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

  1. N-COUNT 见证人;目击者
    A witness to an 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。
  2. VERB 目击;目睹
    If you witness something, 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。
  3. N-COUNT (出庭的)证人
    A witness is 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。
  4. 见证人;连署人
    A witness is someone who writes their name on a document that you have signed, to confirm that it really is your signature.
    1. VERB 为(文件的签署)作证;连署
      If someone witnesses your 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。
    2. VERB 见证,经历(事件、变化等)
      If you say that a place, period of time, or person witnessed a 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。
    3. VERB 以…为证;…便是明证
      You use witness to 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。
    4. PHRASE 是…的见证人;是…的目击者
      If you are witness to something, 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。
    5. PHRASE 证明;为…作证
      If a person or thing bears witness to something, 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

    1. 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。
    2. At present, we are witnessing another building boom.
      当前,我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。
    3. We were witnessing the most important scientific development of the century.
      我们亲眼见证本世纪最重要的科学进展。
    4. The world is witnessing an epochal global rebalancing.
      世界正在见证一个划时代的全球再平衡。
    5. 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。
    6. 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。
    7. What we are witnessing in the west is a crisis of confidence, not a crisis of capitalism.
      我们眼下在西方看到的不是什么资本主义危机,而是一场信心危机。
    8. We all live on the same planet, which is witnessing an alarmingly rapid increase in its atmospheric temperature.
      我们都生活在同一个地球上,而我们赖以生存的地球大气气温正以惊人的速度增长。
    9. We are looking forward to people from all walks of life together and witnessing the arrival of this glorious moment.
      我们将和各界人士共同期待和见证这一绚烂时刻的到来。
    10. Witnessing the most destructive mental illnesses, I have gained extremely valuable insight into my future career.
      目击了最有破坏力的精神疾病,我已经对我的将来的职业有了很好的洞察。
    11. We are witnessing a fundamental change in the consciousness of Americans about their homes.
      我们正见证着美国人对其房产意识的根本性改变。
    12. What we are witnessing goes well beyond a cyclical economic shock and a consolidation of the financial sector.
      我们正在见证的情形,远远超出了周期性经济冲击和金融业整合。
    13. 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。
    14. For we're witnessing the glorious, indomitable human spirit in action.
      因为我们见证了人类行动中值得称颂的,不屈不挠的精神。
    15. This book speaks about witnessing, about stewardship and about prayer.
      使徒行传还谈论到作见证、作管家和祷告的大能。
    16. We are witnessing the disintegration of the country.
      我们在目睹着这个国家的分裂。
    17. 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。
    18. 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。
    19. We are witnessing a global convergence of consensus on the imperative of sustainability.
      在严峻的可持续发展上我们达成了全球共识。
    20. The 20th century is witnessing a growing interest in the understanding of cultures other than one's own.
      20世纪见证了一种对了解外来文化的越来越浓的兴趣。
    21. 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。
    22. We are witnessing not the triumph but the breakdown of bureaucracy.
      我们正处于官僚政治崩溃而不是胜利的时代。
    23. We are witnessing an economic miracle.
      我们正目睹一个经济奇迹。
    24. We are witnessing the emergence of the "data rich" era in biology.
      我们正在见证生物学中“数据丰富”时代的出现。
    25. Still, something is lost in witnessing Kevin in the flesh instead of through Eva's unreliable recollections.
      尽管如此,在通过本人而非经由伊娃那不可靠的回忆来目击凯文的过程中,某些东西不见了。
    26. 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。
    27. We are witnessing the advent of new lifestyles and new waves of thinking?
      我们是否在以这种方式见证着新的生活方式和思维方式的到来?
    28. And I have no interest in witnessing it.
      我就不留下来看了。
    29. We are witnessing the future.
      我们正从纽约见证未来。