1、see侧重于看的结果。
You can see the Houses of Parliament from here.
从这里看得到议会大厦。
Were really looking forward to seeing you again.
我们非常盼望能再见到你。
see还指观看(比赛、电视节目、演出等):
In the evening we went to see a movie.
晚上,我们去看了一场电影。
See有2个常用的结构:
see sb do sth看到某人做某事(看到全过程)
See sb doing sth看到某人正在做某事
2.look(不及物动词)强调的是看的动作,是为了关注/集中注意力某样事物才把目光移过去的。
If you look carefully you can see that the painting represents a human figure.
如果仔细看,就会看出画上是一个人形。
If you look carefully you can just see our house from here.
你要是仔细看,从这里就可以看见我们的房子。
‘Has the mail come yet?’ ‘Ill look and see .
邮件来了吗?我看看。
Look! Im sure thats Brad Pitt!
看!这一定是布拉德∙皮特!
She looked at me and smiled.
她看了看我,笑了。
Can I help you?’ ‘Im just looking, thank you.’
请问您要买什么?谢谢,我只是看看。
look 还表示偷看,例如:
老师:杰克,我希望我没有看见你偷看别人的卷子。
Teacher: I hope I didnt see you looking at someone elses paper, Jack.
律师,你偷看了。剩下的两个人中有一个大声说道,但另一个让他安静下来。
"You looked, lawyer," one of the two men exclaimed, but the other quieted him.
转过身去,不许偷看,我说行了才能转过来。
Turn around, and dont look until I tell you.
look 表示直视及物动词,直接接直视的人或物:
He could not look her in the eye. 《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
他不敢直视她的眼睛。
3.当出现watch的这个词的时候说明看这个动作一般都会持续好一会儿,看的是动态的事物或者正在发生的事情(经常用watch来看电视、看节目)。指看、注视、观看、观察:
Here, now watch how I cut this, OK?
嘿,现在看我怎样切,好吗?
Next time you visit the zoo, watch the tigers carefully.
下次你们参观动物园,要仔细观察老虎。
Can you recommend a place where we can watch the beautiful sunrise?
你能推荐一个我们可以观看美丽日出的地方吗?
Watch what I do, then you try.
你注意看我的动作,然后试着做
watch television
看电视
4. view
指看、观看(尤指仔细观察);看(电视、电影等):view较see正式,尤用于商务语境。
People came from all over the world to view her work.
观众从世界各地涌来欣赏她的作品
You can see/view a film/movie/programme but you cannot
可以说see/view a film/movie/programme,但不能说:
see/view television(错的)
习惯短语用法:
watch / see / view a film / movie / programme看电影、表演
watch / see a match / game / fight 看比赛、游戏、打斗
read a book 看书
read a map 看地图
read a newspaper看报纸
look /go though one’s phone /watch one’s phone 看手机
look sb up and down
上下仔细打量,挑剔地审视(某人)
look down on sb/sth
蔑视;轻视;瞧不起
look out担心,小心