| 单词 | to look upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look upon † to look upon Obsolete. extracted from lookv. intransitive. = to look on 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look on or spectate to look onOE to look upona1470 to keep the ring1798 to play the gallery1870 spectate1929 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 505 And yf thy harte woll nat serve the, stonde by and loke uppon! 1542 N. Udall in tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. f. 260 (note) He might not stand and looke vpon whyle a liue manne wer toren piece mele. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. vi. 10 Aiax Ile fight with him alone stand Diomed. Diom. He is my prize, I will not looke vpon. Troy. Come both you cogging Greekes haue at you both. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) ii. iii. 27 Whiles the Foe doth..looke vpon, as if the Tragedie Were plaid in iest, by counterfetting Actors. View more context for this quotation to look upon —— to look upon —— 1. intransitive. With adverb (formerly also adjective) complement or phrase: to regard with a specified expression, or with a specified feeling or attitude; = to look on —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional attitude > hold, entertain, or cherish (a feeling) [verb (transitive)] > entertain a feeling towards to look on ——lOE owea1375 to look upon ——c1405 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 997 He looked bisily Vp on this child. c1475 Babees Bk. (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 3 (MED) And yf they speke withe yow..Withe stable Eye loke vpone theym Rihte. 1573 J. Sanford tr. L. Guicciardini Garden of Pleasure f. 17v The Cortizan..looked vppon hym wyth shewe and countenaunce of meruayle. 1594 L. Twyne tr. Patterne Painefull Aduentures ii. sig. B3 He looked vpon him with a wrathfull countenance. 1619 T. Middleton Inner-Temple Masque sig. A3v Fishstreete loues me, e'en but from teeth outward, (The neerest Kin I haue) lookes shye vpon me. a1640 P. Massinger Guardian iv. ii. 93 in 3 New Playes (1655) I look with sore eyes upon her good fortune, And wish it were mine own. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 37. ¶5 I look upon her with a mixture of Admiration and Pity. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 271 I fancied he look'd something sweet upon me. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest II. xi. 234 Edward was..satisfied that he was not quite looked upon with indifference by Patience Heatherstone. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 4 And all men look'd upon him favourably. 1905 Med. News (N.Y.) 14 Jan. 85/2 Post menopause bleeding must be looked upon..with some suspicion of the presence of cancer. 1967 R. Silverberg Voyagers in Time p. x Among some modern science-fiction writers, stories of time-travel are looked upon with faint disdain, because they are not really ‘scientific’. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 May 35/4 The Karmapa..is unique in that both Beijing and the Dalai Lama look upon him favorably. 2. intransitive. To regard, pay heed to; esp. to regard with favour, hold in esteem. Cf. to look on —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare (English regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)] haveeOE weenc1000 praisec1250 setc1374 set by1393 endaunt1399 prizec1400 reverencec1400 tender1439 repute1445 to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457 to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475 pricec1480 to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483 force1509 to look upon ——c1515 to have (also hold) in estimationc1522 to make reckoning of1525 esteem1530 regard1533 to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540 value1549 to make dainty of (anything)1555 reckon1576 to be struck on1602 agrade1611 respect1613 beteem1627 appreciate1648 to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665 to think small beer of1816 to think the world of1826 existimate1847 reckon1919 rate1973 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > direct attention, thought, etc. lookeOE i-thenchec897 to look to ——OE send?c1420 to look upon ——c1515 to look unto ——1526 face1630 turn1842 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour to let well ofc1330 favour1340 to take, accept, receive in greec1374 likea1393 smilec1400 to take agreea1425 agreec1450 to fawn on, upon1477 to bear good mind toa1516 to look upon ——c1515 to look on ——1540 vouchsafe1582 conceit1589 relish1594 to look to ——1611 impatronize1629 aspect1663 sympathize1828 to put one's money on1847 c1515 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 181 Yf yt had nott ben lokyd upon betymes, I suppose yt wold not have ben abull to have contynuyd a Monastery ffower yeres. 1533 T. Cromwell Let. 9 July in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) I. 357 For lacke..whereof ye haue forfaited to the kinges highnes the Somme of one thousande markes which..ye ought substaunciallye to loke uppon for the king is no person to be deluded..with all. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 101 God hes lukit apone ye powerte of his madine or seruand. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. vii. 6 The Lord God looketh vpon vs. View more context for this quotation 1802 M. M. Sherwood Susan Gray 48 You are such a dowdy, such a country Joan, no one will look upon you. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Look upon, to favour, to regard kindly. ‘He's bin an ole sarvent, and therefore I dessay they look upon 'im.’ 3. intransitive. a. To regard as being something specified. Also: †to consider to be something specified; also with noun complement (obsolete). Cf. to look on —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as telleOE talec897 seeOE letc1000 holdc1200 reckon1340 aima1382 accounta1387 counta1387 judgec1390 takea1400 countc1400 receivec1400 existimatec1430 to look on ——?c1430 makec1440 reputea1449 suppose1474 treatc1485 determinea1513 recount?c1525 esteem1526 believe1533 estimate?1533 ascribe1535 consider1539 regard1547 count1553 to look upon ——1553 take1561 reck1567 eye?1593 censure1597 subscribe1600 perhibit1613 behold1642 resent1642 attributea1657 fancy1662 vogue1675 decount1762 to put down1788 to set down1798 rate1854 have1867 mean1878 1553 J. Bradford Let. 4 July in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 331 This should we looke vppon as a sygne of gods anger procured by our synnes. 1609 T. Cooper Churches Deliv. i. 19 Thus wiues are kept fasting, to be lookt vppon as babies. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. 443 Both Pythagoras and Plato looked upon constitutionem sylvæ to bee opus providentiæ. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 191. ⁋7 This Morning..I set up an Equipage which I look upon to be the gayest in the Town. 1727 ‘S. Brunt’ Voy. to Cacklogallinia 12 An old Woman, whom they look'd upon a Prophetess. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 151 The antients looked upon water as the..first principle of all created things. 1822 Examiner 31 Mar. 203/1 You are looked upon as a kind lord. 1860 Harper's Mag. Apr. 630/1 A wife who does not look upon him merely as a money-machine. 1903 Independent 12 Nov. 2663/1 The mass of voters look upon him as a ‘silk stocking’—as one who neither understands nor sympathizes with their life. 1961 Amateur Gardening 14 Oct. 19/3 Nerines are often looked upon as bulbs to grow in favoured gardens. 2002 R. Menschel Markets, Mobs & Mayhem p. xix Investors should have looked upon it as an opportunity to buy true value. b. to look upon it: to be of the opinion that something is the case. Now rare. ΚΠ 1672 tr. P. de Clérembault Conversations vi. 142 I look upon it [Fr. ie regarde], that these Princes debase rather than exalt themselves, in affecting such a Grandeur. 1681 Triall H. Carr 19 He alwayes looked upon it that all did come from Carr. 1744 J. Randall Syst. Geogr. ii. xxxi. 656 The Civil Government concur, looking upon it, that a Wife and Family are the surest Pledges of a Man's Fidelity. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §300 I now looked upon it that we might think ourselves secure. 1834 J. Morier Ayesha III. i. 10 I have always looked upon it that mercy, properly exercised by the hand of power, increases strength. 1884 Argosy May 392 She looked upon it that the girl was as good as married to one of these rich and desirable men. 1939 Weekly Irish Times 24 June 15/2 They looked upon it that they were answerable for the mode in which they used the gifts which God had given them. to look upon In later use usually with at. In earlier use the object of vision was chiefly introduced with on, upon, but in later use to look on, to look upon are in this sense either archaic, or include the notion of mental activity and are partly merged with sense 4a(a); more specialized uses are treated at to look on —— at Phrasal verbs 2, to look upon —— at Phrasal verbs 2.extracted from lookv.to look at (also †on, upon) (a) to look at (also †on, upon): (as postmodifying clause following an adjective such as fair, nice, ugly, etc.): with respect to appearance.not to be much to look at: see much pron. and n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > be ashamed [verb (intransitive)] > be embarrassed to look ateOE not to know which way (also where) to look1566 to sink through the floor1839 to have (get, etc.) egg on one's face1964 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) ii. iv. 43 Seo burg wæs getimbred an fildum lande.., & heo wæs swiþe fæger an to locianne. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) (2009) I. vi. 251 Þonne wyrð heo [sc. the sea] swiðe hraðe ungladu, þeah heo ær gladu wære on to locienne. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3585 Crist iss..luffsumm onn to lokenn. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 23228 (MED) Fell dragons and tades bath þat ar apon to lok ful lath. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) i. lxxxv. f. 58 (MED) Þan is þis an vgli ymage for to loken vpon. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Zech. v. 6 Euen thus are they (yt dwell vpon the whole earth) to loke vpon. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 26v Large on to loke louely of shap. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xii. 11 I know that thou art a faire woman to looke vpon. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Evelyn Numismata ix. 314 What is large, procere, goodly, and beautiful to look on. 1740 A. Baxter Matho I. v. 316 A clear whitish Maggot, not unpleasant to look at. 1776 J. Kennedy Treat. Planting xi. 252 They will grow very large, and fine to look at, but will not be so high-flavoured. 1838 Maritime Scraps 103 So clean, and round, and plump, and fat, So nice to look at, and all that. 1876 London Society Jan. 54/1 She is coarse and ugly to look at; but this is not all, for she is malicious and deceiving. 1913 ‘A. Hallard’ tr. ‘P. de Coulevain’ Amer. Nobility ii. iii. 241 Oh, but it is awful to look at! 1976 Ebony Oct. 146 (caption) The printed crepe-de-chine jumpsuit is as easy to wear as it is lovely to look at. 2003 Dreamwatch Aug. 68/1 This latest effort from the House of Mouse is both nice to look at and enjoyable to watch. < as lemmas |
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