lookout
lookout
noun
be on the lookout (或 keep a lookout for)
noun
- a place from which to keep watch or view landscape
观察所，瞭望台
■a person stationed to keep watch for danger or trouble
守望员
they acted as lookouts at the post office.
他们负责守望邮局。
■(archaic)a view over a landscape
(古)景色
■[in sing.][with adj.](informal, chiefly Brit.)used to indicate whether a likely outcome is good or bad
(非正式，主英)［用以表明可能的结果是好是坏］结果
‘What if he gets fits?’ ‘It's a bad lookout in that case.’.
“他要是发狂怎么办？”“那就不妙了。
■(one's lookout)(Brit. informal)a person's own concern
(英，非正式)自己的考虑，自己的事
if you can't take an interest in local affairs, that's your lookout.
你要是不能对本地事物感兴趣，那是你自己的事。
be on the lookout (或 keep a lookout for)
- be alert to (danger or trouble)
警觉地注意（危险，困难）
he told them to be on the lookout for dangerous gas.
他告诉他们小心有害气体。
■keep searching for (something that is wanted)
一直寻找
we kept a sharp lookout for animals and saw several waterbuck.
我们仔仔细细地寻找动物，见到几只非洲大羚羊。
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