutation, ignorance, alien, ignoramus, stranger
杰夫編輯
解釋/意思:
n. knowledge brought in proof: testimony of a fact: that which furnishes proof: one who sees or has personal knowledge of a thing: one who attests.—v.t. to have direct knowledge of: to see: to give testimony to: to show: (Shak.) to foretell.—v.i. to give evidence.—ns. Wit′ness-box the enclosure in which a witness stands when giving evidence in a court of law; Wit′nesser.—With a witness (Shak.) to a great degree.
整理:温弗雷德
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream that you bear witness against others, signifies you will have great oppression through slight causes. If others bear witness against you, you will be compelled to refuse favors to friends in order to protect your own interest. If you are a witness for a guilty person, you will be implicated in a shameful affair.
手打:玛丽安
例句/造句/用法:
- On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Traitor and false witness! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The good woman was desired to leave the witness-box. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I now say, Thank God she did not live to witness the cruel, miserable death of her youngest darling! 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- As he took a chair himself, he supplied the link that Mr. Lorry wanted, by saying to him with a frown, Witness at that trial. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Lionel, you hear: witness for me: persuade your sister to forgive the injury I have done her; persuade her to be mine. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Is there any other witness? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Important witnesses; saw you in a delicate situation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I wish you both to be there as witnesses. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- That the tragical fate of Tom, also, has too many times had its parallel, there are living witnesses, all over our land, to testify. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- She and those stars seemed to me at once the types and witnesses of truth all regnant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The witnesses were stupid and unreliable and contradictory, as witnesses always are. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He is understood to be in want of witnesses for the inquest to-morrow who can tell the coroner and jury anything whatever respecting the deceased. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In the parliamentary inquiry in 1764, the witnesses stated the price of the choice pieces of the best beef to be to the consumer 4d. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- In short, but for such perseverance as I have seldom witnessed, I had never placed myself under his protection. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It would not have been necessary for him to have been embalmed that length of time to have witnessed some great developments of his favorite science. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- I remember, after having witnessed the destructive effects of a fire, I could not even behold a small one in a stove, without a sensation of fear. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The friend in whose house he was located witnessed his testament. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- They are right; I have witnessed as much. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I never, myself, saw the treatment described in the preceding paragraph, but have heard it described by persons who have witnessed it. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He would save himself from witnessing again such permitted, encouraged attentions. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I have had my eye on her several times since you withdrew yours; and I have had the honour of witnessing a little spectacle which you were spared. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I have seen my young family, and Mr. Pardiggle, quite worn out with witnessing it, when I may truly say I have been as fresh as a lark! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It is needless to say that witnessing the ordinary slow and costly procedure would put Edison on his mettle. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In reality we are witnessing a change of conscience, initiated by cranks and fanatics, sustained for a long time by minorities, which has at last infected the mass of the people. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He would be depressed for many days after witnessing a death-bed, or hearing of any crime. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- This is unwarrantable conduct, sir, said the stranger, and I must call the box-keeper, if you hinder my whole party from witnessing the performance. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
黛博拉編輯