单词详解

1. n.

A. [C] 目击者，见证人 [(+of / to)] (someone who sees an event and reports what happened)
I was a witness to the accident. 我是那场事故的见证人。

He is a key witness in this case. 在这个案件中，他是一个主要见证人。

B. [C]【律】证人，证物，连署人 [a close observer, someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)]

He was called as a defense witness. 他被传唤作被告的证人。

2. vt.

A. 目击 (be a witness to)

I witnessed the traffic accident. 我目睹了那次交通事故。

Did anyone witness the traffic accident?  有谁目击了这场交通事故？

B. 连署，作……的证人

The two lawyers witnessed Mr. Smith’s will.

两个律师在史密斯先生的遗嘱上签名作证。

3. vi.

作证，证明 (perceive or be contemporaneous with )

Several people witnessed against the accused. 几个人做了不利于被告的证明。 

相关单词

过去式：witnessed

过去分词：witnessed

现在分词：witnessing

第三人称单数：witnesses

复数：witnesses