overlook意思

1. a high place affording a good view

1. look past, fail to notice
2. be oriented in a certain direction;

   "The house looks out on a tennis court"
   "The apartment overlooks the Hudson"
   

3. leave undone or leave out;

   "How could I miss that typo?"
   "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
   

4. look down on;

   "The villa dominates the town"
   

5. watch over;

   "I am overlooking her work"
   

1.俯瞰；俯视；眺望
If a building or windowoverlooks a place, you can see the place clearly from the building or window.

overlook的反义词

e.g. Pretty and comfortable roomsoverlook a flower-filled garden...
漂亮舒适的房间俯视着花团锦簇的花园。
e.g. Jack Aldwych lived in a huge, old two-storeyed house overlooking Harbord.
杰克·阿尔德维奇住在一幢可以看见哈博德的巨大的两层旧房子里。

2.忽略；忽视；未注意到
If youoverlook a fact or problem, you do not notice it, or do not realize how important it is.

e.g. Weoverlook all sorts of warning signals about our own health.
我们忽视有关自身健康的种种预警信号。
e.g. ...a fact that we all tend tooverlook.
我们所有人往往视而不见的事实

3.宽容；宽恕
If youoverlook someone's faults or bad behaviour, you forgive them and take no action.

e.g. ...satisfying relationships that enable them tooverlook each other's faults.
能使他们互相包容对方缺点的舒心的关系

1. We overlooked the sea.
   我们俯瞰大海。
2. The neighbors in the upstairs flat overlook our garden.
   住在楼上套房中的邻居可以俯瞰我们的花园。
3. My window overlooks the pie factory.
   我的窗子俯视馅饼厂。
4. The attic overlooks the river.
   阁楼俯瞰着那条河。
5. Our room overlooked the street.
   我们的房间俯视街道。
6. The balcony overlooked Belgrave Square.
   阳台俯瞰贝尔格雷夫广场。
7. The castle overlooks the town.
   城堡俯瞰小镇。
8. The restaurant overlooked the busy street.
   这家餐馆对着一条热闹的街道。
9. The house overlooks the great sweep of the St Lawrence river.
   这所房子俯瞰圣劳伦斯河的一大段弯曲地带。
10. The top of the hill overlooks the whole city.
    从这山头可俯瞰全城。
11. My flat overlooks the central square, so I had a ringside view of the demonstration.
    从我的公寓正好可以俯瞰中心广场,所以我可以清楚看到示威的情况。
12. Who overlooks the work in the office?
    谁来监督办公室的工作?
13. The foreman overlooked a large number of workers.
    工头监督着许多工人。
14. Adrian seemed to have overlooked her altogether.
    艾德里安似乎把她完全忽略了。
15. Don't overlook the slower students.
    别忽视后进同学。
16. I overlooked a misspelled word.
    我漏过了一个拼错的单词。
17. She overlooked the mistake in the bill.
    她没注意到账单上的错误。
18. I am sorry I overlooked your letter.
    忽视了你的信,我很抱歉。
19. You can't overlook Ty's force.
    你不能忽视泰的力量。
20. We should not overlook this possibility.
    我们不应忽视这一可能性。
21. Hospitals have tended to overlook this need.
    医院都倾向不顾这一需要。
22. It is easy to overlook the significance of this change.
    这一变化的意义容易被忽视。
23. He had overlooked the fact that the back door was not locked.
    他忽略了后门没有锁这一事实。
24. How could you overlook paying the rent?
    你怎么会忘了付房租?
25. My fault, Madam, I hope you'll overlook it.
    是我的错，夫人，希望你能原谅。
26. You've done wrong, but I will overlook it this time.
    你做了错事,但我这次宽恕你。
27. I'll overlook your lateness this time.
    你这次迟到就算了。
28. I shall overlook your disobedience this time.
    这次,我不计较你不服从。
29. I was prepared to overlook her mistakes this time.
    我不准备计较她这次的过失。
30. I can't overlook her rudeness.
    我无法原谅她的无礼。
31. She was prepared to overlook his faults.
    她不准备计较他的缺点。
32. We decided to overlook his mistake.
    我们决定宽容他的过错。
33. I will overlook your behaviour this time but don't let it happen again.
    这次你的行为我就不追究了，但不要让这种事再发生。
34. The committee is willing to overlook your past shortcomings.
    委员会可以对你过去的缺点忽略不计。
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35. She did not know that she was being overlooked by the woman next door.
    她不知道隔壁房间的那个女人正在监视她。
36. No nutrient is overlooked.
    没有一种营养素被忽略。
37. They are often quite small and easily overlooked.
    它们通常很小，很容易被忽略。
38. These little details are easily overlooked.
    这些小的细节很容易被忽略。
39. This is a fact which is easily overlooked.
    这是一个极易被忽视的事实。
40. The importance of this should not be overlooked.
    这件事的重要性不应忽视。

1. The hotel features a lovely dining-room overlooking the lake.
   这家旅店特别设有漂亮的餐厅可以俯瞰湖面。
2. The hotel has a roof terrace overlooking the sea.
   那家旅馆有一个可以俯瞰大海的屋顶露台。
3. The hotel was perched high on a cliff overlooking the sea.
   旅馆高居于山崖上，俯瞰大海。
4. The house sits high on a hill overlooking a lake.
   房子高高地坐落在可以俯瞰湖水的小山上。
5. The villa has a beautiful setting overlooking the sea.
   别墅的环境很美,正俯瞰着大海。
6. They built their own dream house overlooking the river.
   他们在能俯瞰这条河的地方建了自己的梦幻小屋。
7. Conveniently overlooking the fact that she wouldn't be able to meet the commitment, she agreed enthusiastically.
   她不理会自己不能遵守承诺的事实，热心地答应了。

• Edward made me draw the shutters...He doesn't like being overlooked.

  出自：B. Bainbridge

• A..living room overlooking a lawn.

  出自：H. Kissinger

• They ate lunch overlooking the water.

  出自：A. Maupin

• A sixth-story window that overlooks Central Park.

  出自：A. Miller

overlook, ignore, neglect

这组词都有“忽视,忽略”的意思。其区别是：

ignore指有意忽视、不理睬;neglect指因不留心或遗忘而疏忽,有时也指故意不予注意；而overlook既指出于无心或由于匆忙未能注意到而忽略做某事， 也指有意原谅、宽容别人的失误。例如:

I was deeply hurt by the way she just ignored me.她根本就不理睬我的样子深深地刺痛了我的心。

Don't neglect to lock the door when you leave.你离开时,不要忘记锁门。

Forgetting one or two small details is one thing, but neglecting the major responsibilities of your job is something else again.忘记一两个细节是一回事,可是忽视你工作的主要职责又是另一回事了。

In doing proof-reading, I overlooked a typing error.在校对时我看漏了一个打字错误。

I'll overlook your fault this time.这一回我宽容你的错误。

overlook, slight

这两个词都可表示“无视”。slight多指有意地“无视”,即“蔑视”; overlook多指无意地“无视”,即“忽视”。例如：

He slighted no one.他不轻视任何人。

I overlooked this problem and shall have to tackle it now.我忽略了这个问题,现在不得不解决它。