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| 1 | U the ability to see using your eyes 视力；视觉 |
| Wolf spiders hunt mainly by sight. 狼蛛主要靠视觉捕食。 |
| I’ m having laser treatment to improve my sight. 我在接受激光治疗以提高视力。 |
| He has lost 75 per cent of his sight in his right eye. 他右眼已经丧失了75％的视力。 |
| people with poor sight 视力差的人 |
| | 1a | the act of seeing something 看见 | | +of I can’ t stand the sight of blood. 我一看见血就受不了。 | | at first sight (=when you first look at someone or something) It was love at first sight, and they got married two weeks later. 乍一看 | | know sb by sight (=to know someone when you see them) I don’ t know him personally, but I know him by sight. 和某人只是面熟 | | on sight (=immediately after you see someone or something) The captain ordered us to shoot any strangers on sight. 一看到就… | |
| | 1b | any place that you can see from where you are 视野；视域 | | disappear from sight The rocket disappeared from sight. 火箭从视野中消失了。 | | hidden from sight Her hands were hidden from sight beneath the blanket. 她的双手藏在毯子下面。 | | within sight of sth The ship sank within sight of the harbour. 这艘船在靠近港口的地方沉没了。 | |
| | 1c | the fact that you can see something 看见 | | catch sight of sb/sth (=to suddenly see them) As she stood up she caught sight of her reflection in the mirror. 突然看到某人/某物 | |
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| 2 | singular a person or thing you see that has a particular feature 景象；景观 |
| Windmills are a common sight in this part of the country. 风车是该国这一地区的常见景观。 |
| a rare/wonderful sight 罕见的景象/奇观 |
| | 2a | a person or place that is very unusual , untidy , or unpleasant to look at （凌乱不堪或煞风景的）景象 | | The shop was quite a sight after the flood. 洪水过后，商店里一片凌乱。 | | not a pretty sight John in his underwear is not a pretty sight! 约翰只穿着内衣，难看死了！ | |
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| 3 | sights plural interesting places that people go to see 风景；名胜 |
| see the sights We enjoyed seeing the sights of San Francisco. 我们兴致勃勃地参观旧金山的名胜。 |
| the sights and sounds Experience the sights and sounds of Victorian London. 领略一下维多利亚时代伦敦的美景佳韵。 |
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| 4 | C usually plural the part of a gun or other piece of equipment that you look through in order to aim it 瞄准器；准星 |
| | 4a | plural an intention to have or achieve something 志向；目标 | | set/fix your sights on sth The team has set its sights on the national championship. 该队志在夺得全国冠军。 | | have your sights set on sth She clearly has her sights set on a top job. 她清晰地把目标定在高层职位上。 | | lower your sights You should lower your sights and accept less money. 你应该降低目标，接受低一些的报酬。 | |
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| - | a damn sight greater/smaller etc impolite
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| used for emphasizing something very strongly |
| （用于强调）大/小等得多 |
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| Eric is a damn sight younger than I am! 埃里克年纪可比我小得多！ |
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| - | everything/everyone in sight mainly spoken
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| a lot of people or things |
| 很多东西/人 |
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| The police were panicking and arresting everyone in sight. 警方慌了，到处抓人。 |
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| - | in sb’ s sight
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| in someone’ s opinion |
| 在某人看来 |
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| All men are created equal in the sight of God. 上帝面前人人生来平等。 |
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| - | in/within sight
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| 1 | in any place that you can see from where you are 看得见 | There was nobody in sight. 一个人也看不到。 | |
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| 2 | used about something that is going to happen soon 在望；在即 | Political independence seemed to be in sight. 政治独立似乎指日可待。 | | nowhere in sight The end of the nightmare is nowhere in sight. 看不见这场恶梦的尽头。 | |
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| 1 | used about things that you intend to have or achieve 志在必得 | She’ ll already have Lorna’ s job in her sights. 她早就对洛娜的工作志在必得。 | |
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| 2 | used about someone that you intend to defeat or deal with severely 志在击败（某人） | They’ ve got last year’ s champions in their sights. 他们志在击败去年的冠军。 | |
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| - | lose sight of
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| 1 | to no longer be able to see something or someone 不再看得见 | I lost sight of him but could still hear his footsteps. 我看不见他了，但还能够听到他的脚步声。 | |
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| 2 | to forget something important or forget how important it is 忘记；忽略 | We had lost sight of the value of true friendship. 我们忽略了真正的友谊的价值。 | |
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| - | out of sight
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| 1 | in a place that you cannot see from where you are 在视野之外；在看不见的地方 | They passed behind the hill and out of sight. 他们走到山后，看不见了。 | | The two leaders chatted amiably out of sight of the cameras. 两位领导人在摄像机拍不到的地方亲切交谈。 | | out of sb’ s/sth’ s sight Don’ t let the kids out of your sight for a second. 别让小孩离开你的视线，一秒钟也不行。 | |
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| 2 | informal if the price of something is out of sight , it is very high （价格）很昂贵的 |
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| 3 | informal old-fashioned used for expressing how nice or special you think something is 非常好看的；很特别的 | That new jacket is out of sight. 那件新夹克好看极了。 | |
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| - | out of sight, out of mind mainly spoken
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| used for saying that when you do not see or hear about something , you do not think about it |
| 眼不见，心不想 |
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| - | a sight for sore eyes
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| 1 | BRITISH something that is strange or unpleasant to look at 看不入眼之物；难看的东西 |
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| 2 | someone or something that you are very pleased to see 乐于看到的人（或物） |
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| - | a sight more/less
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| a lot moreless of something |
| 更多/更少 |
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| We’ ll need a sight more help than we’ ve got for this job! 做这份工作，我们需要比现在多得多的帮助！ |
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| - | sight unseen
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| if you buy or accept something sight unseen , you do not see it first |
| 在还未见过某物的情况下 |
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| Today thousands of people buy things by mail order, sight unseen. 如今，数以千计的人在还没有见过实物的情况下就通过邮购来购买。 |
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