Word · Frequency #2473
Fully loadedwitnesses
目击者；知情人；旁观者
witnesses is the plural of witness.
核心释义
a person who sees an event happen or has personal knowledge of it; an observer
- 1.
事实或事件的证明；证词。
Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- 2.
耶和华见证人。
A Jehovah's Witness.
- 3.
目击事件并报告的人
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
- 4.
亲眼目睹或亲身了解某事的人。
One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- 5.
近距离观察者；观看某事物(如某种展览)的人
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- 6.
被传唤出庭作证的人；证人。
Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- 7.
通过言语或行为见证宗教信仰
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- 8.
证人；见证人；证词；证据；迹象；耶和华见证人；（宗教）见证
用法In use
The police asked the witness to describe what she saw.
用法提示：witness 作名词，指目击事件并能提供信息的人。
In court, the witness promised to tell the truth.
用法提示：witness 作名词，指在法庭上作证的人。
There was no witness to the accident, so the police are still investigating.
用法提示：witness 作名词，指亲眼看到某事发生的人。
witness to sth
表示某事的目击者，witness后常接介词to。
She was a witness to the accident.
她是那场事故的目击者。
witness for/against sb
表示支持或反对某人时，用for或against。
He was called as a witness for the defense.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- key witness
- 关键证人
- The key witness provided crucial evidence in the trial.关键证人在审判中提供了至关重要的证据。
- eyewitness
- 目击者
- An eyewitness described the accident in detail.一名目击者详细描述了事故经过。
- witness statement
- 证人证词
- The police took a witness statement from the neighbor.警方记录了邻居的证人证词。
- witness protection
- 证人保护
- The witness was placed under witness protection after the trial.审判后，该证人被纳入证人保护计划。
- expert witness
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆：证人在法庭上手指眼睛，‘我亲眼所见’——witness就是目击者。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：法庭、日常事件、正式文件 通常中性，多用于法律或正式场合，日常也可用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Fitness (/ˈfɪtnəs/) rhymes exactly with witness (/ˈwɪtnəs/). Words like business, kindness, weakness, happiness, and sickness share the -ness ending but have different vowel sounds or stress patterns.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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