1、see側重於看的結果。
You can see the Houses of Parliament from here.
從這裡看得到議會大廈。
We're really looking forward to seeing you again.
我們非常盼望能再見到你。
see還指觀看(比賽、電視節目、演出等):
In the evening we went to see a movie.
晚上,我們去看了一場電影。
See有2個常用的結構:
see sb do sth看到某人做某事(看到全過程)
See sb doing sth看到某人正在做某事
2.look(不及物動詞)強調的是看的動作,是為了關注/集中注意力某樣事物才把目光移過去的。
If you look carefully you can see that the painting represents a human figure.
如果仔細看,就會看出畫上是一個人形。
If you look carefully you can just see our house from here.
你要是仔細看,從這裡就可以看見我們的房子。
‘Has the mail come yet?’ ‘I'll look and see .
“郵件來了嗎?”“我看看。”
Look! I'm sure that's Brad Pitt!
看!這一定是布拉德∙皮特!
She looked at me and smiled.
她看了看我,笑了。
Can I help you?’ ‘I'm just looking, thank you.’
“請問您要買什麼?”“謝謝,我只是看看。
look 還表示偷看,例如:
老師:傑克,我希望我沒有看見你偷看別人的卷子。
Teacher: I hope I didn't see you looking at someone else's paper, Jack.
“律師,你偷看了。”剩下的兩個人中有一個大聲說道,但另一個讓他安靜下來。
"You looked, lawyer," one of the two men exclaimed, but the other quieted him.
轉過身去,不許偷看,我說行了才能轉過來。
Turn around, and don't look until I tell you.
look 表示“直視”及物動詞,直接接直視的人或物:
He could not look her in the eye. 《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典》
他不敢直視她的眼睛。
3.當出現watch的這個詞的時候說明看這個動作一般都會持續好一會兒,看的是動態的事物或者正在發生的事情(經常用watch來看電視、看節目)。指看、注視、觀看、觀察:
Here, now watch how I cut this, OK?
嘿,現在看我怎樣切,好嗎?
Next time you visit the zoo, watch the tigers carefully.
下次你們參觀動物園,要仔細觀察老虎。
Can you recommend a place where we can watch the beautiful sunrise?
你能推薦一個我們可以觀看美麗日出的地方嗎?
Watch what I do, then you try.
你注意看我的動作,然後試著做
watch television
看電視
4. view
指看、觀看(尤指仔細觀察);看(電視、電影等):view較see正式,尤用於商務語境。
People came from all over the world to view her work.
觀眾從世界各地湧來欣賞她的作品
You can see/view a film/movie/programme but you cannot
可以說see/view a film/movie/programme,但不能說:
see/view television(錯的)
習慣短語用法:
watch / see / view a film / movie / programme看電影、表演
watch / see a match / game / fight 看比賽、遊戲、打鬥
read a book 看書
read a map 看地圖
read a newspaper看報紙
look /go though one’s phone /watch one’s phone 看手機
look sb up and down
上下仔細打量,挑剔地審視(某人)
look down on sb/sth
蔑視;輕視;瞧不起
look out擔心,小心