英语单词 | overlook |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌəʊvə'lʊk] 美 [ˌoʊvər'lʊk] |
中文释义 | v.俯瞰;远眺;没注意到;忽视 n.忽视;远眺 |
英语例句 | (1) My room overlooked the garden. (2) We overlook the church from our house. (3) My room overlooks the sea. (4) He overlooked a spelling error on the first page. (5) They overlooked the enormous risks involved. (6) We are too apt to overlook our own faults. (7) It was a slight overlook on my part. (8) My house has a nice overlook in the hills behind it. |
中文例句 | (1) 我的房间俯瞰花园。 (2) 我们可从家中俯瞰教堂。 (3) 从我的房间可眺望大海。 (4) 他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误。 (5) 他们忽略了暗含的巨大危险。 (6) 我们很容易忽视自己的过错。 (7) 这是我的小疏忽。 (8) 我的房子从屋后的山顶上俯瞰起来很漂亮。 |
vocabulary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. |
vocabulary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. |
柯林斯解释 | 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]
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]
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]
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