新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

sightIELTS重点词汇

英 [saɪt]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

sights
1. [U 不可数名词] 视力
Someone's sight is their ability to see.
近义词
vision
双语例句
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。
例：
I use the sense of sound much more than the sense of sight.
我用耳比用眼勤多了。
2. [SING 单数型名词] 看见
The sight of something is the act of seeing it or an occasion on which you see it.
双语例句
例：
I faint at the sight of blood.
我一看见血就晕。
3. [C 可数名词] 景象
A sight is something that you see.
双语例句
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。
例：
We encountered the pathetic sight of a family packing up its home.
我们目睹了一个家庭正在收拾家当要远走他乡的凄凉景象。
例：
Among the most spectacular sights are the great sea-bird colonies.
庞大的海鸟群是最为壮观的景色之一。
4. [PL 复数] 名胜 , 风景
The sights are the places that are interesting to see and that are often visited by tourists.
双语例句
例：
We'd toured the sights of Paris.
我们已游览了巴黎的名胜。
例：
I am going to show you the sights of our wonderful city.
我要给你看看我们这座绝妙之城的名胜。
例：
Once at Elgin day-trippers visit a number of local sights.
一到埃尔金，一日游的游客就会参观多个当地景点。

PHRASE. 习语

catch sight of
1. 突然看见某人
If you catch sight of someone, you suddenly see them, often briefly.
近义词
see
双语例句
例：
Then he caught sight of her small black velvet hat in the crowd.
随后他突然在人群中看见了她那顶黑色天鹅绒帽子。
at first sight
1. 乍一看
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.
双语例句
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。
in sight , within sight , out of sight
1. 看得见 , 看不见
If something is in sight or within sight, you can see it. If it is out of sight, you cannot see it.
双语例句
例：
The sandy beach was in sight.
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。
in sight , within sight
1. 即将发生
If a result or a decision is in sight or within sight, it is likely to happen within a short time.
双语例句
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。
lose sight of
1. 忽略
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.
近义词
forget
双语例句
例：
In some cases, US industry has lost sight of customer needs in designing products.
某些情况下，美国工业在设计产品时忽略了顾客的需求。
on sight
1. 一看见…就
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.
双语例句
例：
Troops shot anyone suspicious on sight.
部队士兵一见可疑的人就开枪。
set one's sights on something
1. 以某事为奋斗目标
If you set your sights on something, you decide that you want it and try hard to get it.
双语例句
例：
They have set their sights on the world record.
他们的目标是冲击世界纪录。
have in your sights
1. 志在取得某事 , 决意抓获、打败或征服某人
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.
双语例句
例：
He has the world record in his sights.
他对创造世界记录志在必得。
例：
Is this knowledge of yours the reason the murderer now has you in his sights?
凶犯是因为你知道了这些事才追杀你吗？

VERB. 动词

sights , sighting , sighted
1. [T 及物动词] （在一瞬间）突然看见
If you sight someone or something, you suddenly see them, often briefly.
双语例句
例：
The security forces sighted a group of young men that had crossed the border.
安全部队突然看见了一群越过边境的年轻人。