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a sighting (of sth)
常用结构，表示对某事物的目击或观察。
There was a reported sighting of a rare bird.
据报道有人目击了一只稀有鸟类。
目击；看见
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目击；看见
an act of seeing something, especially something that was being looked for
There was a reported sighting of a rare bird.
据报道有人目击了一只稀有鸟类。
看到某物的行为,尤其是寻找的东西
The act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for.
The hikers had a clear sighting of the rare eagle during their trip.
徒步旅行者在旅途中清楚地目击到了那只稀有的鹰。
Police are investigating after a sighting of the stolen car was reported.
有人报告看到那辆被盗的汽车后，警方正在进行调查。
Several sightings of the northern lights were reported last night.
昨晚报告了多起看到北极光的事件。
常用结构，表示对某事物的目击或观察。
There was a reported sighting of a rare bird.
据报道有人目击了一只稀有鸟类。
复数形式表示多次目击事件。
There have been multiple sightings of UFOs in the area.
该地区多次有人目击不明飞行物。
与动词 report 搭配，表示报告目击事件。
He called the police to report a sighting of the suspect.
他打电话报警称目击了嫌疑人。
Not this
I had sighting of a UFO.
Use this
I had a sighting of a UFO.
sighting 是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词 a/an。
Not this
I made a sighting for a UFO.
Use this
I made a sighting of a UFO.
sighting 后通常接介词 of 表示目击的对象，而不是 for。
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目击不明飞行物
The witness reported a UFO sighting near the lake.
目击者报告在湖边看到不明飞行物。
所报告的目击事件
Police are investigating a reported sighting of the suspect.
警方正在调查一宗被报告的嫌疑人目击事件。
经证实的目击
This is the first confirmed sighting of the rare bird in decades.
这是几十年来首次经证实的这种稀有鸟类目击记录。
多次目击
Multiple sightings of the whale were recorded over the weekend.
周末记录到了多次鲸鱼目击事件。
目击报告
He filed a sighting report with the paranormal society.
他向超自然现象学会提交了一份目击报告。
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sight是“看见”，加上-ing变成sighting，就是目击到目标的那一刻。
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reports、wildlife observation、personal accounts sighting 作名词时，通常用于正式或半正式的报道、记录场景，如新闻报道或目击记录，比较常见于 UFO、野生动物或名人相关语境；日常口语中不算最常见，多用于书面或叙述性表达。
以上单词均与 sighting (/ˈsaɪtɪŋ/) 押韵，重读元音均为 /aɪ/，后接 /tɪŋ/。注意拼写：lighting、fighting 含 -ghting，writing、biting、exciting、inviting 含 -ting（或 -iting），但发音相同。另注意 lookalike：lightning /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ 与 lighting 拼写相近却发音不同；waiting /ˈweɪtɪŋ/ 与 writing 拼写相似但不押韵。
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