star witness

基本解释

He also blasted the defense's star witness and says Prop. 8 "fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license."
他也抨击辩方的主要证人并且说第8号议案“没有给出通过拒绝发放结婚证书来指认男女同性恋者这种行为的合理性。”
But after hastily indicting him, public prosecutors here in Manhattan were compelled to admit that they've lost faith in their star witness, the alleged victim Nafissatou Diallo.
但是贸然的起诉他之后，曼哈顿的检控官不得不承认，他们对所谓的受害者和目击证人Nafissatou Diallo失去了信心。
It is unprecedented for prosecutors to discredit their own star witness.
检察官怀疑自己的主要证人，这是史无前例的。

Gary Aguirre, a former investigator for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, was the star witness.
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Likewise, Mr Fastow, the government's star witness, accepted a ten-year jail sentence under a plea bargain.
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