詞彙精選：witness的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

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n.

目擊者；見證人 [C]

例句：

I was a witness to their quarrel.

我是他們吵架時的目擊者。

例句：

The witness related what he had seen.

目擊者講述了他所見到的事情。

【律】證人；連署人 [C]

例句：

The gangster’s friends bought off the police witness.

歹徒的朋友們買通了警察方面的證人。

例句：

The witness was demoralized by the cross-examination.

證人被反覆詰問搞胡塗了。

證據；證言 [U,C]

例句：

She was punished for giving false witness.

她因作僞證受到懲處。

v.

目擊；注意到 [T]

例句：

I witnessed the traffic accident.

我目睹了那次交通事故。

例句：

The girl had no word for the sights she had witnessed.

這女孩無法形容她所目擊的事。

是發生...的地點（或時間） [T]

爲...作證；作證；證明 [I,T]

例句：

My wife will witness that I was at home all evening.

我妻子將會證明我整晚都呆在家裏。

例句：

Several people witnessed against the accused.

幾個人作了不利於被告的證明。

作...的證人；在（文件）上簽名作證，連署 [T]

例句：

The two servants witnessed Mr. Smith's will.

兩個僕人在史密斯先生的遺囑上簽名作證。

例句：

Will you witness my signature, please?

請問你能對我的簽字作證嗎?

二、詞義辨析：

look,see,watch,observe,witness

這些動詞均有“看”之意。look側重“看”的動作。see指看見。watch指用眼睛跟隨某物，以便對每一個變化、運動等進行觀察。observe側重以客觀的態度進行觀察。witness指當場看見，親眼看見。

三、相關短語：

bear witness

v. 作證,證明

witness stand

n. 證人席

expert witness

鑑定人

hostile witness

惡意證人

character witness

n. 在法庭中對涉訟之一方人格名譽作證的見證人,品德信譽見證人

witness box

證人席

adverse witness

【法】 相反的證人, 敵對證人

false witness

【經】 假見證

lay witness

【法】 外行證人

四、參考例句：

Objection! Badgering the witness.

反對！誘導證人。

There is a witness everywhere

羣衆的眼睛是雪亮的

I think she will witness against him.

我認爲她會證明他有罪。

I was a witness to their quarrel.

我是他們吵架時的目擊者。

Did anyone witness the traffic accident?

有誰目擊了這場交通事故？

The witness stated the facts very clearly.

證人把事實陳述得很清楚。

Will you witness my signature, please?

請問你能對我的簽字作證嗎?

The witness related what he had seen.

目擊者講述了他所見到的事情。

The witness was demoralized by the cross-examination.

證人被反覆詰問搞胡塗了。

He tripped the witness by artful questions.

他以巧妙的質問誘使證人說話前後矛盾。