lookout
/ˈlʊkaʊt/noun
1- a place from which to keep watch or view landscape观察哨所, 瞭望台。
1.1
- a person stationed to keep watch for danger or trouble守望员：
they acted as lookouts at the post office.
他们负责守望邮局。
1.2
- archaic a view over a landscape〈古〉景色。
1.3
- in sing. [ with adj.] informal, chiefly Brit.used to indicate whether a likely outcome is good or bad〈非正式, 主英〉［用以表明可能的结果是好是坏］前景, 可能出现的情况：
'What if he gets fits?' 'It's a bad lookout in that case.'
“要是他毛病发作怎么办？”“那就不妙了。”
1.4
one's lookout
Brit. informal a person's own concern〈英, 非正式〉自己的事：if you can't take an interest in local affairs, that's your lookout.
你要是不能对本地的事情感兴趣, 那是你自己的事。
短语
be on the lookout（或keep a lookout for）
1
- be alert to (danger or trouble)警觉地注意（危险, 困难）：
he told them to be on the lookout for dangerous gas.
他告诉他们小心有害气体。
1.1
- keep searching for (something that is wanted)一直寻找：
we kept a sharp lookout for animals and saw several waterbuck.
我们仔仔细细地寻找动物, 见到几只非洲大羚羊。