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見證人;目擊者
A witness to an event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it.
例句
Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster...
空難目擊者稱，就在災(zāi)難發(fā)生之前他們看見飛機(jī)發(fā)生了爆炸。
No witnesses have come forward.
沒有目擊證人站出來。
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VERB
目擊;目睹
If you witness something, you see it happen.
例句
Anyone who witnessed the attack should call the police...
目睹這次襲擊的人都應(yīng)向警方報告。
It was the quickest swimming lesson I'd ever witnessed.
這是我所見過的最速成的游泳課。
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(出庭的)證人
A witness is someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event.
例句
In the next three or four days, eleven witnesses will be called to testify.
接下來的三四天里，將傳喚11名證人出庭作證。
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見證人;連署人
A witness is someone who writes their name on a document that you have signed, to confirm that it really is your signature.
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VERB
為(文件的簽署)作證;連署
If someone witnesses your signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature.
例句
Ask a friend to witness your signature.
請一位朋友給你的簽名作證。
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VERB
見證，經(jīng)歷(事件、變化等)
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.
例句
India has witnessed many political changes in recent years...
印度近年來經(jīng)歷了很多政治變動。
The year 1886 witnessed the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi...
1886年，埃利法斯·萊維的作品第一次有了長篇英譯本。
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VERB
以…為證;…便是明證
You use witness to introduce an example of what you have just been talking about.
例句
Americans are a generous people: witness the increase in charitable giving, even during the recession.
美國人是個慷慨的民族：即使是在經(jīng)濟(jì)蕭條時期，慈善捐贈也在不斷增加，這便是明證。
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PHRASE
是…的見證人;是…的目擊者
If you are witness to something, you see it happen.
例句
Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence.
孩子們經(jīng)常會目睹暴力事件,其數(shù)量之多令人不安。
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PHRASE
證明;為…作證
If a person or thing bears witness to something, they show or say that it exists or happened.
例句
Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China...
這些詩中有很多見證了他在印度和中國度過的歲月。
Many veterans believe it is their job to bear witness to the horrors of war that they personally experienced.
很多老兵認(rèn)為他們有職責(zé)為他們親身經(jīng)歷的戰(zhàn)爭的恐怖作證。