overlook
英 [əʊvə'lʊk]
美[,ovɚ'lʊk]
- vt. 忽略；俯瞰；远眺；检查；高耸于…之上
- n. 忽视；眺望
词态变化
第三人称单数: overlooks;过去式: overlooked;过去分词: overlooked;现在分词: overlooking;
助记提示
1. over- "above" + look.
2. 第一层含义：用咱们中文成语形容就是“眼高手低”，“眼高”就是忽视、忽略了下面的、身边的小事、细节，只望着上面的东西、事情，由此引申为：漏看，忽视，忽略，不理会。
3. 第二层含义：也就是“站得高看得远”，含义比较直接，表示：俯瞰，从高处眺望，瞭望；在此基础上的引申义：察看，细阅，检查，视察；照顾，监督，监视。
2. 第一层含义：用咱们中文成语形容就是“眼高手低”，“眼高”就是忽视、忽略了下面的、身边的小事、细节，只望着上面的东西、事情，由此引申为：漏看，忽视，忽略，不理会。
3. 第二层含义：也就是“站得高看得远”，含义比较直接，表示：俯瞰，从高处眺望，瞭望；在此基础上的引申义：察看，细阅，检查，视察；照顾，监督，监视。
中文词源
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.
英英释意
- 1. a high place affording a good view
英文词源
- 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).
同义词辨析
excuse, pardon, forgive, overlook
这些动词均有"原谅"之意。
excuse： 口语常用词，语气较轻。指原谅轻微的过错、疏忽或过失。
pardon比excuse正式，指原谅或宽恕严重的过失或法律上的犯罪行为；在社会交场合则指对打搅他人表示歉意。
forgive： 侧重从心里宽恕某人，暗示放弃一切愤恨和要求报偿的权利。
overlook： 语气较弱，指宽容或不计较无关大局的过失。
forget, omit, neglect, overlook, disregard, ignore
这些动词均有"疏忽，忽略"或"忘记"之意。
forget： 普通用词，侧重某事不重要或太复杂而未能记住，也指有意疏忽或忘掉。
omit： 指有意或无意地忘记做某事，也指删去被视作不重要、不合意的东西。
neglect： 侧重指有意的忽略或忽视，也可指粗心与疏忽。
overlook： 指因匆忙而疏忽或视而不见。
disregard： 多指有意或自觉地不顾某事。
ignore： 通常指有意不顾，或不理显而易见的事物。
考试真题
- When Leah made the commitment to change, she primed herself to new opportunities she may otherwise have overlooked.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文
- The floor-to-ceiling windows of his company's offices overlook Songdo Central Park, with a canal full of kayaks and paddle boats.
2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- While most parents, teachers and clinicians would react to an adolescent using drugs or getting drunk, they may easily overlook teenagers who are engaging in inconspicuous behaviors.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- On a glacier-filled island with fjords ( ' , 峡湾) and elephant seals, Russia has built Antarctica's first Orthodox church on a hill overlooking its research base.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
- One crucial aspect of Einstein's training that is overlooked is the years of philosophy he read as a teenager—Kant, Schopenhauer and Spinoza, among others.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- What it is wrong to condemn her for is overlooking your hard work.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
- Today, widespread social pressure to immediately go to college in conjunction with increasingly high expectations in a fast-moving world often causes students to completely overlook the possibility of taking a gap year.
2017年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- He seems to have overlooked one important fact.
- 他好像忽略了一个重要的事实。
牛津词典
- We could not afford to overlook such a serious offence.
- 对这样严重的违法行为，我们决不能视若无睹。
牛津词典
- a restaurant overlooking the lake
- 一家濒湖餐厅
牛津词典
- Our back yard is overlooked by several houses.
- 好几栋房子都看得见我家的后院。
牛津词典
- She's been overlooked for promotion several times.
- 几次提职时都没有考虑她。
牛津词典
- Pretty and comfortable rooms overlook a flower-filled garden...
- 漂亮舒适的房间俯视着花团锦簇的花园。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Jack Aldwych lived in a huge, old two-storeyed house overlooking Harbord.
- 杰克·阿尔德维奇住在一幢可以看见哈博德的巨大的两层旧房子里。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We overlook all sorts of warning signals about our own health.
- 我们忽视有关自身健康的种种预警信号。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a fact that we all tend to overlook.
- 我们所有人往往视而不见的事实
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...satisfying relationships that enable them to overlook each other's faults.
- 能使他们互相包容对方缺点的舒心的关系
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It's easy to overlook slights and red flags that should warn us away from dangerous waters.
- 因为面对一切赞许、积极反馈,很容易失去自我、忽视那些警告我们远离“危险”的征兆.
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- We overlook the church from our house.
- 我们可从家中俯瞰教堂.
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- I shall overlook your disobedience this time.
- 这次,我不计较你不服从.
《简明英汉词典》
- How could you overlook paying the rent?
- 你怎么会忘了付房租?
《简明英汉词典》
- They are not to spot, since you are biologically wired to overlook and ignore them.
- 他们很不容易被发现, 因为在生理上,你会自然而然地忽略他们,不会注意到他们的存在.
期刊摘选
- And in this work we must not overlook the weakest among us.
- 在这期间,我们决不能忽视我们当中最柔弱者.
英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- Her grace, and her charisma , all she holds in her young frame are hard to overlook.
- 她的优雅举止 、 她的超凡魅力以及她的年轻的躯体中蕴藏的一切都是那么令人过目不忘.
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- We climbed up the hill to overlook the surrounding wonderful scenery.
- 我们登上山,俯瞰周围的胜景.
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- Did you try and overlook evidence with regard to the seat belt?
- 你有没有看过关于保险带的证据?
电影对白
- We should not overlook the power of language and culture to move us.
- 不过,我们也不应该忽视语文和文化的情感力量.
期刊摘选
- We decided to overlook his mistake.
- 我们决定宽容他的过错.
《简明英汉词典》
- Editor Barker agreed to overlook the qualification requirement and offered Clayton the job.
- 编辑巴克同意忽略资历要求,让克莱顿做这份工作.
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- Never overlook the potential for causing injury this little machine has if anything got loose.
- 从来没有忽略可能造成损伤这个小机器,如果有任何松动.
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- Beginner sometimes overlook the defect of the machine.
- 初学者有时忽视这机器的缺陷.
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- His work was to overlook men at work.
- 他的工作是监督现场的工人.
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- In international business transactions, it is easy to overlook cultural differences.
- 在国际商业活动中, 我们很容易忽视文化差异的存在.
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- We put up a fence so that the neighbours might not overlook us.
- 我们树起一个篱笆,这样邻居就俯视不到我们了.
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