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Overlook Sth Syn Overlooked Verb 动词 Building   [V

The word "overlook" has multiple meanings: to look down on or view from above, to fail to notice or realize the importance of something, and to forgive or disregard faults or bad behavior.

俯瞰;府视;眺望 忽略;忽视;未注意到 宽容;宽恕

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/o͟ʊvə(r)l'ʊk/
1
[VERB 动词]俯瞰;俯视;眺望 If a building or window overlooks a place, you can see the place clearly from the building or window.
  [V n]
  [V-ing]
  • 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。

  • 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。

2
[VERB 动词]忽略;忽视;未注意到 If you overlook a fact or problem, you do not notice it, or do not realize how important it is.
  [V n]
  • 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。

  • ...a fact that we all tend to overlook.

    我们所有人往往视而不见的事实

3
[VERB 动词]宽容;宽恕 If you overlook someone's faults or bad behaviour, you forgive them and take no action.
  [V n]
  • ...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


Oxford over·look / ˌəʊvəˈlʊk ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈlʊk / verb 1 overlooksth to fail to see or notice sth 忽略;未注意到 SYN
miss
He seems to have overlooked one important fact. 他好像忽略了一个重要的事实。
2 overlooksth to see sth wrong or bad but decide to ignore it (对不良现象等)不予理会,视而不见 SYN
turn a blind eye to
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。
3 overlooksth if a building, etc. overlooksa place, you can see that place from the building 俯视;眺望 a restaurant overlooking the lake 一家濒湖餐厅 Our back yard is overlooked by several houses. 好几栋房子都看得见我家的后院。 4 overlooksb (for sth) to not consider sb for a job or position, even though they might be suitable (提拔等时)对(某人)不予考虑 SYN
pass over
She's been overlooked for promotion several times. 几次提职时都没有考虑她。
overlook overlooks overlooked overlooking
over·look / ˌəʊvəˈlʊk ; NAmE ˌoʊvərˈlʊk /
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overlooko‧ver‧look /ˌəʊvəˈlʊk $ ˌoʊvər-/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1to not notice something, or not see how important it is SYN  miss:  It is easy to overlook a small detail like that. Nobody could overlook the fact that box office sales were down.2to forgive someone’s mistake, bad behaviour etc and take no action:  She found him entertaining enough to overlook his faults.3if a house, room etc overlooks something, it has a view of it, usually from above:  Our room overlooks the ocean.
WDF

overlook

[ˌəʊvəˈlʊk]overlooked, overlooking, overlooks

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overlooked[2173] overlooking[1463] overlooks[286]
忽视(76%),俯瞰(16%),远眺(7%),没注意到(1%)
vt.忽略;俯瞰;远眺;检查;高耸于…之上
n.忽视;眺望

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