witness
英 ['wɪtnɪs]
美 ['wɪtnəs]
- n. 證人；目擊者；證據
- vt. 目擊；證明；為…作證
- vi. 作證人
- n. (Witness)人名；(津)威特尼斯
中文詞源
witness 見證wit,看，-ness,名詞後綴。引申詞義見證。
英文詞源
- witness
- witness: [OE] Witness originally meant ‘knowledge’ or ‘wisdom’; it was simply an abstract noun formed from wit. This was extended via ‘knowledge gained by observation’ to ‘testimony’ in the Old English period, and by the beginning of the Middle English period ‘person who gives testimony’ was well established.
=> wit - witness (n.)
- Old English witnes "attestation of fact, event, etc., from personal knowledge;" also "one who so testifies;" originally "knowledge, wit," formed from wit (n.) + -ness. Christian use (late 14c.) is as a literal translation of Greek martys (see martyr). Witness stand is recorded from 1853.
- witness (v.)
- c. 1300, "bear testimony," from witness (n.). Meaning "affix one's signature to (a document) to establish its identity" is from early 14c. Meaning "see or know by personal presence, observe" is from 1580s. Related: Witnessed; witnessing.
雙語例句
- 1. His girlfriend had gone into the witness box and taken the oath.
- 他的女朋友進入證人席並立了誓。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited.
- 原告唯一的證人嗜賭成性，遊手好閑，其證詞一下子就被推翻了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The convictions rest solely on disputed witness and confessional statements.
- 僅僅根據有爭議的目擊者證言和供詞就定了罪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence.
- 孩子們經常會目睹暴力事件，其數量之多令人不安。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. One eye-witness said the rioters were engaged in an orgy of destruction.
- 一位目擊者稱暴徒肆無忌憚地到處進行破壞。
來自柯林斯例句