1 look 用作不及物動詞,常同at 搭配,表示“看,瞧”。
Look at the stars. 瞧那些星星。
She looked at the children play with toys. 她看著孩子們玩玩具。(play前不可用to, 為look at sb. do sth. 結構 )
What are you looking at ? (正)你在看什么 ?
What are you looking ? (誤)
2 look 用作連系動詞,后跟形容詞或名詞作表語,表示“看上去,看起來”,在這層意義上不用于進行時,后面也不用副詞。look 強調通過視覺來看,而seem 則表示根據某種判斷而得出的印象或看法,含有較強烈的真實性。
He looks quite strong. 他看上去很強壯。
He looks a good man. 他看上去是個好人。
The girl seems to understand quite well. 這女孩似乎理解得十分好。
He seems very sure. 他似乎很有把握。
Be what you seem . 要表里如一。
She looks happy. (正)她看上去很幸福 。
She is looking happy. (誤) (不用進行時 )
She looks happily . (誤) (不用副詞 )
3 look like 表示“看起來像”,后跟名詞或動名詞,不可跟不定式。
She looks like her mother. (正)她看起來像她母親 。
She looks as her mother. (誤) (這層意義上不用as )
It looks like rain .(正)看來要下雨了 。
It looks like raining . (正)
It looks like to rain . (誤)
4 look 用作名詞,表示“看”,常用作單數(shù)名詞。
Let's have a look at the new car. 讓我們看看這輛新車。
He gave her a strange look . 他用奇怪的眼光看了她一眼。
5 look around 意為“四處看看”。
She looked around , but could see nothing. 她四周張望,但什么也看不見。
6 look into 表示:①朝……內看,②調查。
They are looking into the hole. 他們在朝那個洞里看。
We'll look into the matter. 我們將調查這件事。
7 look out 意為“當心,小心(常用作祈使句,相當于be careful)”。
Look out ! There comes a bus. 當心,過來一輛公交車!
8 look over 意為“檢查,仔細檢查”。
I have to look over my homework. 我得把作業(yè)檢查一下。
The doctor will look him over . 醫(yī)生將給他檢查一下。
9 look up 表示:①查(字典),②向上看。
She often looks up new words in the dictionary. 她經常在詞典里查生詞。
He looked up and saw a bird flying over. 他向上望,看見一只鳥飛過。
提示
“查字/詞典”不可說look up the dictionary,因為dictionary是查尋的地方,不是查尋的對象,要說成look up the word/a word in the dictionary。