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witnessing

[法] 作证, 证明, 确认

Witness \Wit"ness\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Witnessed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Witnessing}.]
1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct
cognizance of.

This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable
calamities and horrors we must expect, should we
ever witness the triumphs of modern infidelity. --R.
Hall.

General Washington did not live to witness the
restoration of peace. --Marshall.

2. To give testimony to; to testify to; to attest.

Behold how many things they witness against thee.
--Mark xv. 4.

3. (Law) To see the execution of, as an instrument, and
subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its
authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed.

"We are witnessing an additional significant milestone in the battle to change AIDS from a fatal disease to a treatable one," said Louis W. Sullivan, secretary of Health and Human Services.
Keeping in mind the manipulative aspects of glasnost, it is just possible that we are witnessing a new and improved form of exile in which the wronged Soviet is trotted out for Western consumption but remains relatively unknown to his own people.
Japan is witnessing one of the great bull markets of all time, as Tokyo trading sets records almost daily in share prices, turnover and P-E ratios.
Scientists doing the tests have been barred from witnessing the sample-taking procedure or saying when they received their samples.
Saying the country had been witnessing "abusive price increases" by industries and shopkeepers, Economics Minister Zelia Cardoso de Mello said the government was "compelled to use this truce to end inflation and the evil process of indexation."
The driver wonders whether he is witnessing a big-time drug bust and points to Deputy Hill, the man who is clearly in command.
Others fear the world is witnessing the beginning of the end for Mr. Gorbachev.
He enjoys Offer, where he has real power, and may be unwilling to give it up for the OFT after witnessing Sir Bryan's frustration.
We are witnessing today a great revolutionary crisis, a crisis where the demands of the economic order are conflicting directly with those of the political order.
Experts on violence involving children urged a House panel Tuesday to shift its focus from stiffening penalties for criminals to minimizing the effect on children of witnessing violent crime.
Israelis, meanwhile, are witnessing a metamorphosis of their pioneering tradition.
"We are witnessing an open drive of right-wing forces," CTK quoted Jiri Machalik, chairman of the regional Communist Party of the Czech lands, as saying in his opening speech to the congress.
The city was concerned about offering incentives after witnessing the Kenosha problems, but decided the situation was entirely different, said Wallace Rogers, Eau Claire city council president.
But if the radio station appearance presented Reagan with a nostaligic return to his early days of radio in the 1930s, the witnessing of the drought's effects also evoked thoughts about that decade.
Today we are witnessing an ideological collapse, the demise of the totalitarian idea of the omniscient, all-powerful state.
However, the communique also said "they recognized that the approach taken would need to reflect the differing situations in each country," citing in particular Germany and Japan, which still are witnessing positive economic activity.
We are now witnessing the early steps in what promises to be a prolonged scorpion dance between an administration intent on securing further funding for the anti-communist Nicaraguan contras and a congressional faction determined to defund the operation.
He adds, "If the Republicans are for higher taxes, then we are witnessing the convergence of the two parties.
Comrades, we all are witnessing a protracted inter-ethnic conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
He has acknowledged witnessing atrocities while serving in a notorious Lithuanian police battalion.
He said he decided to go after witnessing the killing of five close friends and many others at the gates of Mandalay Univerity.
Germany isn't the only nation witnessing such a confusion on the left.
President Francois Mitterrand told 200 survivors of Nazi concentration camps on Wednesday they could find satisfaction in witnessing "a truly new Europe" where hope is replacing hate.
Today, when we are witnessing some of the most exciting discoveries in the history of science, things similar to the breakthroughs associated with Einstein, Gallileo and Newton, federal funding for science is in jeopardy because of budget constraints.
"We're witnessing the congressionalization of state legislatures," says Iowa House Speaker Donald Avenson, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in next month's primary.
Lonsdale later criticized Hatfield for witnessing a shooting last year in Washington, D.C., and failing to report to police.
Europe may be witnessing the death throes of a practice that many believe has debilitated its industry for decades.
What we are witnessing is not a little short of miraculous.
Kunce, who has lost his license to practice dentistry, was convicted recently of witnessing a forgery of Stevens' signature, which was placed on a document by the widow, Carole Stevens.
"Unfortunately, the majority of Soviet families are not witnessing the material benefits of perestroika," he said. Perestroika, which means restructuring, is what Gorbachev calls his reform program.

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