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witness

/wit-nis/US // ˈwɪt nɪs //UK // (ˈwɪtnɪs) //

证人,证据

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
    • : to be present at as a formal witness, spectator, bystander, etc.: She witnessed our wedding.
    • : to bear witness to; testify to; give or afford evidence of.
    • : to attest by one's signature: He witnessed her will.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to bear witness; testify; give or afford evidence.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an individual who, being present, personally sees or perceives a thing; a beholder, spectator, or eyewitness.
    • : a person or thing that affords evidence.
    • : a person who gives testimony, as in a court of law.
    • : a person who signs a document attesting the genuineness of its execution.
    • : testimony or evidence: to bear witness to her suffering.
    • : a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

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Examples

  • Since 2011, legal scholars, political scientists and mathematicians conducting gerrymandering research have served as expert witnesses in more than 250 state and federal court cases regarding redistricting.

  • New York Attorney General Letitia James said Monday that she’s suing to enforce seven subpoenas seeking thousands of documents and testimony from multiple witnesses.

  • Though the review happened years ago, it’s newly relevant in light of a November ballot measure that would give the board more power to access witnesses and documents.

  • When the community review board – then known as the Citizens Review Board – investigated the shooting, it reviewed that security camera footage, as well as witness statements, police reports, photos from the scene, SDPD policies and other materials.

  • Our goal was to be the first confirmed humans to witness a total solar eclipse from a peak above 20,000 feet.

  • One witness said the gunfire began after a traffic collision, which drew the attention of a nearby police officer.

  • The mother, Emily Kruse, was charged with obstructing justice and intimidating a witness.

  • Jay, the main witness for the state, is leading a relatively normal life, though that probably has all changed with Serial.

  • There is no perfect juror, just as there is no such thing as a perfect witness.

  • “The senior people were too shocked to speak,” said a witness.

  • At his desk sat his secretary, who had been a witness of the interview, lost in wonder almost as great as the Seneschal's own.

  • And now everybody turned out with a feeling of intense relief to witness the rejoicings on the village green.

  • The endless miles of railways, the vast apparatus of the factories, the soaring structures of the cities bear easy witness to it.

  • In a thousand trials the cruel witness of Moses has sent innocent women to a painful death.

  • Seven years from this present time will witness the Centenary of the railway system.