[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。
派生 peruser noun 语源
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
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