deponent

基本解釋

The judge and jury are not only able to listen to the witness, but also see the deponent at the same time.
法官和陪審團不但能傾聽證人而且在同一時間看到參閱。
I CERTIFY that I have explain to the deponent the necessity of making full disclosure of all relevant documents.
茲證明我已經(jīng)向提供書面證詞者說明了提供所有相關文據(jù)的必要性。
Microsoft seems to be repeating this same blunder as its own network of sites becomes more and more deponent on Silverlight.
微軟似乎要重蹈這樣的錯誤，網(wǎng)站越來越多的依賴Silverlight。

(of a verb, esp in Latin) having the inflectional endings of a passive verb but the meaning of an active verb
a deponent verb