v. 目击(witness 的 ing 形式)
1.We are now witnessing an unprecedented increase in violent crime.
我们现在看到暴力犯罪空前增多。
2.Today we are witnessing a sixth mass extinction, but unlike the others, the current loss of bio-diversity can be traced to human activity.
今天,我们正在见证第六次物种大灭绝,但与其它几次不同的是,目前生物多样性的丧失可以追溯到人类活动。
3.This is undoubtedly an economic-based revolution we are witnessing here, one made possible by communications technology, but made to happen because of marketing considerations.
毫无疑问,我们正在这里见证的是一场以经济为基础的革命,一场通信技术使之成为可能、但却因市场考量而发生的革命。
4.We're witnessing a great decoupling of company profits from jobs.
我们正在目睹一场大型的公司利润与就业机会分离的过程。
5.Witnessing these tears, we get choked up.
目睹他泪水流淌,我们哽咽而鼻酸。
6.We are, I believe, witnessing something new in American politics.
我认为,我们正在见证着美国政策的新趋向。
7.Perhaps we are witnessing not a decline in book reading but a renaissance.
也许我们正在见证的不是书籍阅读的衰退而是它的再次复兴。
8.But also notice that you may just be witnessing one of the weirdest sea creatures in the world.
但是注意你可能欣赏到的是世界上的一种最奇特的海洋生物。