sight是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the ability to see -- 視力

  • If your sight is poor, you should not drive a car. 視力不佳就不應該開車。

  • The old woman has lost her sight (= has become blind). 那位老婦人失明了。

• 1 something that is in someone's view -- 所見之物；景象

  • The flowers at the annual flower show were a beautiful sight. 年度花卉展上的鮮花是一道美麗的風景。

  • You should always keep sight of your bags (= have them where you can see them) while you're at the airport. 在機場裡，應該時刻留意自己的行李。

  • informal He was a real sight in his old clothes (= he looked messy or silly). 你穿著這些舊衣服可真不像樣！

  • 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. 律師要求看文件。

  • I don't dare let the children out of my sight (= go where I cannot see them) at the park. 在公園裡，我不敢讓孩子們離開我的視線。

  • The police officer was hidden out of sight (= where he could not be seen) behind a tree. 那名警官藏在樹後隱蔽的地方。

  • The castle came into sight (= started to be able to be seen) as we went round a bend in the road. 我們在路上拐了個彎，城堡就映入了眼簾。

  • We're looking for a house which is within sight of (= from which it is possible to see) the mountains. 我們正在找一棟能看到群山的房子。

  • figurative After three years of campaigning, the end is finally in sight (= will happen soon) for Jon. 經過三年的競選，喬恩終於快看到結果了。

  • 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. 今天我去買東西時看到以前的老師，但她轉過街角，就看不見了。

  • "Do you know David Wilson?" "I haven't met him, but I know him by sight (= I recognize him, but do not know him)." 「你認識戴維‧威爾遜嗎？」「沒有引見過，但我認得出他。」

  • informal She hated/loathed the sight of (= hated) her former husband. 她討厭見到她的前夫。

  • informal They used to be very good friends, but now they can't bear/stand the sight of (= hate) each other. 他們曾經是好朋友，但現在一看到對方就煩。

  • 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. 這個問題乍看似乎很簡單，但學生們試圖回答時，才發現有多難。

  • We spent a week in Rome looking at all the sights. 我們在羅馬玩兒了一個星期，參觀了所有的名勝。

  • I never buy anything sight unseen. 不親眼看過實物我從來不會購買。

• 2 a lot; much -- 許多，大量

  • Food is a darn/damn sight more expensive than it used to be. 食品比以前貴了很多。

  • UK He's a sight better than he was yesterday. 他比昨天好多了。

• 3 a part of a gun or other device through which you look to help you aim at something -- 準星，瞄準器

  • Make sure you line up the sights before you fire the gun. 射擊前要確定瞄好準星。

• 4 to suddenly see something or someone -- 看到，發現

  • After days at sea, the sailors finally sighted land. 在海上漂流數日後，水手們終於看到了陸地。