cross-examiner
noun[C]
uk/ˌkrɒs.ɪɡˈzæm.ɪ.nər/us/ˌkrɑːs.ɪɡˈzæm.ə.nɚ/apersonwhoasksdetailedquestionsof someone,especiallyawitnessin atrial, inordertodiscoverif they have beentellingthetruth:
(尤指法庭上的)诘问员,盘问者He is one of Scotland's mostskilfulcross-examiners.他是苏格兰最熟练的诘问员之一。
The cross-examiner’scunningquestionsgot him toadmitthetruth.诘问员巧妙的问题让他承认了事实。
See
cross-examine
- No cross-examiner,howeverbrilliant, can make muchheadwayagainst awitnesswho istellingthetruth.
- As a cross-examiner she wascourteous,yetoftensurprisinglydeadly.
- Liddle is abrutalcross-examiner of the manywitnesseshecalls.
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- ask aftersomeone
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- besomeone'sfor the askingidiom
- beat
- beatsomethingout ofsomeone
- bombard
- cross-examine
- doorstep
- enquire
- inquire withinidiom
- interviewer
- pin
- Q, q
- reinterview
- resurvey
- retest
- rhetorically
- roll
- survey
- the third degreeidiom