这两个短语意思不同:前者意为“乍一看”,含义是“仅凭表面而未深入探究”, first前没有定冠词the,多位于句末; 后者意为“一见到…(就)”,强调两个动作的连续性, first前常有定冠词the,可置于句末,亦可置于句首。另外, at (the) sight of常可转换为as soon as引导的时间状语从句。例如:
They fell in love at first sight.
他们俩一见钟情。
The little rabbit darted to its mother at the sight of a man.
这小兔子看到人,匆忙跳到母兔处。
这两个短语意思有差别:前者意为“一下子看到…”,后者意为“突然看了…一眼”。例如:
I caught sight of her hurrying away but I didn't try to speak to her.
我看见她匆忙地走开,但我并没有跟 她讲话。
She caught a sight of me.
她突然看了我一眼。
这两个短语意思不同:前者意为“能看见”,而后者意为“在某人看来”。例如:
We're in sight of land.
我们能看见陆地。
The teacher told me to do what is right in the sight of me.
老师叫我做我认为对的事。
词源词根法
ight是典型的名词后缀;si=see=看见。作名词用以后引申为视力、景象。
n.
v.
常用短语
at first sight乍一看;初看之下
in sight adv.在即,在望;看得见;被看到
out of sight看不见;在视野之外;在看不见的地方
first sight第一眼;乍看起来;初见
We encountered the pathetic sight of a family packing up its home...
我们目睹了一家人正在收拾家当准备离开的凄惨景象。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》我们正在做的事和我们一直在做的别无二致,只不过我们现在动作要快得多。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Every time I catch sight of myself in the mirror, I feel so disappointed.
每次我瞥见镜子里的自己就觉得沮丧。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Magee was set free but British authorities were asked to arrest him on sight.
马吉被释放了,但是英国当局却被要求一见到他就立即逮捕。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The practice of hanging clothes across the street is a common sight in many parts of the city...
街边晾晒衣服在这座城市的许多地区随处可见。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》She's been no more difficult than most daughters and a sight better than some I could mention...
与大多数女儿相比,她并不算太难管,而且比我知道的一些要乖巧得多。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The problems of the poor are largely invisible—out of sight, out of mind.
穷人的问题人们大多看不见——正所谓“眼不见,心不烦”。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Then he caught sight of her small black velvet hat in the crowd...
然后他突然在人群中看见了她那顶小巧的黑色天鹅绒帽子。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that education is important for its own sake.
教育本身就很重要,我们不应忽视这一事实。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》乍一看,它就像个传统的村庄:带阳台的两层楼房坐落于精心照料的花园中。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Although people sometimes buy property sight unseen, it's a remarkably bad idea.
尽管人们有时没看房就买了房,但这真是一个很糟糕的主意。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The bathroom is not a pretty sight. The wallpaper's peeling, the tiles are crumbling.
浴室破旧不堪。墙纸剥落了,瓷砖也裂了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》An agreement on many aspects of trade policy was in sight...
一项涉及到贸易政策诸多方面的协议即将达成。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》It promised to be a more difficult undertaking than might appear at first sight...
那项任务可能比乍看之下还要困难。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》In some cases, US industry has lost sight of customer needs in designing products...
某些情况下,美国工业在产品设计上忽略了客户的需求。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The security forces sighted a group of young men that had crossed the border...
安全部队突然看见一群越过边境的年轻人。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》尽管出身于银行家家庭,富兰克林还是决心从事科研事业。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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