| 词汇 | sight |
| 释义 | sight noun uk/saɪt/ us/saɪt/ (ABILITY TO SEE) B1 [ U ]视力 the ability to see If your sight is poor, you should not drive a car. 视力不佳就不应该开车。 The old woman has lost her sight (= has become blind). 那位老妇人失明了。 Synonym: vision (ABILITY) See also: eyesight
(VIEW) B2 [ C or S or U ]所见之物;景象 something that is in someone's view The flowers at the annual flower show were a beautiful sight. 年度花卉展上的鲜花是一道美丽的风景。 You should always keep sight of your bags (= have them where you can see them) while you're at the airport. 在机场里，应该时刻留意自己的行李。 informal He was a real sight in his old clothes (= he looked messy or silly). 你穿着这些旧衣服可真不像样！ The child laughed at the sight of (= when she saw) the new toy. 一看到玩具，孩子就笑了。 formal The lawyer requested sight of (= to see) the papers. 律师要求看文件。 I don't dare let the children out of my sight (= go where I cannot see them) at the park. 在公园里，我不敢让孩子们走出我的视线。 The police officer was hidden out of sight (= where he could not be seen) behind a tree. 那名警官藏在树后隐蔽的地方。 The castle came into sight (= started to be able to be seen) as we went round a bend in the road. 我们在路上拐了个弯，城堡就映入了眼帘。 We're looking for a house which is within sight of (= from which it is possible to see) the mountains. 我们正在找一所能看到群山的房子。 figurative After three years of campaigning, the end is finally in sight (= will happen soon) for Jon. 经过3年的竞选，乔恩终于快看到结果了。 I caught sight of (= saw for a moment) my former teacher while I was out shopping today, but she turned a corner and I lost sight of (= could no longer see) her. 今天我去买东西时看到了以前的老师，但她转过街角，就看不见了。 "Do you know David Wilson?" "I haven't met him, but I know him by sight (= I recognize him, but do not know him)." “你认识戴维‧威尔逊吗？”“没有引见过，但我能认出他。” informal She hated/loathed the sight of (= hated) her former husband. 她讨厌见到她的前夫。 informal They used to be very good friends, but now they can't bear/stand the sight of (= hate) each other. 他们曾经是好朋友，但现在一看到对方就烦。 The question seemed easy at first sight (= when they first saw it), but when the students tried to answer it, they discovered how difficult it was. 乍一看，这个问题似乎很简单，但学生们试图回答时，才发现有多难。 the sightsB1 名胜;景点 places of interest, especially to visitors We spent a week in Rome looking at all the sights. 我们在罗马玩儿了一个星期，参观了所有的名胜。 sight unseen 在未见过的情况下 without seeing something first I never buy anything sight unseen. 不亲眼看过实物我从来不会购买。
(MUCH) a sightinformal 许多，大量 a lot; much Food is a darn/damn sight more expensive than it used to be. 食品比以前贵了很多。 UK He's a sight better than he was yesterday. 他比昨天好多了。 (GUN PART) [ C usually plural ]准星，瞄准器 a part of a gun or other device through which you look to help you aim at something Make sure you line up the sights before you fire the gun. 射击前要确保瞄好准星。 Idioms get out of my sight!idiom informal 滚开！ an angry way of telling someone to go away Get out of my sight, you idiot! 滚开，你这个白痴！ lower your sightsidiom 降低要求，退而求其次 to accept that you will only be able to get something less than you hoped for He had hoped to become a doctor, but he had to lower his sights after his disappointing exam results. 他原希望成为一名医生，但令人失望的考试成绩迫使他降低目标。 out of sightidiom informal超出支付能力的 extremely expensive and more than you are able to spend The price of the house we like is out of sight. 我们喜欢的那栋房子的价格超出了我们的支付能力。 slang极好的 excellent The group's new record is out of sight! 这个乐队的新唱片出奇地好！ out of sight, out of mindidiom saying 眼不见，心不念。 said to emphasize that when something or someone cannot be seen, it is easy to forget it, him, or her set your sights on somethingidiom C2 决心;立志 to decide to achieve something Jenny has set her sights on winning the competition. 珍妮已决心赢得比赛的胜利。 a sight for sore eyesidiom informal 乐于看到的人;极有吸引力的人 a way of saying that you are very pleased to see someone or that you think someone is very attractive You're a sight for sore eyes! 非常高兴见到你！ sight verb [ T ] uk/saɪt/ us/saɪt/ 看到，发现 to suddenly see something or someone After days at sea, the sailors finally sighted land. 在海上漂流数日后，海员们终于看到了陆地。 |
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