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Overlook Verb 动词   [V N Cost Car Busy

英语单词 overlook
英美音标 [əuvə'luk]
中文释义 vt.俯瞰,耸出,远眺,没注意到
n.眺望,俯瞰中的景色
vocab简明 To overlook something is to fail to see it. When planning a party, it's best to write out a to-do list so that you don't overlook any details.
vocab扩展 The verb overlook literally means to look over the top of. The word has come to refer to the act of neglecting something, usually because your focus is aimed elsewhere. You might overlook the cost of car insurance if you’re busy calculating the cost of buying the car and paying for gas and parking. As a noun, an overlook is a space high above ground. You might overlook your curfew if you're busy enjoying an overlook with your date.
真题原句 A kind of overlooked inequality.
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[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。

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[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

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[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

来源 2004.2

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