look up的意思是:向上看;改善;拜访(某人);查找。
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1、He looked up from his newspaper(他停止看报纸,把头抬了起来。)
从…上抬头看
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2、Things are looking up for us(事情正在朝着对我们有利的方向发展。)
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3、If you don't know a word,look it up in the dictionary(你要是不认识某个单词就查查词典。)
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4、I looked the company up on the Internet(我在因特网上找到了这家公司。)
扩展资料
look up是个常用词组,我们最熟悉的恐怕是“(在词典、参考书中)查阅”的意思,例如:It is unnecessary to look up every word you don’t know in the dictionary while your are reading.(阅读时,碰到生词,不必都要在词典中查阅。)但本句中的look up是“拜访”、“看望”的意思。
动词词组look up的意思还有不少,例如“抬头看”、“改善”等。
1、The national economy is beginning to look up
国民经济正在开始好转。
2、The worst is over now, and things are beginning to look up
最坏的景况已经过去,现在情况正在改善。
3、If trade looks up we may be able to have the shop painted next year
假如生意景况有所改善的话,明年我们就能够将店铺重新漆一次了。