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sight/sait/ n. & v.●n. 1a the faculty of seeing with the eyes 视力；视觉 lost his sight 他失明了 b the act or an instance of seeing; the state of being seen 看到，见到；被见到 2 a thing seen; a display, show, or spectacle 被看见的事物；情景；景象 not a pretty sight 不是好看的东西; a beautiful sight 美丽的景象 3 a way of looking at or considering a thing 观点；见解 in my sight he can do no wrong 在我看来他是不会做错事的 4 a range of space within which a person etc. can see or an object be seen 视野；视域；眼界 he's out of sight 他已消失了踪影; they are just coming into sight 他们刚刚进入视线 5 (usu. in pl. 通常用复数) noteworthy features of a town, area, etc. (城市、地区等的)名胜；景点 went to see the sights 去观赏景点了 6a a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting the precise aim or observation (枪或光学仪器上的)瞄准具；观测器 b the aim or observation so gained 瞄准；观测 got a sight of him 看到了他 7 colloq. a person or thing having a ridiculous, repulsive, or dishevelled appearance [口]外表滑稽可笑的人(或物)；看不入眼的人(或物) looked a perfect sight 看上去真是滑稽透顶 8 colloq. a great quantity [口]大量 will cost a sight of money 要花大笔钱; is a sight better than he was 他现在比过去强多了 ●v. tr. 1 get sight of, esp. by approaching (尤指靠近时)见到，看到 they sighted land 他们看到了陆地 2 observe the presence of (esp. aircraft, animals, etc.) 观察到(尤指飞机、动物等) sighted buffalo 看到了水牛 3 take observations of (a star etc.) with an instrument (用仪器)观察(星体等) 4a provide (a gun, quadrant, etc.) with sights 给(枪、象限仪等)装瞄准器 b adjust the sight of (a gun etc.) 调节(枪等的)瞄准器 c aim (a gun etc.) with sights 用瞄准器瞄准 □ at first sight on first glimpse or impression 初看，乍看；初次印象 □ at (or on) sight as soon as a person or a thing has been seen 一见就… plays music at sight 视奏(看到乐谱立即演奏); liked him on sight 一见他就喜欢上了 □ catch (or lose) sight of begin (or cease) to see or be aware of 看到，看见；意识到(没看到，没看见；没意识到) □ get a sight of manage to see; glimpse 设法看见；瞥见 □ have lost sight of no longer know the whereabouts of 失去…的音讯 □ in sight 1 visible 看得见 2 near at hand 临近；在望 salvation is in sight 救援已经临近 □ in (or within) sight of so as to see or be seen from 在看得见…的地方 □ lower one's sights become less ambitious 降低目标；降低 □ out of my sight! go at once! 立刻滚开 ! □ out of sight 1 not visible 看不见的 2 colloq. excellent; delightful [口]绝妙的；令人愉快的 □ out of sight out of mind we forget those who are absent 眼不见，心不想 □ put out of sight hide, ignore 隐藏；忽略 □ set one's sights on aim at 意欲，打算 set her sights on a directorship 她的目标是当主任 □ sight for sore eyes (or Brit. [英] sight for the gods) a welcome person or thing, esp. a visitor 受人欢迎的人(或物) (尤指来访者) □ sighter n.[Old English (ge)sihth] |