witness

noun

目睹者 person who sees sth

1. 目击者；见证人
   a person who sees sth happen and is able to describe it to other people
   1. Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident.
      警方呼吁这起事故的目击者出来作证。
   2. a witness to the killing
      杀人案的目击证人

法庭上 in court

2. 证人
   a person who gives evidence in court
   1. a defence/prosecution witness
      被告的 / 控方的证人
   2. to appear as (a) witness for the defence/prosecution
      出庭为被告 / 控方作证

签名 of signature

3. 见证人；连署人
   a person who is present when an official document is signed and who also signs it to prove that they saw this happen
   1. He was one of the witnesses at our wedding.
      他是我们婚礼的证婚人之一。

宗教信仰 of religious beliefs

4. 见证（以言行证实信仰）
   evidence of a person's strong religious beliefs, that they show by what they say and do in public

verb

看到 see sth

1. 当场看到，目击（尤指罪行或事故）
   to see sth happen (typically a crime or an accident)
   1. She was shocked by the violent scenes she had witnessed.
      她被亲眼目睹的暴虐场面惊呆了。
   2. Police have appealed for anyone who witnessed the incident to contact them.
      警方呼吁凡是目击这一事件的人与他们联系。
   3. We are now witnessing an unprecedented increase in violent crime.
      我们现在看到暴力犯罪空前增多。

时间；地点 of time/place

2. 是发生…的地点（或时间、组织等）；见证
   to be the place, period, organization, etc. in which particular events take place
   1. Recent years have witnessed a growing social mobility.
      近年来人们的社会流动性越来越大。
   2. The retail trade is witnessing a sharp fall in sales.
      零售业的销售额在急剧下降。

签署 signature

3. （为正式文件的签署）作证，连署
   to be present when an official document is signed and sign it yourself to prove that you saw this happen
   1. to witness a signature
      为签字作连署

迹象；证据 be sign/proof

4. 是…的迹象；为…的证据
   to be a sign or proof of sth
   1. There has been increasing interest in her life and work, as witnessed by the publication of two new biographies.
      从两部新传记的出版可以看出，人们对她的生活和工作越来越感兴趣。
   2. The huge attendance figures for the exhibition witness to a healthy interest in modern art.
      从展览会参观人数之巨大可以看出，人们对现代艺术具有浓厚兴趣。
5. （摆证据）就是证据，看…就知道
   used when giving an example that proves sth you have just said
   1. Authentic Italian cooking is very healthy─witness the low incidence of heart disease in Italy.
      正宗的意大利烹饪对健康非常有益，在意大利心脏病发病率低就是证据。

宗教信仰 to religious beliefs

6. （为宗教信仰）做见证
   to speak to people about your strong religious beliefs

1. N-COUNT 见证人;目击者
   A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it.
   1. Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster...
      空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看见飞机发生了爆炸。
   2. No witnesses have come forward.
      没有目击证人站出来。
2. VERB 目击;目睹
   If you witness something, you see it happen.
   1. Anyone who witnessed the attack should call the police...
      目睹这次袭击的人都应向警方报告。
   2. It was the quickest swimming lesson I'd ever witnessed.
      这是我所见过的最速成的游泳课。
3. N-COUNT (出庭的)证人
   A witness is someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event.
   1. In the next three or four days, eleven witnesses will be called to testify.
      接下来的三四天里，将传唤11名证人出庭作证。
4. 见证人;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.
5. VERB 为(文件的签署)作证;连署
   If someone witnesses your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature.
   1. Ask a friend to witness your signature.
      请一位朋友给你的签名作证。
6. VERB 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.
   1. India has witnessed many political changes in recent years...
      印度近年来经历了很多政治变动。
   2. The year 1886 witnessed the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi...
      1886年，埃利法斯·莱维的作品第一次有了长篇英译本。
   3. At present, we are witnessing another building boom.
      当前，我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。
7. VERB 以…为证;…便是明证
   You use witness to introduce an example of what you have just been talking about.
   1. Americans are a generous people: witness the increase in charitable giving, even during the recession.
      美国人是个慷慨的民族：即使是在经济萧条时期，慈善捐赠也在不断增加，这便是明证。
8. PHRASE 是…的见证人;是…的目击者
   If you are witness to something, you see it happen.
   1. Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence.
      孩子们经常会目睹暴力事件,其数量之多令人不安。
9. PHRASE 证明;为…作证
   If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
   1. Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China...
      这些诗中有很多见证了他在印度和中国度过的岁月。
   2. Many veterans believe it is their job to bear witness to the horrors of war that they personally experienced.
      很多老兵认为他们有职责为他们亲身经历的战争的恐怖作证。

1. There is a new witness to back his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity.
   有新的目击证人证明他的说法，他是被错认了。
2. I was called as an expert witness.
   我作为专家证人被传唤出庭。
3. A vital witness came forward to say that she saw Tanner wearing the boots.
   一位非常重要的证人站出来说她看见坦纳穿着那双靴子。
4. He did not witness her execution, yet he and the others are complicit in her death
   他没有亲眼目睹她被处决，但他和其他人对她的死都难脱干系。
5. The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements
   仅仅根据有争议的目击者证言和供词就定了罪。
6. We have a witness who would swear to it in a court of law.
   我们有一位证人愿意在法庭上宣誓作证。
7. He is expected to be the key witness at the trial
   他将成为审判的关键证人。
8. The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.
   原告唯一的证人嗜赌成性，游手好闲，其证词一下子就被推翻了。
9. He proved overconfident on the witness stand, misremembering a key piece of evidence.
   他在证人席上表现得过于自信，记错了一条重要的证据。
10. The judge appeared to nod off yesterday while a witness was being cross-examined
    昨天一名证人接受盘问时，法官好像在打盹。
11. His girlfriend had gone into the witness box and taken the oath
    他的女朋友进入证人席并立了誓。
12. An elderly man dressed in faded overalls took the witness stand.
    一位穿着褪色吊带工装裤的老人上了证人席。
13. This witness has committed perjury and no reliance can be placed on her evidence.
    这名证人作了伪证，她的证词不可信。
14. Judge Ito said that if his wife was called as a witness, he would step down as trial judge
    伊藤法官说，如果他的妻子被传作证，他将不再担任初审法官。
15. Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster
    空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看见飞机发生了爆炸。
16. No witnesses have come forward.
    没有目击证人站出来。
17. It was the quickest swimming lesson I'd ever witnessed.
    这是我所见过的最速成的游泳课。
18. In the next three or four days, eleven witnesses will be called to testify.
    接下来的三四天里，将传唤11名证人出庭作证。
19. Ask a friend to witness your signature.
    请一位朋友给你的签名作证。
20. India has witnessed many political changes in recent years
    印度近年来经历了很多政治变动。
21. The year 1886 witnessed the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi
    1886年，埃利法斯·莱维的作品第一次有了长篇英译本。
22. At present, we are witnessing another building boom.
    当前，我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。
23. Americans are a generous people: witness the increase in charitable giving, even during the recession.
    美国人是个慷慨的民族：即使是在经济萧条时期，慈善捐赠也在不断增加，这便是明证。
24. Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence.
    孩子们经常会目睹暴力事件，其数量之多令人不安。
25. Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China
    这些诗中有很多见证了他在印度和中国度过的岁月。
26. Many veterans believe it is their job to bear witness to the horrors of war that they personally experienced.
    很多老兵认为他们有职责为他们亲身经历的战争的恐怖作证。
27. Let me, as a witness, tell them what happened so that they will not be wrongly informed.
    让我这个目击者来告诉他们所发生的事情，也免得以讹传讹。
28. He was summoned as a witness.
    他被传唤出庭作证。
29. The lawyer took two hours to interrogate the witness.
    律师费两个小时的时间讯问证人。
30. His testimony contradicted that of the preceding witness.
    他的证词和前一位的互相矛盾。

  proof evidence testimony witness【导航词义：证据，见证】

  proof n. 证明，证据

〔辨析〕指可以表明某事物真实性的信息、文件等。

  evidence n. 证明，证据

〔辨析〕指表明某事物存在或真实的事实、迹象等，也指法庭上证明某人有罪或无罪的证据。

  testimony n. 证据，证词

〔辨析〕指清楚表明某事物存在或属实的事实或情况，也指法庭上的证词。

  witness n. 证人；证据

〔辨析〕多指知道案件情况并在法庭上对其进行陈述的人，也可指证据或证言。

n.

be (a) witness to sth

• 目击，看见（某事发生）
  to see sth take place
  1. He has been witness to a terrible murder.
     他目击了一起残忍的凶杀事件。
• 证明…真实；为…提供证据
  to show that sth is true; to provide evidence for sth
  1. His good health is a witness to the success of the treatment.
     他身体健康证明这种疗法是成功的。

bear/give witness (to sth)

• 为…作证；证明
  to provide evidence of the truth of sth

noun

1. testimony by word or deed to your religious faith

2. a close observer
   1. the spectators applauded the performance
   2. television viewers
   3. sky watchers discovered a new star

   Synonym:    spectatorviewerwatcherlooker

3. someone who sees an event and reports what happened

   Synonym:    witnesserinformant

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

   Synonym:    attestantattestorattestator

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

verb

1. be a witness to
   1. She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court

2. perceive or be contemporaneous with
   1. We found Republicans winning the offices
   2. You'll see a lot of cheating in this school
   3. The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions
   4. I want to see results

   Synonym:    findsee