witness

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈwɪt.nɪs/    美 /ˈwɪt.nɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Attestation of a fact or event; testimony. uncountable
    — She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
  2. One who sees or has personal knowledge of something. countable
    — As a witness to the event, I can confirm that he really said that.
  3. Someone called to give evidence in a court. countable
    — The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
  4. One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document. countable
    — The bridesmaid and best man at a wedding typically serve as the witnesses.
  5. Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token. countable
    — Laban said to Jacob, […] This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness.
  6. A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version) countable,uncountable
    — Yet there are extremely few, if any, cases of preserved autographs, and textual witnesses (manuscripts) rather distant in time from the creation of the texts are the norm.
  7. An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over. countable
    — Automatic failover requires a witness, either a file share or a SQL Server witness (SQL Server Express may be used as a witness).
动词 v.
  1. To furnish proof of, to show. transitive
    — This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
  2. To take as evidence. transitive
    — Depression often goes undetected until it is too late . Witness the recent White House suicide.
  3. To see or gain knowledge of through experience. transitive
    — He witnessed the accident.
  4. To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of. intransitive
    — Instead, Niebuhr's God was the God witnessed to in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, the Bible of the Christian world.
  5. To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
    — to witness a bond or a deed

词形变化

witnesses plural witnesse alternative,obsolete witneße alternative,obsolete witnesses present,singular,third-person witnessing participle,present witnessed participle,past witnessed past witnesse alternative,obsolete witneße alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
certify
衍生词
adverse witness bear false witness bear witness character witness crown witness expert witness eye witness eye-witness eyewitness fact witness false witness foundational witness hostile witness in witness whereof Jehovah's witness material witness may God be my witness star witness turncoat witness witness box witness cam witness camera witness-consciousness witness mark witness protection witness stand witness tampering zealous witness

词源

词源 1
From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).
词源 2
From Middle English witnesse, from Old English ġewitnes, equivalent to wit + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch wetenisse (“witness, testimony”), Old High German gewiznessi (“testimony”), Icelandic vitni (“witness”).
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