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look 用法知多少

河北 王会慈

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。