size up

英 [saɪz ʌp]

美 [saɪz ʌp]

打量; 估计; 判断; 评估

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 打量;估计;判断;评估
  If yousize upa person or situation, you carefully look at the person or think about the situation, so that you can decide how to act.
  1. Some US manufacturers have been sizing up the UK as a possible market for their clothes...
     一些美国生产商一直在观察英国是否会成为他们的成衣潜在市场。
  2. He spent the evening sizing me up intellectually.
     他整晚都在若有所思地打量我。

英英释义

verb

• to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
  1. he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
  Synonym:take stockscrutinizescrutinise

双语例句

• We should go there and size up the situation.
  我们应该过去了解一下状况。
• Some US manufacturers have been sizing up the UK as a possible market for their clothes
  一些美国生产商一直在观察英国是否会成为他们的成衣潜在市场。
• "Please don't say 'size up,'" she interrupted.
  请不要用‘估算’，她插嘴道。
• The aim is to size up the situation and deal with a number of conspicuous cases.
  其目的是弄清情况和处理一些最突出的问题。
• They will size up the island.
  他们要估算一下这个岛的面积。
• I bought one size up by mistake.
  我错买了大一号的尺寸。
• Size up the person you're confronting, and be ready to protect yourself, especially if it's a stranger.
  大量你的对峙的对方，准备好保护自己，尤其如果那是一个陌生人。
• The pilot's job was to fly over the stricken area and size up the situation.
  飞行员的任务是视察受灾地区，估量灾情。
• IN MANY types of face-to-face retailing, it pays to size up your customer and tailor your offering accordingly.
  在许多面对面的零售过程中，揣测客户需求并对其进行针对性销售往往会得到应有的回报。
• Getting to know your surroundings can change how you size up a risk.
  了解你周边的环境可以改变你对风险程度的评估。