sight /saɪt/ CET4 TEM4 ( sighting, sighted, sights )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Someone's sight is their ability to see. 视力

  例：

  My sight is failing, and I can't see to read any more.

  我的视力正在下降，不能再看书了。

• 2. 

  N-SING The sight of something is the act of seeing it or an occasion on which you see it. 看见

  例：

  I faint at the sight of blood.

  我一看见血就晕。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A sight is something that you see. 景象

  例：

  The practice of hanging clothes across the street is a common sight in many parts of the city.

  在大街上晾晒衣服在该市的许多地区是很常见的景象。

• 4. 

  V-T If you sight someone or something, you suddenly see them, often briefly. (在一瞬间) 突然看见

  例：

  The security forces sighted a group of young men that had crossed the border.

  安全部队在一瞬间突然看见了一群越过了边境的年轻人。

• 5. 

  N-PLURAL The sights are the places that are interesting to see and that are often visited by tourists. 名胜; 风景

  例：

  We'd toured the sights of Paris.

  我们已游览了巴黎的名胜。

• 6. 

  → see also sighting

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you catch sight of someone, you suddenly see them, often briefly. 瞬间内突然看见某人

  例：

  Then he caught sight of her small black velvet hat in the crowd.

  随后他突然看见她的黑色丝绒小帽在人群中闪过。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you say that something seems to have certain characteristics at first sight, you mean that it appears to have the features you describe when you first see it but later it is found to be different. 乍一看

  例：

  The theory is not as simple as you might think at first sight.

  这个理论并不像你乍看时想到的那么简单。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If something is in sight or within sight, you can see it. If it is out of sight, you cannot see it. 看得见/看不见

  例：

  The sandy beach was in sight.

  那片沙滩映入眼帘。

  例：

  The Atlantic coast is within sight of the hotel.

  从那个酒店可以看见大西洋的海岸线。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If a result or a decision is in sight or within sight, it is likely to happen within a short time. 即将发生

  例：

  An agreement on many aspects of trade policy was in sight.

  有关贸易政策诸多方面的一项协议即将签订了。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things. 忽略

  例：

  In some cases, U.S. industry has lost sight of customer needs in designing products.

  在一些情况下，美国工业在设计产品时忽略了顾客的需求。

• 12. 

  PHRASE If someone is ordered to do something on sight, they have to do it without delay, as soon as a person or thing is seen. 一看见…就

  例：

  Troops shot anyone suspicious on sight.

  军队一见可疑的人就开枪。

• 13. 

  PHRASE If you set your sights on something, you decide that you want it and try hard to get it. 以某事为奋斗目标

  例：

  They have set their sights on the world record.

  他们把目标瞄向了世界纪录。

• 14. 

  PHRASE If you have something in your sights, you are trying hard to achieve it, and you have a good chance of success. If you have someone in your sights, you are determined to catch, defeat, or overcome them. 志在取得某事; 决意抓获、打败或征服某人

  例：

  The Giants' slugger also has fourth place in his sights, needing 13 homers to move past Frank Robinson's 586.

  巨人队的强击手也对第4名志在必得，需要击出13个本垒打才能超过弗兰克·罗宾逊的586分。

  例：

  Is this knowledge of yours the reason the murderer now has you in his sights?

  就是因为你知道的这些事凶犯才在追杀你吗？