spotting

基本解释

n. 弄脏某物的行为；发现
v. 发现；赏识；（尤指体育、娱乐业）业余观察；（尤指从空中）确定敌人的位置；沾上污渍；生斑；散布；用点装饰；下零星小雨；将（台球）放在置球点上；（比赛或运动中）让……一步；借（钱）给（spot 的现在分词）

It is not only about military intervention, they add, but also prevention: spotting situations that could result in mass atrocities.
此外，他们认为“保护责任”并非仅是军事干预，也是一种先期阻止：去发现可能发生的暴行。
We do this with eye sight: Nearsightedness could have been fatal for people whose ability to survive depended on spotting dinner off in the distance.
我们就把该愿望付诸于矫正我们的视力：近视眼给依靠在远处发现晚宴的能力而生存的人来说是致命的。
Spacecraft have proven very effective at spotting comets as well, so the names of many comets incorporate the names of missions such as SOHO or WISE.
太空飞行器也使得彗星的发现变得更有效率，所以很多彗星的名字中掺入了太空任务的名称，例如“SOHO”和“WISE”。

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Spots are small, round, coloured areas on a surface.
Spots on a person's skin are small lumps or marks.
You can refer to a particular place as a spot.
A spot in a television or radio show is a part of it that is regularly reserved for a particular performer or type of entertainment.
If you spot something or someone, you notice them.
A spot of a liquid is a small amount of it.
If you do something on the spot, you do it immediately.
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