Overlook
[ ,ovɚ'lʊk ]
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vt. 忽视，忽略;瞭望;检查;远眺;
n. 从高处眺望到的景色;忽视，忽略;可眺望四周的高地;
💡 词根助记
over在上，在外+look看→在上面看→俯视；疏忽
📝 例句
He overlooked the contract before he signed it.
他在签字之前仔细阅读了合同。
In this section we will overlook some of the turbulence of the real world.
本节我们将撇开现实生活中的一些混乱因素。
Then don't try to entice me to overlook my furlough.
那就别劝我放弃自己的休假了。
He has been kind enough to overlook my fault.
他很宽容,原谅了我的错。
My calculation was wrong because I overlooked one tiny point.
由于我忽略了一个细微之处,我的计算错了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ over-超越,look-看:超越着看,即眺望
※ over-上面的,look-看:只看上面的,没有注意到俯瞰中的景色
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
overlook
v[Tn]
1 have or give a view of (a place) from above 俯瞰, 俯视（某处）
My room overlooks the sea. 从我的房间可眺望大海.
We overlook the church from our house. 我们可从家中俯瞰教堂.
Our garden is overlooked by our neighbours' windows, ie They can see into our garden from their windows. 从邻居的窗户可看到我家的花园.
2
(a) fail to see or notice (sth); miss 未看到, 未注意到（某事物）
He overlooked a spelling error on the first page. 他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误.
(b) take no (official) notice of (sb/sth); ignore 忽视, 忽略（某人[某事物]）; 不理会
He was overlooked (ie He was not considered for the job) when they set about choosing a new manager. 选任新经理时没有考虑他.
We can afford to overlook minor offences. 我们可以不计较小过.
She overlooked his rudeness and tried to pretend nothing had happened. 她没有理会他的粗鲁举动, 竭力装作若无其事的样子.
🎯 考研助记
over+look看→在上面看→俯视,z上申为疏忽 网友：yqy补充： 【同】ignore,neglect,omit,overlook 【辨析】: ignore多指有意忽略，或故意理睬, neglect指对自己职责、义务、家庭等没有给予应有的重视, omit指由于疏忽没有注意而遗漏, overlook看漏，（监督检查时）遗漏，忽略
🔁 扩展释义
*[,әuvә'luk]vt. 俯瞰, 远眺, 没注意到n. 眺望, 俯瞰到的景色
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Canada has the most beautiful waterfalls in the world.
加拿大有世界上最壮观的瀑布。
This lady is sweeping the section of sidewalk that her husbands forget.
这位女人在打扫丈夫忘记打扫的人行道。
As she is not rich, the chances that she will ever be able to afford such purchases are remote;
由于她并不富裕，她买得起这些服装的可能性十分渺茫。