witnessing

英 [ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɪtnəsɪŋ]

v.  当场看到，目击(尤指罪行或事故); 是发生…的地点(或时间、组织等); 见证; (为正式文件的签署)作证，连署
witness的现在分词

现在分词：witnessing　复数：witnessings　

法律

BNC.39158 / COCA.28485

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 见证人;目击者
  Awitness toan event such as an accident or crime is a person who saw it.
  1. Witnesses to the crash say they saw an explosion just before the disaster...
     空难目击者称，就在灾难发生之前他们看见飞机发生了爆炸。
  2. No witnesses have come forward.
     没有目击证人站出来。
• VERB 目击;目睹
  If youwitnesssomething, you see it happen.
  1. Anyone who witnessed the attack should call the police...
     目睹这次袭击的人都应向警方报告。
  2. It was the quickest swimming lesson I'd ever witnessed.
     这是我所见过的最速成的游泳课。
• N-COUNT (出庭的)证人
  Awitnessis someone who appears in a court of law to say what they know about a crime or other event.
  1. In the next three or four days, eleven witnesses will be called to testify.
     接下来的三四天里，将传唤11名证人出庭作证。
• 见证人;连署人
  Awitnessis someone who writes their name on a document that you have signed, to confirm that it really is your signature.
• VERB 为(文件的签署)作证;连署
  If someonewitnessesyour signature on a document, they write their name after it, to confirm that it really is your signature.
  1. Ask a friend to witness your signature.
     请一位朋友给你的签名作证。
• VERB 见证，经历(事件、变化等)
  If you say that a place, period of time, or personwitnesseda particular event or change, you mean that it happened in that place, during that period of time, or while that person was alive.
  1. India has witnessed many political changes in recent years...
     印度近年来经历了很多政治变动。
  2. The year 1886 witnessed the first extended translation into English of the writings of Eliphas Levi...
     1886年，埃利法斯·莱维的作品第一次有了长篇英译本。
  3. At present, we are witnessing another building boom.
     当前，我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。
• VERB 以…为证;…便是明证
  You usewitnessto introduce an example of what you have just been talking about.
  1. Americans are a generous people: witness the increase in charitable giving, even during the recession.
     美国人是个慷慨的民族：即使是在经济萧条时期，慈善捐赠也在不断增加，这便是明证。
• PHRASE 是…的见证人;是…的目击者
  If youare witness tosomething, you see it happen.
  1. Too often children are witness to a disturbing amount of violence.
     孩子们经常会目睹暴力事件,其数量之多令人不安。
• PHRASE 证明;为…作证
  If a person or thingbears witness tosomething, they show or say that it exists or happened.
  1. Many of these poems bear witness to his years spent in India and China...
     这些诗中有很多见证了他在印度和中国度过的岁月。
  2. Many veterans believe it is their job to bear witness to the horrors of war that they personally experienced.
     很多老兵认为他们有职责为他们亲身经历的战争的恐怖作证。

双语例句

• At present, we are witnessing another building boom.
  当前，我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。
• He found it distasteful to be offered drinks before witnessing the execution.
  他觉得在目睹行刑前还要上酒让人很不舒服。
• In one, jubilant opposition supporters believe they are finally witnessing the end of Colonel Gaddafi.
  在其中一个，欢呼的反对派支持者认为他们最终目睹了卡扎菲上校时代的终结。
• We are witnessing a disturbing increase in the number of women and children who are victims of armed conflict.
  我们不安地看到，越来越多的妇女和儿童成为武装冲突的受害者。
• Today we are witnessing a very great change for hydrocarbons.
  今天，我们正在目睹碳氢领域发生非常巨大的变化。
• The witnessing of this spiritual phenomenon changed Dr. Maria Montessori's life.
  对这种精神现象的目睹，改变了蒙台梭利博士的生活。
• We are witnessing the future.
  我们正从纽约见证未来。
• The residence still remains there after longtime of hardships, witnessing the vicissitudes of this family.
  这幢大宅历经风雨，仍然屹立在那里，见证了这个家族的兴衰变迁。
• He was in heaven, witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels.
  梦里他到了天堂，目睹了小天使们的盛会。
• We are witnessing a battle between the interests of international creditors and debtors.
  我们看到，国际债权国和债务国之间正展开一场利益之战。