Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense, 3rd person singular present tense watches, present participle watching, past tense, past participle watched
2VERB 看,观看(电视节目、比赛等) If you watch something on television or an event such as a sports match, you spend time looking at it, especially when you see it from the beginning to the end. 看,观看(电视节目、比赛等)
I'd stayed up late to watch the film. [VERB noun]
我熬夜看了那场电影。
They spent a great deal of time watching television. [VERB noun]
他们很多时间都看电视了。
3VERB 对…保持关注;掌握…的情况 If you watch a situation or event, you pay attention to it or you are aware of it, but you do not influence it. 对…保持关注;掌握…的情况
Human rights groups have been closely watching the case. [VERB noun]
人权组织一直在密切关注此案。
Annoyed commuters could only watch as the departure time ticked by. [VERB]
随着发车时间一点点过去,恼怒的上班族只能干瞪眼。
4VERB 照看,看护(尤指孩子或动物) If you watch people, especially children or animals, you are responsible for them, and make sure that they are not in danger. 照看,看护(尤指孩子或动物)
Parents can't be expected to watch their children 24 hours a day. [VERB noun]
If you want to say that someone is paying attention to something they can see, you say that they are watching or looking at it. In general, you watch something that is moving or changing, and you look at something that is not moving. I asked him to look at the picture above his bed... He watched Blake run down the stairs. You use see to talk about things that you are aware of because a visual impression reaches your eyes. You often use can in this case. I can see the fax here on the desk.
可以用 watch 或 look at 来表示某人注意看某事物。一般来讲,watch表示注视移动或变化的事物,look at 表示注视静止的事物:I ask him to look at the picture above his head (我让他看他上方的画),He watched Black run down the staris (他看着布莱克跑下楼)。see 表示由于眼睛接收到视觉图像而看到东西,表达此义时常用can: I can see the fax here on the desk (我能看见这边桌上的那份传真)。
5VERB 监视 If you watch someone, you follow them secretly or spy on them. 监视
Ella was scared that someone was watching her. [VERB noun]
有个人一直在监视埃拉,这让她很害怕。
I always had the feeling we were being watched. [VERB noun]
6VERB 当心;留神 If you tell someone to watch a particular person or thing, you are warning them to be careful that the person or thing does not get out of control or do something unpleasant. 当心;留神
You really ought to watch these quiet types. [VERB noun]
你真的应该留神这些寡言少语的人。
If you're watching the calories, don't have mayonnaise. [VERB noun]
如果你在意卡路里的摄入量,就不要吃蛋黄酱。
7N-COUNT 警戒时间;值班时间 A watch is a period of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that you can warn them of danger or an attack. 警戒时间;值班时间
I had the first watch that May evening.
我第一次执行警戒任务是在那个五月的晚上。
8PHRASE 警戒;守卫 If someone keeps watch, they look and listen all the time, while other people are asleep or doing something else, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack. 警戒;守卫
Jose, as usual, had climbed a tree to keep watch.
乔斯像往常一样爬到树上放哨。
9PHRASE 注意,关注(事态发展) If you keep watch on events or a situation, you pay attention to what is happening, so that you can take action at the right moment. 注意,关注(事态发展)
US officials have been keeping close watch on the situation.
美国官员一直密切注意着事态的发展。
10PHRASE 当心;留神 You say 'watch it' in order to warn someone to be careful, especially when you want to threaten them about what will happen if they are not careful. 当心;留神
'Now watch it, Patsy,' the Sergeant told her.
“留点神,帕齐。”中士提醒她。
11PHRASE (通常指军队夜间的)警戒,值夜 If someone is on watch, they have the job of carefully looking and listening, often while other people are asleep and often as a military duty, so that they can warn them of danger or an attack. (通常指军队夜间的)警戒,值夜
Apart from two men on watch in the engine-room, everyone was asleep.
除了两个人在机房值班外,其他人都在睡觉。
12PHRASE 密切注意;提防 If you are on the watch for something, you are expecting it to happen and you therefore pay attention to events so that you will notice it when it does happen. 密切注意;提防
Environmentalists will be on the watch for damage to wildlife. [+ for]
环境保护主义者将会密切关注对野生动物造成的伤害。
13PHRASE 受到保卫;受到监视;被密切关注 If someone is being kept under watch, they are being guarded or observed all the time. 受到保卫;受到监视;被密切关注
14PHRASE 等着瞧 You say to someone 'you watch' or 'just watch' when you are predicting that something will happen, and you are very confident that it will happen as you say. 等着瞧
You watch. Things will get worse before they get better.
看着吧,事情在好转之前会先恶化。
15watch this space→see: space to watch your step→see: step
If you look at something, you purposely direct your eyes at it: Daniel kept turning around to look at the big-screen TV-he had never seen one before. If you see something, it is visible to you: Maria couldn't see the TV because Hector was standing in front of her and watching it. If you watch something, you pay attention to it and keep it in sight: Everyone was watching TV instead of looking at the photo album.
1instrument for telling the time錶ADJECTIVE | VERB + WATCH | WATCH + VERB | WATCH + NOUNADJECTIVE➤digital數字手錶➤analogue/analog, mechanical (especially NAmE) 指針式鐘錶;機械錶▸➤pocket, wrist (usually wristwatch)懷錶;腕錶▸➤sports運動錶➤designer高檔名錶➤antique古董錶➤quartz石英錶➤diamond, gold, silver鑽石錶;金錶;銀錶VERB + WATCH➤check, consult, glance at, look at校對手錶時間;看手錶;看一看手錶▸➤reset, set重調手錶的時間;調手錶的時間◇Don't forget to set your watch to local time.別忘了把手錶調成當地時間。➤synchronize校準錶◇Let's synchronize our watches.我們對一下錶吧。➤wind給錶上弦◇Quartz watches don't need winding.石英錶不需要上弦。➤have on, wear戴手錶▸➤put on戴上手錶▸➤take off摘下手錶WATCH + VERB➤go, work手錶走◇My watch is ten years old and it's still going.我的手錶已用了 10 年,現在還在走。➤stop手錶停轉◇Sorry I'm late-my watch has stopped.對不起,我來晚了,我的手錶停了。➤be slow, lose sth手錶走慢;手錶慢了⋯◇My watch loses a minute each day.我的手錶每天慢 1 分鐘。➤be fast, gain sth手錶走快;手錶快了⋯▸➤read sth, say sth, show sth手錶顯示⋯◇My watch says three o'clock.我的手錶顯示是 3 點鐘。➤beep手錶嘟嘟響◇Her wrist watch beeped.她的腕錶發出嗶嗶聲。WATCH + NOUN➤face手錶表面▸➤band(usually watchband) (NAmE) , strap (BrE) 手錶帶➤battery手錶電池watch
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2guard看守ADJECTIVE | VERB + WATCH | WATCH + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤careful, close, vigilant (especially BrE) 小心看管;密切注意;警惕◇I kept a close watch on my bag as I sat on the train.坐火車時我緊盯着我的包。◇They kept a vigilant watch for the enemy.他們時刻警惕着敵人。➤constant持續監視▸➤night夜間守衞➤flood, hurricane, storm, tornado (especially NAmE) 洪水/颶風/風暴/龍捲風監控◇We have tornado watches in effect for a lot of Florida.我們對佛羅里達州很多地區的龍捲風實施監控。➤suicide防自殺監視◇prisoners on suicide watch受到防止自殺監視的囚犯➤neighbourhood/neighborhood居民聯防VERB + WATCH➤keep, stand放哨;站崗◇Two soldiers were ordered to keep watch for enemy aircraft.兩名士兵奉命監視敵機。➤put安排監視◇The garrison commander had put an extra watch on the prisoners.衞戍部隊司令已經安排加強對囚犯的看守。➤post站崗◇That night they posted watches.他們那天晚上站崗。➤maintain保持監視◇The authorities maintained a careful watch over the establishment.當局密切監視該機構。➤issue (NAmE) 發佈警示◇They're in charge of issuing the tornado watches.他們負責發佈龍捲風警情。WATCH + NOUN➤committee監督委員會▸➤tower瞭望塔➤list (NAmE) 監視名單◇the terrorist watch list恐怖分子監視名單PREPOSITION➤on watch值班◇Some of the crew were sleeping, while others were on watch.一些船員在睡覺,其他的在值班。➤on the watch for提防;密切注意◇Cats are constantly on the watch for mice or other small mammals.貓總是伺機抓些老鼠或其他小哺乳動物。PHRASES➤keep watch over sb/sth, stand watch over sb/sth監視⋯;守衞⋯◇She keeps watch over the inmates.她監視囚犯。watch
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ADVERB | VERB + WATCH | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤carefully, closely仔細察看; 密切注意◇She watched the man closely to see where he would go.她緊盯着那個人,看他要去哪裏。➤attentively, avidly, eagerly, expectantly, intensely, intently聚精會神地觀察;熱切地注視;滿懷期待地注視;專注地觀察➤curiously好奇地看着◇I could see Robby watching curiously.我可以看到羅比在好奇地看着。➤absently, idly, lazily漫不經心地看;懶洋洋地看着▸➤calmly, impassively, numbly, passively平靜地/面無表情地/麻木地/被動地看着➤patiently耐心地觀察◇I spent hours patiently watching the eagles.我花了數小時耐心地觀察鷹。➤anxiously, apprehensively, helplessly, nervously, warily焦急地看着;擔心地看着;無助地看着;緊張地看着;警惕地注視着◇She watched helplessly as her husband was dragged away.她眼睜睜地看着丈夫被拉走了。➤open-mouthed目瞪口呆地看➤enviously羨慕地看着◇He leant in and kissed her as I watched enviously.他俯身親吻她,我羨慕地看着這一切。➤amusedly, in amusement, with amusement饒有興致地看着▸➤covertly, secretly暗中注視▸➤in silence, quietly, silently默默地看着;靜靜地看着▸➤just, merely, simply只是看◇I love just watching the world go by.我喜歡靜觀周圍發生的事情。➤religiously認真地看◇My father religiously watched the show every Friday night.我爸爸每個週五晚上都要認真地觀看這個節目。VERB + WATCH➤could only只能看着◇They could only watch in silence as their possessions were taken away.他們只能眼睜睜地看着自己的財物被拿走。➤continue to繼續觀看▸➤pause to, stay to, stop to暫時停下來看;留下來觀看;停下來觀看◇They stopped to watch the procession go by.他們停下來觀看遊行隊伍走過。➤let sb讓某人觀看◇He let me watch while he assembled the model.他讓我看着他組裝模型。PREPOSITION➤for留意◇We watched for any sign of change in the weather.我們留意着天氣變化的任何跡象。➤from從⋯觀看◇They watched from an upstairs window.他們從樓上的窗口觀望。➤in⋯地看◇She watched in astonishment as he smashed the machine to pieces.她吃驚地看着他把機器砸成碎片。➤over照看◇Maria asked Amelia to watch over her daughter.瑪麗亞請阿梅莉亞照看她的女兒。➤with以⋯的態度觀看◇He watched with great interest how she coaxed the animals inside.他饒有興趣地看着她如何哄那些動物進到裏面來。PHRASES➤sit and watch, stand and watch坐着/站着觀看◇She stood and watched them walk off down the road.她站在那裏看着他們沿着馬路走遠了。➤watch and wait觀望◇He couldn't get in touch with her, so he would just have to watch and wait.因無法與她取得聯繫,他只好乾等。➤widely watched廣泛關注的◇the most widely watched national news bulletins in the country該國觀眾最多的全國性新聞節目
watch ♦︎ guard ♦︎ vigil ♦︎ alertThese are all words for a situation when people are watching sb/sth in case sth bad happens.这些词均表示注视、监视。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆on watch / guard / alert◆a close watch / guard◆a round-the-clock watch / guard / vigil◆to keep watch / guard / a vigil◆to mount a watch / (a) guard■watch [singular, uncountable] the act of watching sb/sth carefully in case of possible danger or problems注意;注视;监视◆The government is keeping a close watch on how the situation develops.政府正密切注视事态的发展。◆Go in and see if you can find it in his study. I'll keep watch for you(= watch and warn you if sb is coming).进去看看在他书房里能不能找到,我给你放哨。 see also watch ⇨ monitorverb■guard [uncountable] the act or duty of protecting property, places or people from attack or danger; the act or duty of preventing prisoners from escaping警戒;保卫;看守◆Two sentries stood on guard(= at their post, on duty).有两个哨兵站岗。◆The escaped prisoner was brought back under armed guard.越狱的囚犯由武装警卫押回。 see also guard ⇨ guardnoun, guard ⇨ protectverb■vigil ˈvɪdʒɪl [uncountable] the act of staying awake for a long time, especially at night, in order to watch a sick person, say prayers or protest against sth(照顾病人、祈祷或抗议的)值夜;守夜祈祷◆His parents kept a round-the-clock vigil at his bedside.他的父母日夜守护在他床边。◆Students held a candlelit vigil against the war.学生们举行了烛光守夜祈祷活动反对战争。■alertəˈlɜːt; NAmEəˈlɜːrt [uncountable, singular] a situation in which people are watching for danger or an emergency and ready to deal with it警戒;警备;警惕◆Police are warning the public to be on the alert for suspicious packages.警方警告公众要提防可疑包裹。◆More than 5 000 troops have been placed on full alert.5 000多名士兵已处于全面戒备状态。◆Following the bomb blast, local hospitals have been put on red alert.爆炸发生之后,当地医院已处于红色警备状态。 see also alert ⇨ warningnoun, alert ⇨ warnverb, alert to sth ⇨ aware