peruse

peruse
[pəˈruːz]
verb
  1. [with obj.](formal)read thoroughly or carefully
    (正式)细读;详读
    the pursed lips of an auditor perusing an unsatisfactory set of accounts.
    正在细读一套混乱账簿的审计员撅起的双唇。
    ■examine carefully or at length
    仔细查看;仔细研究
    Laura perused a Caravaggio.
    劳拉仔细研究一幅卡拉瓦乔的画。
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peruser
noun
语源
  1. late 15th cent. (in the sense 'use up, wear out'): perhaps from per- 'thoroughly' + use, but compare with Anglo-Norman French peruser 'examine'
用法
  1. The verb peruse means ‘read thoroughly and carefully’. It is sometimes mistakenly taken to mean ‘read through quickly; glance over’, as in later documents will be perused rather than analysed thoroughly
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