今天跟大家說說“see”、“look”、和“watch”這三個動詞,不要再搞混淆啦!
See - perceive
See can mean ‘perceive’ or ‘receive information via your eyes’。
See
in this meaning is a state verb (so no seeing!)
透過你的眼睛理解/收到資訊,在此義項下是個狀態動詞(所以不能用於進行)。
If you look here, you will see me!
如果你往這邊看,你就能看到我啦!
See - imagine See
can mean ‘imagine’。 You can
see something happening
,
see someone as something
or
see yourself as something
。
see可以表示想象,把。。。看成。。。
Where do you see yourself in five years' time?
In five years' time, I see myself as a serious news reporter.
五年後你覺得自己在哪裡?五年後,我把自己看作一名嚴肅的新聞記者。
Look - direct your eyesLook
means ‘direct your eyes to see something’。
look意思是引導你的眼睛去看什麼東西。
If you look here, you will see me! 如果你往這邊看,你就能看到我啦!
Look - appearLook
can mean ‘appear’。 It‘s usually followed by an adjective。 Combine
look
with ’at‘, ’into‘ or ’over‘ to mean ’examine‘ or ’investigate‘。
在此義項下,look是看起來的意思,後面通常跟介詞at、into、over等表示檢查
That book looks interesting.
Your meal looks delicious.
Police are looking into reports of fraud at a local bank.
那本書看起來很有趣。
你的飯菜看起來很好吃。
警方正在調查一家當地銀行的欺詐報告。
Watch - observeWatch
can mean ’fix your vision on something to observe it‘。
watch是端詳觀察注視的意思。
You are watching me.你在盯著我。
Watch - be careful of somethingWatch
can mean ’be careful of something‘。 We
watch for something
,
watch out for something
or
watch + question word
。
在此義項下watch可以指小心、留意的意思。
Watch what you say about him. He sees everything.注意你對他的評價。他什麼都看到了。
Watch - guardWatch
can mean ’guard‘ or ’protect‘。 We can also use
watch over.
watch可以是“守衛”或“保護”的意思。我們也可以用watch over。
Please watch my bag while I go to the toilet!我上廁所的時候請看好我的包!