1、see侧重于看的结果。
You can see the Houses of Parliament from here.
从这里看得到议会大厦。
We're really looking forward to seeing you again.
我们非常盼望能再见到你。
see还指观看(比赛、电视节目、演出等):
In the evening we went to see a movie.
晚上,我们去看了一场电影。
See有2个常用的结构:
see sb do sth看到某人做某事(看到全过程)
See sb doing sth看到某人正在做某事
2.look(不及物动词)强调的是看的动作,是为了关注/集中注意力某样事物才把目光移过去的。
If you look carefully you can see that the painting represents a human figure.
如果仔细看,就会看出画上是一个人形。
If you look carefully you can just see our house from here.
你要是仔细看,从这里就可以看见我们的房子。
‘Has the mail come yet?’ ‘I'll look and see .
“邮件来了吗?”“我看看。”
Look! I'm sure that's Brad Pitt!
看!这一定是布拉德∙皮特!
She looked at me and smiled.
她看了看我,笑了。
Can I help you?’ ‘I'm just looking, thank you.’
“请问您要买什么?”“谢谢,我只是看看。
look 还表示偷看,例如:
老师:杰克,我希望我没有看见你偷看别人的卷子。
Teacher: I hope I didn't see you looking at someone else's paper, Jack.
“律师,你偷看了。”剩下的两个人中有一个大声说道,但另一个让他安静下来。
"You looked, lawyer," one of the two men exclaimed, but the other quieted him.
转过身去,不许偷看,我说行了才能转过来。
Turn around, and don't look until I tell you.
look 表示“直视”及物动词,直接接直视的人或物:
He could not look her in the eye. 《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
他不敢直视她的眼睛。
3.当出现watch的这个词的时候说明看这个动作一般都会持续好一会儿,看的是动态的事物或者正在发生的事情(经常用watch来看电视、看节目)。指看、注视、观看、观察:
Here, now watch how I cut this, OK?
嘿,现在看我怎样切,好吗?
Next time you visit the zoo, watch the tigers carefully.
下次你们参观动物园,要仔细观察老虎。
Can you recommend a place where we can watch the beautiful sunrise?
你能推荐一个我们可以观看美丽日出的地方吗?
Watch what I do, then you try.
你注意看我的动作,然后试着做
watch television
看电视
4. view
指看、观看(尤指仔细观察);看(电视、电影等):view较see正式,尤用于商务语境。
People came from all over the world to view her work.
观众从世界各地涌来欣赏她的作品
You can see/view a film/movie/programme but you cannot
可以说see/view a film/movie/programme,但不能说:
see/view television(错的)
习惯短语用法:
watch / see / view a film / movie / programme看电影、表演
watch / see a match / game / fight 看比赛、游戏、打斗
read a book 看书
read a map 看地图
read a newspaper看报纸
look /go though one’s phone /watch one’s phone 看手机
look sb up and down
上下仔细打量,挑剔地审视(某人)
look down on sb/sth
蔑视;轻视;瞧不起
look out担心,小心
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