witness 的用法种种
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问:请问罗教授:我们老师说,witnessto 后接动词ing形式,可您在疑难解析上却有一句:Hewitnessed to have seen the prisoner near the scene of thecrime.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:Myclothes are a witness to my poverty. (我的衣服证明我是贫穷的。)/ He isa witness to the will.(他是遗嘱的见证人。)/ She isa witness against the accused.(她是不利于被告的证人。) / Sheis 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: Tomwitnessed 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:Hewitnessed against(for) her in thecharge.(他在控告中作不利<有利>于她的证明。)/ Hewitnessed to havingseen 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:Hewitnessed to havingseen the prisoner near the scene of thecrime.