witness 的用法种种
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witness
的用法种种
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问:请问罗教授:我们老师说,witness
to 后接动词ing形式,可您在
疑难解析上却有一句:He witnessed to have seen the
prisoner near the scene of the
crime.到底该怎样使用这个短语?
答:(1)witness作名词时,后面可以接介词to,
against或of。比如:My clothes
are a witness to my poverty.
(我的衣服证明我是贫穷的。)/ He is a witness to the
will.(他是遗嘱的见证人。)/ She is a witness
against the
accused.(她是不利于被告的证人。) / She is a witness
of an incident.(她是事件的目击者。)
(2)witness作及物动词时,后面直接接名词。比如本刊例句: Tom witnessed the
accident. (汤姆目睹了事故的经过。)
(3)如果witness作不及物动词,一般后面应该接介词to,
against或for。比如:He
witnessed against (for) her in the
charge.(他在控告中作不利<有利>于她的证明。)/ He
witnessed to having seen the man enter the
building.(他作证说曾看到此人走进大楼。)所以,你问的这个句子,还是修改成这样为好:He witnessed to
having seen the prisoner near the scene of the
crime.