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。
• 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。
• Size up the situation before acting.
  先评估情况再行动。
• I bought one size up by mistake.
  我错买了大一号的尺寸。
• After all, the handshake was the face-to-face opportunity to size up a potential partner.
  毕竟，握手是一次面对面的机会，可以对潜在的合作者进行评价。
• This is one size up.
  这个尺寸大一号。
• Human nature seems to endow people with the ability to size up everybody in the world but themselves.
  人类的天性似乎赋予我们能力去评估这世界上所有的人，但却不包括我们自己。
• He spent the evening sizing me up intellectually.
  他整晚都在若有所思地打量我。
• One handy way to size up a charity is to pay attention to how much money it spends on overheads such as administration and fundraising, rather than frontline do-gooding.
  衡量一家慈善机构，一个简便的计算方法是考虑它有多少钱花费在了经营中，如行政管理和筹款，而不是用在第一线帮助他人。
• He glanced back constantly, to size up the situation.
  他不断地回头看，估量形势。