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watch
[英] [wɔtʃ] [美] [wɑtʃ] 生词本

vt.

n.

vi.

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1. VERB 看;注视;留神观察 If you watch someone or something, you look at them, usually for a period of time, and pay attention to what is happening. 

  • The man was standing in his doorway watching him...

    那个男人站在门口盯着他看。

  • He watched the barman prepare the beer he had ordered...

    他看着酒吧招待员备好他点的啤酒。

  • Chris watched him sipping his brandy...

    克里斯注视着他品尝白兰地。

2. VERB 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. 

  • I'd stayed up late to watch the film...

    我熬夜看了那场电影。

  • They spent a great deal of time watching television.

    他们很多时间都看电视了。

3. VERB 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. 

  • Human rights groups have been closely watching the case...

    人权组织一直在密切关注此案。

  • Annoyed commuters could only watch as the departure time ticked by.

    随着发车时间一点点过去，恼怒的上班族只能干瞪眼。

4. VERB 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. 

  • Parents can't be expected to watch their children 24 hours a day.

    父母不可能每天24小时照看孩子。

Usage Note :

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)。

5. VERB 监视 If you watch someone, you follow them secretly or spy on them. 

  • Ella was scared that someone was watching her...

    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.

    我总感觉我们被监视了。

6. VERB 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. 

  • You really ought to watch these quiet types...

    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.

    如果你在意卡路里的摄入量，就不要吃蛋黄酱。

7. N-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. 

  • 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。

8. PHRASE 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. 

  • Jose, as usual, had climbed a tree to keep watch.

    乔斯像往常一样爬到树上放哨。

9. PHRASE 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. 

  • 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。

10. PHRASE 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. 

  • 'Now watch it, Patsy,' the Sergeant told her.

    “留点神，帕齐。”中士提醒她。

11. PHRASE （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. 

  • 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。

12. PHRASE 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. 

  • Environmentalists will be on the watch for damage to wildlife.

    环境保护主义者将会密切关注对野生动物造成的伤害。

13. PHRASE 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. 
14. PHRASE 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. 

  • You watch. Things will get worse before they get better.

    看着吧，事情在好转之前会先恶化。

15.   watch this space→see: space;  to watch your step→see: step; 
相关词组：
watch for  watch out  watch out for  watch over 
Noun

1. a small portable timepiece

2. a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

3. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

4. the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

5. a person employed to watch for something to happen

6. a devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

Verb

1. look attentively;

  • "watch a basketball game"

2. follow with the eyes or the mind;

  • "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"
  • "The world is watching Sarajevo"
  • "She followed the men with the binoculars"

3. see or watch;

  • "view a show on television"
  • "This program will be seen all over the world"
  • "view an exhibition"
  • "Catch a show on Broadway"
  • "see a movie"

4. observe with attention;

  • "They watched as the murderer was executed"

5. be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful;

  • "Watch out for pickpockets!"

6. observe or determine by looking;

  • "Watch how the dog chases the cats away"

7. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

  • "I want to see whether she speaks French"
  • "See whether it works"
  • "find out if he speaks Russian"
  • "Check whether the train leaves on time"

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1. After the clockwork of the watch was cleaned the watch kept perfect time.
那块表的发条装置擦干净后，走起来就非常精确了。

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2. All this dirt that has got into my watch has gummed up the watch.
手表被钻进去的污垢弄坏了。

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3. A crowd quickly assembled to watch the cockfight.
人们立即聚集起来看斗鸡。

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4. A glance at my watch told me it was already past six o'clock.
我看了一下手表，已经6 点多了。

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5. Acrobatics is hard to learn but beautiful to watch.
杂技不好学，但很好看。

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6. As a hint that it was time for us to go, Mr. Brown looked at his watch.
布朗先生看了看手表，示意我们应该动身了。

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7. As doctors, how can we have the heart to watch patients suffer pain and do nothing?
我们作大夫的难道忍心看着病人受痛苦吗？

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8. At last the mother relented and allowed the children to stay up and watch TV.
最后母亲松口了，同意孩子们不睡觉来看电视。

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9. Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch.
哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。

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10. Brooks got the business when Haas caught him with his watch.
哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。

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11. Did you watch the programme on the Labour Party last night?Talk about biased!
你看了昨天晚上关于工党的节目了吗？真是很有偏见！

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12. Do you always watch TV in the evening?
你晚上总看电视吗？

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13. Does your watch gain or lose?
你的表走得快，还是走得慢？

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14. Don't ever overwind your watch.
千万不要把手表（发条）上得太紧。

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15. For the moment we are content to watch and wait.
目前我们甘心在一旁观察和等待。

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16. Gabriel's watch is shockproof.
加布里埃尔的手表是防震的。

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17. Have your dinner before you watch TV.
吃完饭再看电视。

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18. He declared his new Swiss watch and had to pay￡.5.
他申报了新买的瑞士表并纳税5英镑。

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19. He dropped his watch in the bathroom.
他把手表丢在浴室了。

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20. He gave another impatient glance at his watch.
他又一次不耐烦地看了看他的表。

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