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单词 overlook
释义 overlook
I. \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English overloken, from over (I) + loken to look
1. : to look over or through : inspect, survey, peruse
 < took down a map and overlooked it — Eileen Duggan >
 < most good modern authors, which I have never even overlooked — Arnold Bennett >
2.
 a. obsolete : to regard as inferior or low : slight
 b. : to look down upon from a place that is over or above : look over or view from a higher position
  < do not like living near water, and prefer not to be overlooked — G.W.B.Huntingford >
 c. : to rise above or afford a view of : overtop
  < a house overlooking the Pacific — Current Biography >
  < deep-blue water, overlooked by seven volcanoes — Norman Zimmern >
  < a tower overlooking the city — New York Times >
3.
 a. : to look over and beyond so as to fail to see : miss or omit in looking : fail to notice
  < which would otherwise be entirely overlooked, may be seen at night with a flashlight — Boy Scout Handbook >
  < whose sharpened senses overlook nothing — Richard Semon >
 b. : to fail to take due note of : pass over : ignore, disregard
  < hungry enough to overlook my scruples — Frank O'Leary >
  < the editor cannot overlook the problem — Bruce Westley >
 c. : to pass over without censure or punishment : excuse
  < decided to overlook the blank paper he turned in for Latin — Current Biography >
  < minor misdemeanors may sometimes be overlookedPunch >
4. : to watch over : supervise, oversee
 < sent … as her envoy to overlook the conduct of the Kalmucks — Thomas De Quincey >
5. : to look on with the evil eye : bewitch by looking on
 < a baby that has been overlooked will begin to pine away — F.G.Cassidy >
Synonyms: see neglect
II. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : an act of overlooking; specifically : oversight
 < a slight overlook on my part >
2. : a place from which one may look down upon a scene below
 < plenty of overlooks and trails — Thelma H. Bell >
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