Word · Frequency #11783
sighting
目击；看见
an act of seeing something, especially something that was being looked for
- 1.
The act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for.
看到某物的行为,尤其是寻找的东西
看到某物的行为,尤其是寻找的东西；照准；瞄准；视线
In use
The hikers had a clear sighting of the rare eagle during their trip.
Police are investigating after a sighting of the stolen car was reported.
Several sightings of the northern lights were reported last night.
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。
sightings of sth
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。
report a sighting
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。
Common mistakes
I had sighting of a UFO.I had a sighting of a UFO.
sighting 是可数名词，前面需要不定冠词 a/an。
I made a sighting for a UFO.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。
Connections
Collocations
- UFO sighting
- 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。
- reported sighting
- 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。
- confirmed sighting
- 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。
- multiple sightings
- 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。
- sighting report
- 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。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sight是“看见”，加上-ing变成sighting，就是目击到目标的那一刻。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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