see throughsb/sth
—phrasal verbwithseeverbuk/siː/us/siː/present participleseeing|past tensesaw|past participleseen
B2
torealizethat someone istryingtodeceiveyou to get anadvantage, or that someone'sbehaviourisintendedtodeceiveyou, and tounderstandthetruthabout thesituation
看穿，识破
They were veryfriendly, but it didn't takelongtoseethrough them.他们很友好，但我很快就把他们看穿了。
Shesawthrough hisexcuseatonce.她马上看穿了他的借口。