英汉词典

see 基本解释

• vt. 看见；理解；领会
• vi. 看；看见；领会
• n. (See)人名；(英)西伊；(柬)塞；(德)泽

see 词态变化

see 中文词源

来自古英语 seon,看，注视，留意，来自 Proto-Germanic*sehwana,看，注意，来自 PIE*sekw, 看，注意，可能衍生自 PIE*sekw,紧跟，跟随，词源同 sequence,second.引申诸相关词义。

缩写自 Holy See,圣座，来自 seat 法语拼写变体。

see 英文词源

see

see: English has two words see. The older is the verb, ‘perceive visually’ [OE]. Like its Germanic cousins, German sehen, Dutch zien, and Swedish and Danish se, it goes back to a prehistoric *sekhwan, which was descended from an Indo-European base *seq-. This may have been the same *seq- that produced Latin sequī ‘follow’ (source of English sequence, sue, etc), in which case see would denote etymologically ‘follow with the eyes’. See ‘diocese’ [13] originally signified ‘bishop’s throne’.

It came via Anglo-Norman se from Vulgar Latin *sedem ‘seat’, descendant of classical Latin sēdem, the accusative case of sēdes ‘seat’. This in turn went back to the Indo- European base *sed- ‘sit’, which also produced English sit.
=> sight; seat, sit

see (v.)

Old English seon "to see, look, behold; observe, perceive, understand; experience, visit, inspect" (contracted class V strong verb; past tense seah, past participle sewen), from Proto-Germanic *sekhwan (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German sehan, Middle High German, German sehen, Old Frisian sia, Middle Dutch sien, Old Norse sja, Gothic saihwan), from PIE root *sekw- (2) "to see," which is probably identical with *sekw- (1) "to follow" (see sequel), a root which produced words for "say" in Greek and Latin, and also words for "follow" (such as Latin sequor), but "opinions differ in regard to the semantic starting-point and sequences" [Buck]. Thus see might originally mean "follow with the eyes."

Used in Middle English to mean "behold in the imagination or in a dream" (c. 1200), "to recognize the force of (a demonstration)," also c. 1200. Sense of "escort" (as in to see (someone) home) first recorded 1607 in Shakespeare. Meaning "to receive as a visitor" is attested from c. 1500. Gambling sense of "equal a bet" is from 1590s. See you as a casual farewell first attested 1891. Let me see as a pausing statement is recorded from 1510s. To have seen everything as a hyperbolic expression of astonishment is from 1957.

When you have seen one of their Pictures, you have seen all. [Blake, c. 1811]

see (n.)

c. 1300, "throne of a bishop, archbishop, or pope," also "throne of a monarch, a goddess, Antichrist, etc.," from Old French sie "seat, throne; town, capital; episcopal see," from Latin sedem (nominative sedes) "seat, throne, abode, temple," related to sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Early 14c. as "administrative center of a bishopric;" c. 1400 as "province under the jurisdiction of a bishop."

see 词组搭配

see 英文释义

1. the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

see 同义词解析

call on, see, visit, drop in

这些动词或词组均含有"拜访，访问"之意。

call on： 社交上的正式用语，指无目的、礼节性的短暂拜访，访问者与被访问者之间一般只有社交或公务关系。

see： 常用词，含义广泛，既可指接受他人来访，又可指去访问他人。

visit： 正式用词，强调出于工作需要的访问，也指亲戚朋友间的看望。

drop in： 多指在计划之外或事先未打招呼的偶然、顺便访问。也可指参观。

look, see, watch, observe, witness

这些动词均有"看"之意。

look： 侧重"看"的动作。

see： 指看见。

watch： 指用眼睛跟随某物，以便对每一个变化、运动等进行观察。

observe： 侧重以客观的态度进行观察。

witness： 指当场看见，亲眼看见。

see 双语例句

1. Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation.

专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。

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2. I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid.

我真的不理解这到底有什么意义，简直是愚蠢透顶。

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3. He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better.

他打电话给劳拉看她是不是好些了。

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4. The criticisms will not stop people flocking to see the film.

批评的声音不会阻止人们涌到影院观看这部电影。

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5. He could just about see the little man behind the counter.

他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。

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see 实用场景例句

You can't see colours at night...

晚上看不见颜色。

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I saw a man making his way towards me...

我看到一名男子向我走来。

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I saw him yesterday...

我昨天见到他了。

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Mick wants to see you in his office right away...

米克要你马上去他的办公室见他。

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He had been to see a Semi-Final of the FA Cup...

他看过一场足总杯半决赛。

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It was one of the most amazing films I've ever seen.

这是我看过的最精彩的电影之一。

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I could see she was lonely.

我能看出她很寂寞。

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...a lot of people saw what was happening but did nothing about it...

很多人都看出发生了什么事却袖手旁观。

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Oh, I see what you're saying...

哦，我明白你的意思了。

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I don't see why you're complaining...

我不明白你有什么可抱怨的。

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She saw him as a visionary, but her father saw him as a man who couldn't make a living...

她认为他是一个有眼光的人，但是她父亲却认为他没有谋生的能力。

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They have a normal body weight but see themselves as being fat...

他们体重正常，但自认为偏胖。

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Frankly, I don't know what Paul sees in her...

坦白地说，我不知道保罗看上她什么了。

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Young and old saw in him an implacable opponent of apartheid.

无论老少都看出他是种族隔离制度的坚决反对者。

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A good idea, but can you see Taylor trying it?...

主意不错，不过你认为泰勒会尝试它吗？

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We can see a day where all people live side by side.

我们可以想象有那么一天所有人都和睦地生活在一起。

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Yesterday saw the resignation of the acting Interior Minister...

昨天代理内政部长辞职了。

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He had worked with the General for three years and was sorry to see him go...

他与将军共事了 3 年，看他离去觉得很难过。

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Let me just see what the next song is...

我来看看下一首歌是什么。

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Every time we asked our mother, she said, 'Well, see what your father says.'...

每次我们问母亲，她总是说：“噢，看你爸爸怎么说。”

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I'll see if I can call her for you...

我会尽力帮你把她叫来。

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We'll see what we can do, miss.

我们会尽量想办法，小姐。

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See that you take care of him...

一定要照顾好他。

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Catherine saw to it that the information went directly to Walter.

凯瑟琳确保这条消息直接传达给了沃尔特。

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He didn't offer to see her to her car...

他没有提出要陪她去取车。

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'Goodnight.' — 'I'll see you out.'

“晚安。”——“我送你出去。”

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We used to see quite a lot of his wife, Carolyn...

我们以前经常见到他的妻子卡罗琳。

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We didn't see much of each other after that because he was touring.

从那之后我们没怎么见过面，因为他去旅行了。

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My husband was still seeing her and he was having an affair with her.

我的丈夫仍在和她来往，而且两人还搞婚外情。

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We saw in Chapter 16 how annual cash budgets are produced...

在第 16 章我们了解了年度现金预算是怎样制订的。

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