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

see,look,watch和view有什么区别