witnessed
past simple and past participle ofwitness
| 单词 | witnessed |
| 释义 | witnessed past simple and past participle ofwitness witness verb[T] uk/ˈwɪt.nəs/us/ˈwɪt.nəs/witnessverb[T](BE PRESENT)B2 toseesomethinghappen,especiallyanaccidentorcrime: Did anyone witness theattack? They werestayingin thecapitalat thetimeof theriotsand witnessed severalstreetbattles. [+ -ing verb]Hearrivedhomejust intimeto witness hisbrotherbeingtaken away by thepolice. to see something
to bepresentat aneventand tosignyournameasproofthat ithappenedor that it was donecorrectly: Her will was witnessed by twocolleagues.
Using the eyes
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Signing & signatures witnessverb[T](HAPPEN)formal When aplaceorperiodwitnesses aparticularevent, theeventhappensin thatplaceor during thatperiod: Thisuniversityhas witnessedquitea fewchangesover theyears. ThoseyearswitnessedmomentouschangesthroughoutEurope. Experiencing and suffering
witnessverb[T](SHOW)to show or giveproofof something: This year'scharityballwas the mostsuccessfuloneever,aswitnessedbythenumberofticketssold. Theprogrammearousedstrongfeelings- witness thenumberoflettersreceived. Showing and demonstrating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Proving and disproving Phrasal verbwitness tosomething Examplesofwitnessedwitnessed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Thus, the eighteenth centurywitnessedneither an economic nor a monetary crisis. From theCambridge English Corpus I align with the latter view - history haswitnessedthe flourishing of many normative systems we now find dubious or even paradigmatically unacceptable. From theCambridge English Corpus Cases and controls were similar on all demographic variables, school performance, number of attackswitnessedand psychopathology before the onset of the epidemic. From theCambridge English Corpus Those that hadwitnesseda corrupt act also expressed more willingness to take part in political activism. From theCambridge English Corpus First, the re-opening of the site promises all the sensational imagerywitnessedin the 1960s with improved archaeological technologies of the 1990s. From theCambridge English Corpus The 1957-59 periodwitnessedpressures from politicians, students, and labour to curtail military power and excesses. From theCambridge English Corpus This period alsowitnessedan increase in railroad mileage as well as growth in such industries as timbering, sawmills, and cotton textile mills. From theCambridge English Corpus Aswitnessedby the stromatolite record, benthic microbial mats grew in shallow water lagoonal environments. From theCambridge English Corpus This did not stop attempts to suppress it, and the opening two decades of the nineteenth centurywitnesseda succession of libel actions. From theCambridge English Corpus By the mid nineteenth century it had assumed a character unlike anythingwitnessedbefore, and machinery was playing an unprecedented part. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, the metropolis was an important purveyor of cinematographic spectacle, aswitnessedby the popularity of an early genre : the ' ' urban panoramas. From theCambridge English Corpus The second half of the eighteenth centurywitnesseda number of important inventions; however, can their appearance explain the industrial revolution? From theCambridge English Corpus The 1970s and 1980switnessedrevolts and ethnic conflicts drawing on the strength of rural loyalties and discontent. From theCambridge English Corpus Distinguishable transfer time delay of the two-photon groups through the foam was observed in experiments, whichwitnessedthe multi-group transfer behavior. From theCambridge English Corpus In years past, these pageswitnesseda heroic struggle between symbolists and connectionists. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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