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单词 look at sth
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look at sth

phrasal verb with look uk/lʊk/us/lʊk/verb

(THINK)

B2 to think about a subject carefully so that you can make a decision about it:

Management is looking at ways of cutting costs.

More examples

  • We're looking at the feasibility of building a shopping centre there.
  • In this exercise, a word is blanked out and you have to guess what it is by looking at the context.
  • We looked at the job applications in two batches.
  • "Have you decided what to do?" "No, I'm still looking at the various possibilities."
  • I'm going to spend some time looking at my options before I decide to apply for the job.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Thinking and contemplating

  • -ly
  • agonize over/about sth
  • chew
  • chew sth over
  • chew the cud idiom
  • chew your cud idiom
  • depth
  • joined-up thinking
  • lateral thinking
  • let me see/let's see idiom
  • let's see idiom
  • puzzle
  • rack
  • reflect
  • take sth into account idiom
  • the thought crosses sb's mind idiom
  • think sth out
  • think sth over
  • think sth through
  • worry

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(HAVE OPINION)

to consider something in a particular way:

If I'd had children I might have looked at things differently.

More examples

  • It all depends on how you look at it.
  • She's always looked at life through rose-tinted glasses.
  • We agreed to look afresh at her original proposal.
  • I'd like to look at this question in some depth.
  • I realized I was looking at the problem from the wrong angle.

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Analysing and evaluating

  • analyse
  • analyser
  • analyst
  • analytical
  • analyze
  • critical
  • go through sth
  • have the measure of sb/sth idiom
  • inspect
  • inspection
  • interpretive
  • measure
  • proof
  • sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
  • set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
  • sift
  • sit
  • sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
  • size sth/sb up
  • survey

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(READ)

B2 to read something in order to check it or form an opinion about it:

Can you look at my essay sometime?

More examples

  • I looked at the sales figures.
  • Can you look at these figures?
  • I need to look at the weather forecast.
  • Can you look at my spelling, please?
  • She asked me to look at her letter to see if it was forceful enough.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Reading

  • cross-reference
  • deconstruct
  • deconstruction
  • devour
  • dyslexia
  • flip
  • hermeneutic
  • leaf through sth
  • read sth over/through
  • readable
  • reader
  • readership
  • reading
  • reading knowledge
  • reference
  • riffle
  • run your eye over sth idiom
  • skim
  • thumb
  • thumb through sth

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(EXAMINE)

B2 If someone, usually an expert, looks at something, they examine it:

Did you get the doctor to look at your knee?

More examples

  • I asked the doctor to look at the rash.
  • We'll need to get an engineer to look at the bridge.
  • We can ask an accountant to look at the tax implications.
  • A neurologist will be looking at the scans.
  • Barry has agreed to look at the noise in my car.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Analysing and evaluating

  • analyse
  • analyser
  • analyst
  • analytical
  • analyze
  • critical
  • go through sth
  • have the measure of sb/sth idiom
  • inspect
  • inspection
  • interpretive
  • measure
  • proof
  • sell sb/yourself/sth short idiom
  • set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
  • sift
  • sit
  • sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
  • size sth/sb up
  • survey

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