Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ):Look out, watch out
上期說(shuō)到 look out 和 look out of 的分別,這里順帶一提 look out 本身,如果不帶任何賓語(yǔ),意思是「小心」、「留意」,與 watch out 同義。例如:
Look out when you cross the street at the corner. Cars sometimes come around suddenly.
在街口過(guò)馬路要留意,有時(shí)候車(chē)會(huì)突然間駛過(guò)來(lái)。
至于 look out for、watch out for 后面再加名詞,就把留意的東西也說(shuō)出來(lái)了。
Please watch out for careless mistakes when you go over the numbers.
核對(duì)數(shù)字的時(shí)候,請(qǐng)留意那些疏忽的錯(cuò)誤。
最后,"look out for one's interest" 是細(xì)心照顧某人的利益。"watch one's back" 就更形象,字面意思是「好好看管某人的背脊」,引伸出來(lái)的意思是讓他能勇往直前,無(wú)后顧之憂(yōu)。
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