SEEan occasion on which something is seen, especially something rare or something that people are hoping to see 看见,发现〔尤指见到罕见的或希望见到的事物〕
sighting of
There were two unconfirmed sightings of UFOs in the area.
这个地区有两起未经证实的目击不明飞行物的事件。
Where was the latest sighting?
最近一次是在哪里发现的?
Examples from the Corpus
sighting• Then from an angler, a sighting.• Our meal was constantly interrupted by sightings.• There have been more sightings of Elvis in the last three days than there have been of Sen.• Numbers and peak dates vary annually, the sighting of large movements being closely correlated with the occurrence of south-easterly winds.• Imperialmerchantmentraversing the warp would flee at the sighting of one.• And she'd mentioned the sighting of Amy on Friday night and Saturday morning.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SIGHTING | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤confirmed, unconfirmed證實了的/未證實的目擊所見➤possible可能目擊到的事件▸➤reported傳聞中的目擊所見▸➤rare罕見的景象▸➤celebrity, UFO看到名人;目擊不明飛行物VERB + SIGHTING➤have看到◇We now have three confirmed sightings of an enemy plane.我們現在已經證實曾 3 次目擊到敵機。➤report報告所見▸➤follow up, investigate追查/調查目擊所見◇The police are now following up a reported sighting of the man's car.有人報案稱看見那個男子的汽車,警方正在跟進調查。PREPOSITION➤sighting of目擊⋯