see的过去式

 see的过去式是saw；see的过去分词是seen。

释义

 

v. 动词 past tense- saw /sɔ; sɔ:/ past participle- seen /sin; si:n/

[I,T] to understand or realize something 明白﹐理解﹐认识到

I can see that you ' re not very happy with the situation . 我能理解你对这种状况不太愉快。

Seeing his distress , Louise put her arm around him . 看到他苦恼﹐路易丝伸出手臂搂住他。

[+why/what/who etc]

“ Ann ' s really fed up . ” “ I can see why ! ” “安确实厌烦了。”“我知道为了甚么!”

I see -spoken -used to show that you are listening to what someone is telling you and that you understand it 【口】我明白了〔用于表示听懂别人所说的话〕

“ You turn this dial to control the central heating . ” “ Oh , I see . ” “你转动这个标度盘来控制中央暖气的温度。”“噢﹐我明白了。”

you see -spoken -used when you are explaining something to someone 【口】你瞧﹐你知道〔用于对别人解释某事〕

The shop ' s open till 8 you see , so I can pick some stuff up afterwork . 你知道﹐这商店一直要开到8点﹐所以我可以在下班后买点东西。

You see the thing is I ' m really busy right now . 你瞧﹐事实上我此刻的确很忙。

see -spoken -used to check that someone is listening and understands what you are explaining to them 【口】明白了吧〔用于弄清对方是否在听并理解所作的解释〕

You mix the flour and eggs like this , see . 你把麵粉和鸡蛋这样混在一起﹐明白了吗?

see sth for what it is/see sb for what they are -to realize that someone or something is not as good or pleasant as they seem 看透某事/识破某人

not see the wood for the trees -also 又作 not see the forest for the trees AmE -【美】 to be unable to understand something because you are looking too much at small details rather than the whole thing 见木不见林﹐见小不见大﹐只见细节不见全面

►ABILITY TO SEE 视力◄ [I,T not in progressive 不用进行式] to be able to use your eyes to look at things and know what they are 看﹐看见﹐看到

I can ' t see a thing without my glasses ! 我不戴眼镜甚么也看不见!

►NOTICE/EXAMINE 注意/察看◄ [T not in progressive 不用进行式] to notice, examine, or recognize someone or something by looking 看出﹐留意(到)﹐察看﹐认出

Can I see your ticket , please ? 我可以查看一下你的票吗?

You see a lot of men with long hair these days . 如今你可以看到很多男人留着长头髮。

[+where/what/who]

Can you see where I put my pen ? 你看到我把笔放在哪儿了吗?

[+if/whether]

Nick went out to see if the pond had frozen over . 尼克出去看看水塘是否结了冰。

see a film/movie/play -to watch a film etc 看电影/看戏

I saw a really good movie last night . 昨晚我看了一部很精彩的电影。

►TELEVISION 电视◄ [T not in progressive 不用进行式] to watch a particular programme on television 看〔电视节目〕

Did you see the game last night ? 你昨晚看了球赛没有?

►FIND INFORMATION 发现信息◄ [T only in imperative 仅用于祈使句] used to tell you where you can find information 参阅

See press for details . 详情请阅报纸。

be seen -to look at or be noticed by people who are important in society 〔重要人物〕露面; 受〔重要人物〕注意

Royal Ascot is the place to be seen . 皇家阿斯科特赛马会是要人露面的场所。

be seen to be doing sth -to make sure that other people notice you working hard or doing something good 让他人注意到自己在努力做某事

The government must be seen to be doing something about therise in violent crime . 政府必须向大家证明确实採取行动对付暴力犯罪的增加。

[T] to find out information or a fact 查看﹐发现〔信息或事实〕

[+what/when/who/how etc]

Can you see who ' s at the door ? 你去看看门外是谁来了﹐好吗?

[+if/whether]

Sharon ! See if there ' s any beer in the fridge ! 莎伦!看看冰箱裡还有没有啤酒!

an experiment to see whether the new material melts at hightemperatures 观察这种新材料在高温下是否熔化的实验

see what sb/sth can do -spoken -【口】 to find out if you can deal with a situation or problem 弄清楚某人/某物能做甚么

[+about]

I ' ll see what I can do about speeding up the process . 我会看看我能否做些甚么来加快这个进程。

to find out how good someone or something is at what they are supposed to be able to do 弄清某人/某物是否真能…

Let ' s take the Porsche out to the racetrack and see what it cando ! 我们把这辆保时捷开到跑道上去﹐看看它到底能跑多快!

see you! -spoken -used to say goodbye when you know you will see someone again 【口】再见

see you around -spoken -used to say goodbye to someone when you have not made a definite arrangement to meet again 【口】再见〔用于在分别时没有约定再见面的具体时间〕

see you later -spoken -used to say goodbye to someone when you are going to see them again soon or later in the same day 【口】回头见〔用于在当天晚些时候或不久后还要再见面〕

►VISIT/MEET SB 探访/会见某人◄ [T] to visit or meet someone 探访﹐会见

We ' re going to see Lucy after work . 我们下班后去探望露西。

►HAVE A MEETING 会见◄ [T] to have an arranged meeting with someone 约见﹐接待

Mr Thomas is seeing a client at 2 : 30 . 托马斯先生两点半要接待一位客户。

►BY CHANCE 偶然地◄ [T, not in progressive 不用进行式] to meet someone by chance 偶遇﹐碰见

I saw Penny in town today . 今天我在城裡遇见了彭妮。

►SPEND TIME WITH SB 与某人在一起◄ [T] to spend time with someone 与…来往﹐与…见面

Do you still see any of your old college friends ? 你还和昔日的大学同学保持来往吗?

►HAVE A VISIT 接待来访◄ [T] to have a visit from someone 接待〔某人〕的造访﹐来访

She ' s too sick to see anyone at the moment . 她目前病得很重﹐不能见任何人。

be seeing sb -to be having a romantic relationship with someone 与某人谈恋爱

Is she seeing anyone at the moment ? 她这阵子是否正在和甚么人谈恋爱?

see sb/sth as sth -to consider something to be a particular thing or to have a particular quality 把某人/某物看作…

Jake saw any man who spoke to his wife as a potential threat . 杰克认为任何一个与他妻子说话的男人都是一个潜在的威胁。

►CONSIDER STH IN A PARTICULAR WAY 以特定方式考虑某事◄ [T always+adv/prep] to regard or consider something in a particular way 〔以特定方式〕考虑﹐看待〔问题〕

He sees things differently now that he ' s in management . 他既已进了管理层﹐看问题就不同了。

seeing that -considering that 考虑到

She writes very well seeing that English isn ' t her first language. 考虑到英语不是她的第一语言﹐她写得算是够棒的了。

(be) seen against sth -to be considered together with something else 与某事摆在一起来考虑

The unemployment data must be seen against the backdrop ofworld recession . 失业数字一定要放在全球经济不景气的背景下来考虑。

[I,T] to find out about something in the future 〔将来〕见到

[+if/whether]

It will be interesting to see whether Glenn gets the job . 看格伦能否得到这份工作将会是很有意思的。

[+how/what/when etc]

I might come - I ' ll see how I feel tomorrow . 我也许会来 — 我要等明天看看身体如何。

see sth coming -to realize that there is going to be a problem before it actually happens 预见会出现某事[问题]

We should really have seen this mess coming . 我们早该预料到会有这种麻烦的。

[T not in progressive 不用进行式] to form a picture of something or someone in your mind; IMAGINE (1) 想像﹐设想

He could see a great future for her in music . 他能看出她在音乐方面前途远大。

be seeing things -to imagine that you see something which is not really there 产生幻觉﹐见神见鬼

There ' s no one there - you must have been seeing things . 那裡没有人 — 你大概是见鬼了。

[T not in progressive 不用进行式] to make sure or check that something is done correctly 确保﹐查明

►WARNING 警告◄ [T, only in imperative 仅用于祈使句] used as a warning that something is important and must be done 务必注意﹐一定要做到〔用于提醒某事重要﹐必须办妥〕

►PERSON 人◄ [T not in progressive 不用进行式] to have experience of something 有…的经验; 经歷

We ' ve seen some good times together , Dave and I . 戴夫和我﹐我们共同度过了一些美好的时光。

►TIME/PLACE 时间/地方◄ [T] if a time or place has seen a particular event or situation, it happened or existed in that time or place 〔事件或情况在某时或某地〕发生﹐存在

This year has seen a big increase in road accidents . 今年道路交通事故大增。

see sb across the road -to help someone to cross a road safely 陪伴[搀扶]某人过马路

see sb home -to go with someone when they go home to make sure that they are safe 送某人回家

Wait a minute ! I ' ll get Nick to see you home . 等一会儿!我叫尼克送你回家。

see sb to the door -to go to the door with someone when they leave your house, to say goodbye to them 送某人到门口

let me see/let's see -spoken -used to show that you are trying to remember something 【口】让我/我们想想

Let me see … where did I put that letter ? 让我想想…我把信放在哪儿了?

seeing as/how/that -spoken -an expression meaning because, used especially when a situation makes you decide or suggest something that you had not intended 【口】由于…﹐既然…〔尤用于表示临时的想法〕

Seeing as you ' re going into town , can you get a few things forme ? 既然你要进城﹐能不能替我捎点东西回来?

I don't see why not -spoken -used to say yes in answer to a request 【口】我认为没有甚么不可以的﹐有何不可〔用于表示答应某人的请求〕

“ Can we go to the park ? ” “ I don ' t see why not . ” “我们可以去公园吗?”“我看没甚么不可以的。”

have seen better days -informal -to be in a bad condition 【非正式】已经破败﹐已经破旧

This coat has seen better days . 这件外套已经破旧了。

see the back of sb -spoken -used to say that you will be happy when someone leaves because you do not like them 【口】摆脱某人〔因不喜欢与其打交道〕

I can ' t wait to see the back of him . 我巴不得他离开。

see the last of sb/sth -to not see someone or something again because they have gone or are finished 〔因某人已离开或某事已完成〕不再与某人/某事打交道

By Friday we should be seeing the last of the rain for a while . 到星期五雨就会停一段时间。

see the light- to realize that something is true 明白﹐领悟

to have a special experience that makes you believe in a religion 〔宗教上〕省悟﹐皈依

also 又作 see the light of day to exist or first appear 问世﹐首次出现

The book that she had planned to write never saw the light ofday . 她计划写的书始终没有面世。

I'll see what I can do -spoken -used to say that you will try to help someone 【口】我会尽量帮忙的

Leave the ones you haven ' t done with me , and I ' ll see what Ican do . 把你还没有做完的留给我吧﹐我会尽力帮你忙的。

see your way (clear) to -spoken -to be able and willing to help someone 【口】能够并愿意帮助人

I think I could see my way to lending you a little . 我想我能借点钱给你。

see sb coming (a mile off) -spoken -to recognize that someone will be easy to trick or deceive 【口】看出某人容易上当受骗

You paid £ 500 for that ! They must have seen you coming ! 你花500英镑买这东西!他们肯定看出你会上当的!

not see beyond the end of your nose -to be so concerned with yourself and what you are doing that you do not realize what is happening to other people around you 眼睛只能看到鼻子尖﹐目光短浅﹐没有远见

see sb right -BrE spoken -to make sure that someone is properly rewarded 【英口】确保某人得到适当报酬

Just do this for me and I ' ll see you right . 你就替我做这个﹐我一定不会亏待你的。

►GAME OF CARDS 纸牌游戏◄ to risk the same amount of money as your opponent in a CARD(7) game 与〔对方〕下同样的赌注

idiom 惯用语

see what sb means usually spoken -(=understand what someone is saying) 【一般口】明白某人的意思

Do you see what I mean ? 你明白我的意思吗?

see the point (=understand the reason for something) 认识〔某事的〕意义

I can ' t see the point of learning Latin when you ' re never goingto use it . 既然你永远用不上拉丁文﹐我就不明白你学习它有甚么意义。

see both sides (=understand both opinions in a discussion or argument) 〔在讨论或争辩中〕了解双方的观点

not see that it matters (=not think something is important) 认为它无关紧要

The recipe says to use fresh cream , but I can ' t see that itmatters . 食谱说要用新鲜奶油﹐但我认为这无关紧要。

not see the joke (=not understand why something is funny) 听不懂那有甚么好笑

Ian laughed politely even though he couldn ' t see the joke . 伊恩儘管听不懂那个笑话﹐但还是礼貌地笑了笑。

not see reason/sense (=realize you are being silly or unreasonable) 不明白道理

I ' ve tried to explain that we can ' t afford it , but he just won ' tsee reason . 我已尽力解释过我们买不起﹐但他就是不明白这个道理。

not see to do sth

It ' s so dark I can hardly see to do my work . 天太黑了﹐我几乎看不见﹐没法做我的工作。

see (that)

They could see that he had been crying . 他们能看出他一直在哭。

see sb/sth doing sth

I see the neighbours are having a barbecue again . 我看邻居们又在烧烤了。

The suspect was seen entering the building at 15 . 00 hours . 有人看到疑犯在下午3点鐘进入那幢大楼。

see sb/sth do sth

Pat thought he saw her drive off about an hour later . 帕特认为自己看到她大约在一小时后驾车离去。

see sb around (=notice someone regularly in places you go to without knowing them) 经常见到某人〔但并不认识〕

I don ' t know his name but I ' ve seen him around . 我不知道他的姓名﹐但我常常在那儿见到他。

see above/below

The results are shown in Table 7a ( see below ) . 结果如表 7a 所示(见下文)。

see for yourself (=used to tell someone to look at something so that they can find out if it is true) 亲眼看看

If you don ' t believe me , see for yourself . 你要是不相信我﹐那就亲自去看看吧。

see you tomorrow/at 3/Sunday etc

See you Friday - your place at 8 : 30 . 星期五见 —8点30分在你家。

see you in a bit BrE -(=see you soon) 【英】待会儿见

see you in a while (=see you soon) AmE -【美】待会儿见

(I'll) be seeing you! (=see you soon) 再见!待会儿再见!

see you (=I will meet you) 再见

See you at 8 at Bear ' s Place . 8点在贝厄餐馆见。

see sb about sth (=see someone to discuss something) 会见某人讨论某事

I have to see my teacher about my grades . 我得去见老师谈我的分数问题。

see a lot of sb (=see someone often) 常与某人见面

She ' s been seeing a lot of John recently . 她近来与约翰经常见面。

see more/less of sb (=see someone more or less often) 较多/较少见到某人

They ' ve seen much more of each other since Dan moved toLondon . 自从丹搬到伦敦之后﹐他们彼此见面的机会就多得多了。

be seen as sth

America is seen as the land of opportunity . 美国被认为是充满机遇的国家。

as sb sees it (=according to someone's opinion of a situation) 依某人的观点

As they see it , I ' m the one to blame . 他们认为﹐我是难辞其咎的人。

the way I see it spoken -【口】

Well , the way I see it , nothing ' s really going to change aroundhere . 嗯﹐依我看﹐这儿不会有甚么真正的改变。

see fit (to do sth) (=consider an action to be right and sensible) 认为〔某种做法〕妥当[合适]

You must do whatever you see fit . 你必须做你认为合情合理的事情。

we'll see spoken -(=used when you do not want to make a decision immediately) 【口】看看再说

“ Can we go to the zoo , Dad ? ” “ We ' ll see . ” “爸爸﹐我们可以去动物园吗?”“看看再说吧。”

I'll/we'll have to see (=used when you cannot make a decision immediately) 我/我们得看看再说

I don ' t know if I can lend you that much - I ' ll have to see . 我不知道能否借给你那么多钱 — 我得看看再说。

wait and see spoken -【口】

We ' ll just have to wait and see . 我们还得等着瞧。

see how it goes/see how things go usually spoken -(=used when you are going to do something and will deal with problems as they appear) 【一般口】看看情况怎样发展

you'll see spoken -(=used to tell someone that something will happen in the way you have described it) 【口】将来你就知道

I ' ll do better than any of them , you ' ll see . 我会做得比他们任何人都好﹐你等着瞧吧。

can't see sth (=think that something is unlikely to happen or be true) 无法想像某事

Stuart thinks the car will go , but I can ' t see it myself . 斯图尔特认为这辆车能走﹐但我自己认为这不可能。

see sb as sth (=be able to imagine someone being something) 能够想像某人就是…

I just can ' t see her as a ballet dancer . 我简直无法想像她竟然是一位芭蕾舞演员。

see that

It ' s up to you to see that the job ' s done properly . 由你负责确保该项工作做得妥妥当当。

see to it (=make sure that something is done) 确保办妥某事

Don ' t worry - I ' ll see to it . 不用担心 — 我一定会办好的。

see (that)

Please see that the room is straightened up before you leave . 你离开之前务必要把房间整理好。

have seen it all (before) (=to have experienced something before, especially so that there is nothing else for you to learn about it) (这一切)早已经歷过了

seeing (as) it's you humorous -(=used to say that you are treating someone especially well because you like them) 【幽默】只因为是你〔表示因喜欢某人﹐所以对其特别好〕