overlook

英 [əʊvə'lʊk] 美 [,ovɚ'lʊk]

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※ 提供单词"overlook"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

overlook 俯视，眺望，忽略

over-,在上，超过，过度，look,看。即在上面看，俯视，眺望。同时也用于否定词义，即看过头，忽略，忽视。比较oversight.

overlook (v.): mid-14c., "to examine, scrutinize, inspect," from over- + look (v.). Another Middle English sense was "to peer over the top of." These two literal senses have given rise to the two main modern meanings. Meaning "to look over or beyond and thus not see," via notion of "to choose to not notice" is first recorded 1520s. Seemingly contradictory sense of "to watch over officially, keep an eye on, superintend" is from 1530s. Related: Overlooked; overlooking. In Shekaspeare's day, overlooking also was a common term for "inflicting the evil eye on" (someone or something).

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1. The owners don't want to overlook any opportunity to make a buck.: 老板们不想错过任何可以赚钱的机会。

2. You cannot live in a cocoon and overlook these facts.: 你不能自己缩在套子里而忽略这些事实。

3. You overlook the pressure you're under and what it does to you.: 你忽视了你所承受的压力及它带给你的后果。

4. Romantic chateaux and castles overlook the river's twisting course.: 富有浪漫气息的庄园和城堡俯瞰着蜿蜒的河道。