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The character "睹", meaning to see or observe, evolved from the traditional form "覩", which originally combined the semantic component "見" (to see) with the phonetic element "者". In its development, the character's structure changed to "睹", where the semantic radical was replaced by "目" (eye) while maintaining "者" as the phonetic element, thus retaining its association with visual activity. The meaning of the character has consistently referred to the act of seeing or witnessing across historical texts, with no substantial shift in its core definition.
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我目睹了这件事。
他目睹了整个过程。
我们目睹了历史性的一刻。
她不忍睹那些悲惨的场景。
目睹这种变化，他感到欣慰。
如果你亲眼目睹，你就会明白。
他从未目睹过如此壮观的景象。
随着科技发展，我们目睹了社会的快速变迁。