Witness

(noun.) testimony by word or deed to your religious faith.

(noun.) someone who sees an event and reports what happened.

(noun.) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature.

(noun.) (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law.

(verb.) be a witness to; 'She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court'.

(verb.) perceive or be contemporaneous with; 'We found Republicans winning the offices'; 'You'll see a lot of cheating in this school'; 'The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions'; 'I want to see results'.

整理:玛丽

• On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Traitor and false witness! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The good woman was desired to leave the witness-box. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I now say, Thank God she did not live to witness the cruel, miserable death of her youngest darling! 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• As he took a chair himself, he supplied the link that Mr. Lorry wanted, by saying to him with a frown, Witness at that trial. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Lionel, you hear: witness for me: persuade your sister to forgive the injury I have done her; persuade her to be mine. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Is there any other witness? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Important witnesses; saw you in a delicate situation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I wish you both to be there as witnesses. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• That the tragical fate of Tom, also, has too many times had its parallel, there are living witnesses, all over our land, to testify. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• She and those stars seemed to me at once the types and witnesses of truth all regnant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The witnesses were stupid and unreliable and contradictory, as witnesses always are. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• He is understood to be in want of witnesses for the inquest to-morrow who can tell the coroner and jury anything whatever respecting the deceased. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In the parliamentary inquiry in 1764, the witnesses stated the price of the choice pieces of the best beef to be to the consumer 4d. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In short, but for such perseverance as I have seldom witnessed, I had never placed myself under his protection. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It would not have been necessary for him to have been embalmed that length of time to have witnessed some great developments of his favorite science. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I remember, after having witnessed the destructive effects of a fire, I could not even behold a small one in a stove, without a sensation of fear. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The friend in whose house he was located witnessed his testament. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• They are right; I have witnessed as much. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I never, myself, saw the treatment described in the preceding paragraph, but have heard it described by persons who have witnessed it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He would save himself from witnessing again such permitted, encouraged attentions. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I have had my eye on her several times since you withdrew yours; and I have had the honour of witnessing a little spectacle which you were spared. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I have seen my young family, and Mr. Pardiggle, quite worn out with witnessing it, when I may truly say I have been as fresh as a lark! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It is needless to say that witnessing the ordinary slow and costly procedure would put Edison on his mettle. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In reality we are witnessing a change of conscience, initiated by cranks and fanatics, sustained for a long time by minorities, which has at last infected the mass of the people. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He would be depressed for many days after witnessing a death-bed, or hearing of any crime. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• This is unwarrantable conduct, sir, said the stranger, and I must call the box-keeper, if you hinder my whole party from witnessing the performance. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

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