A lookout is a place from which you can see clearly in all directions.
例句
Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.部队试图在难民营里设一个瞭望哨。
N-COUNT
观察员;守望员;望风者
A lookout is someone who is watching for danger in order to warn other people about it.
PHRASE
(尤指在船上)守望,警戒
If someone keeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger.
例句
He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.他否认当晚守望不力。
PHRASE
密切留意;小心提防
If you are keeping a lookout for something or are on the lookout for it, you are alert and careful about it, either because you do not want to miss it or because it will be unpleasant or harmful and you need to avoid it.
例句
Keep a lookout for a nasty little organization calling itself Defence Through Strength...要警惕一个自称“实力防卫”的可恶组织。Nature lovers will be on the lookout for eagles, cormorants, and the occasional whale.自然爱好者要密切留意鹰、鸬鹚和偶尔出现的鲸鱼。
英汉词典释义
n.
景色;远景;前途
It’s a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don’t come down.如果利率降不下来, 公司的前景可就不妙了。
是某人(自己)的问题;由某人(自己)负责
If he wants to invest all his money in one company, that’s his lookout.如果他想把所有的钱都投到一家公司里,那是他自己的事。It’s my own lookout if I fail this exam.要是我这次考试不及格,那就是我自己的问题。
寻找( 某人/某物)
We’re always on the lookout for good computer programmers.我们一直在物色优秀的计算机程序编制员。I’m on the lookout for a good book on German history.我想找一本关于德国历史的好书。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a person employed to watch for something to happen
2. an elevated post affording a wide view
3. a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings