look 用法知多少
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look 可用作不及物动词、及物动词和连系动词。现将其用法归纳如下:
1. 用作不及物动词时,意为“看;望;瞧”。
1 )单独使用时,后面不跟介词。例如:
I looked but saw nothing.
我看了,但什么也没看见。
Look! Here comes the bus.
瞧!汽车来了。
Look before you leap.
三思而后行。
2 )和 at 连用。例如:
The teacher is looking seriously at us.
老师正严肃地看着我们。
Look at these pictures. How beautiful they are!
看这些画,它们是多么漂亮啊!
3 )和其它介词或副词连用:
<1>look after 意为“照看;照料”。例如:
He is old enough to look after himself.
他年龄足够大,能照看自己。
<2>look for 意为“寻找”。例如:
I looked for you just now, but I didn't find you.
刚才我去找你了,但没有找到。
<3>look around 意为“四下环顾;到处寻找”。例如:
He looked around but he saw nobody.
他四下环顾,但什么人也没看到。
<4>look round 意为“观光;环顾”。例如:
Shall we look round the cathedral this afternoon?
我们今天下午参观大教学如何?
<5>look back on 意为“回想;回顾”。例如:
They often look back on the days they spent together.
他们常回顾曾在一起度过的日子。
<6>look down on 意为“看不起”。例如:
Don't look down on others.
不要看不起别人。
<7>look forward to 意为“盼望”。例如:
We are looking forward to seeing you again.
我们盼望再见到你。
<8>look into 意为“朝……里面看;检查;了解”。例如:
He looked into the box, but he saw nothing.
他朝箱子里面看了看,但没看到什么。
We'll look into this matter together.
我们将一起调查这个问题。
<9>look on 意为“观看;旁观;看待”。例如:
Don't just look on when an accident happened.
事故发生了不要仅仅旁观。
<10>look on… as 意为“把……看作”。例如:
We look on him as our friend.
我们把他看作我们的朋友。
<11>look out 意为“当心”。例如:
Look out! Don' hit the tree.
当心!不要撞了树。
<12>look over 意为“仔细检查;翻阅”。例如:
The doctor is looking him over.
医生正在给他做仔细检查。
<13>look through 意为“浏览;检查;看穿”。例如:
I have looked it through. 我已把它看了一遍。
<14>look up 意为“抬头看;查;找出;看望(某人)”。例如:
He looked up and smiled at me.
他抬起头,对我笑了笑。
If there are words you don't understand, look them up in the dictionary.
如果你有不认识的单词可以查词典。
2. 用作连系动词时,意为“看起来”。
1 )后面跟形容词。例如:
You look well / fine / healthy. 你看起来很健康。
The teacher looks happy. 老师看上去很高兴。
She looks pale. 她面色苍白。
You look tired; you'd better have a rest.
你看上去很累,最好休息一下。
2 )后面跟名词。例如:
He looks a nice, honest man. 他看上去是个诚实的好人。
3 )后跟介词短语等。例如:
He looks in good health. 他看起来十分健康。
3. 用作及物动词时,意为“看;瞧;打量”。例如:
He is looking me up and down. 他上下打量着我。
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