| 单词 | witness |
| 释义 | witness (once / 74 pages) nv If you're walking down the street and see one car run a red light and plow into another, you are a witness to the accident. You saw it and can tell someone else how the accident happened. The first part of a witness's role is observation. You witness the accident. The second part is telling someone about it — bearing witness. In court, you can be a witness for the defense or prosecution. You can also witness a legal document, like a will, or a wedding conducted by the justice of the peace. Religious people use this word a lot too: being a witness in that sense is being a true believer who tries to convert others. WORD FAMILYwitness: witnessed, witnesser, witnesses, witnessing+/witnesser: witnessers USAGE EXAMPLESThe defense put up no witnesses during the seven-day trial. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) We are physicians who teach tropical medicine in East Africa each year, where we witness the tragedy of illnesses and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) We also witnessed seven Category 5 storms, which is a huge number. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1n someone who sees an event and reports what happened Syn|Hypo|Hyper informant, witnesser attestant, attester someone who affirms or vouches for the correctness or truth or genuineness of something deponent, deposer, testifiera person who testifies or gives a deposition beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizersomeone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) 2n a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) Syn|Hypo|Hyper looker, spectator, viewer, watcher browser a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular bystandera nonparticipant spectator cheerera spectator who shouts encouragement eyewitnessa spectator who can describe what happened gawkera spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness motion-picture fan, moviegoersomeone who goes to see movies oglera viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person looker-on, onlookersomeone who looks on playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoersomeone who attends the theater rubberneck, rubberneckera person who stares inquisitively spya secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people starera viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) Peeping Tom, peeper, voyeura viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others first-nightersomeone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions groundlingin Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section snoop, snoopera spy who makes uninvited inquiries into the private affairs of others shadow, shadower, taila spy employed to follow someone and report their movements beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses 3n testimony by word or deed to your religious faith Hypo|Hyper shahadah the first pillar of Islam is an affirmation of faith testimony a solemn statement made under oath 4n (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature Syn|Hyper attestant, attestator, attestor signatory, signer someone who signs and is bound by a document 5n (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law Hypo|Hyper adverse witness, hostile witness a witness whose relationship to the opposing party is such that his or her testimony may be prejudiced against the opposing party character witnessa witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives expert witnessa witness who has knowledge not normally possessed by the average person concerning the topic that he is to testify about lay witnessany witness who does not testify as an expert witness material witnessa witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 6v be a witness to She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court Hypo|Hyper eyewitness be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes watch look attentively 7v perceive or be contemporaneous with Syn|Hypo|Hyper find, see discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up, see get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally findperceive oneself to be in a certain condition or place catch become aware of experience, go through, see go or live through |
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