glimpse /ɡlɪmps/ CET4 TEM4 ( glimpsing, glimpsed, glimpses )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT If you get a glimpse of someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well. 一瞥

  例：

  Some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the hotel to catch a glimpse of their heroine.

  某些追星族为了一睹女杰的风采已在宾馆外守候了24小时。

• 2. 

  V-T If you glimpse someone or something, you see them very briefly and not very well. 瞥见

  例：

  She glimpsed a group of people standing on the bank of a river.

  她瞥见一群人站在河岸上。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A glimpse of something is a brief experience of it or an idea about it that helps you understand or appreciate it better. 初步的感受

  例：

  As university campuses become increasingly multiethnic, they offer a glimpse of the conflicts society will face tomorrow.

  大学校园种族群体日趋多样化，使人们初步感受到未来社会面临的诸多冲突。