lookout

noun

1. 监视处；观察所；瞭望台
   a place for watching from, especially for danger or an enemy coming towards you
   1. a lookout point/tower
      瞭望哨 / 塔
2. 监视员；观察员；瞭望员
   a person who has the responsibility of watching for sth, especially danger, etc.
   1. One of the men stood at the door to act as a lookout.
      有一个人站在门口望风。

1. N-COUNT 瞭望台；观察所
   A lookout is a place from which you can see clearly in all directions.
   1. Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.
      部队试图在难民营里设一个瞭望哨。
2. 观察员；守望员；望风者
   A lookout is someone who is watching for danger in order to warn other people about it.
3. PHRASE （尤指在船上）守望，警戒
   If someone keeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger.
   1. He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.
      他否认当晚守望不力。
4. PHRASE 密切留意；小心提防
   If you are keeping a lookout for something or are on the lookout for it, you are alert and careful about it, either because you do not want to miss it or because it will be unpleasant or harmful and you need to avoid it.
   1. Keep a lookout for a nasty little organization calling itself Defence Through Strength...
      要警惕一个自称“实力防卫”的可恶组织。
   2. Nature lovers will be on the lookout for eagles, cormorants, and the occasional whale.
      自然爱好者要密切留意鹰、鸬鹚和偶尔出现的鲸鱼。

1. Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.
   部队试图在难民营里设一个瞭望哨。
2. He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.
   他否认当晚守望不力。
3. Keep a lookout for a nasty little organization calling itself Defence Through Strength
   要警惕一个自称“实力防卫”的可恶组织。
4. Nature lovers will be on the lookout for eagles, cormorants, and the occasional whale.
   自然爱好者要密切留意鹰、鸬鹚和偶尔出现的鲸鱼。
5. "Where were you wounded?" asked the surgeon of a soldier at Lookout Mountain.
   有一个军人，攀登洛考得山受了伤，医生问他说：“你是在什么地方受伤的”？
6. He stood on the lookout tower and gazed into the wilderness.
   他站在了望塔上，向荒野里凝望。
7. I'll be on the lookout for the data you need.
   我会注意搜集你需要的数据。
8. We need to keep a lookout for home.
   我们得留意寻找家。
9. I don't think we can get by the guards; they are on the lookout for us.
   我觉得我们无法顺利通过哨兵，他们时刻注意着我们。
10. We must perfect our financial legislative system and supervision system and keep a lookout on financial risks.
    加速完善我国金融立法体系和金融监管体系，防范金融风险；
11. What should we be on the lookout for here?
    我们在这应该注意什么？
12. The burglars were tipped off by a lookout and escaped.
    窃贼得到望风者的通风报信逃跑了。
13. The two other burglars were tipped off by a lookout and escaped.
    另外两名窃贼得到了望风者的通风报信而逃掉了。
14. You can survey the whole town from this lookout.
    你可以从这个嘹望台眺望整个城镇。
15. I'm on the lookout for a second-hand car.
    我正留心着想买辆二手车。
16. Lookout, a company that offers security data backup services for smartphones, is growing rapidly.
    Lookout是一家为智能手机提供安全数据备份服务的公司，目前正处于快速发展中。
17. While on the lookout for danger, one day he came across the hunter and saw what he did.
    当他注意到这种危险的时候，一天他遇到了猎人并且看到了猎人是怎样抓住那些鹌鹑的。
18. It's your own lookout if you aren't properly insured.
    如果你投保不当，这就是你自己的事。
19. If the teacher finds out you've been cheating, it's your own lookout.
    如果老师发现你一直在作弊，那可是你自己的事了。
20. Yes, we are always on the lookout for gamers whom we can support and help to grow.
    是的，我们一直都在关注我们支持和培养起来的职业玩家。
21. It's a bad lookout for us if he becomes ill.
    如果他病了，这对我们来说前景不妙。
22. Courthouse officials are on the lookout for suspicious activity.
    法院官员们目前对可疑活动都保持着警惕。
23. If you want to go into that lion's cage, it's your own lookout.
    如果你愿意到狮笼里去，那是你自己的事。
24. It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.
    如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。
25. He climbed up to his lookout.
    他爬上了他的了望台。
26. I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp lookout.
    我渐渐地忘却了他所有的缺点，对这些缺点，我有一个时期曾密切注意过。
27. I doubt whether we shall run the guard; they are bound to be on the lookout for us.
    我怀疑我们是否能越过哨兵线而不被发现，他们一定在注意我们。
28. It's your lookout to see that your application is filed on time.
    你应注意去看看你的申请是否准时归档。
29. The gang ran off and left their lookout at a fall guy.
    那伙人逃跑了，让他们守望员当了替罪羊。
30. Police are now on the lookout for these boat thieves.
    目前警方已展开对这伙盗船贼的搜捕。

n.

be sb's lookout

• （认为某人的行为不明智）是某人自己的责任，是某人自己的事
  used to say that you do not think sb's actions are sensible, but that it is their own problem or responsibility.
  1. If he wants to waste his money, that's his lookout.
     他要乱花钱，那是他自己的事。

be on the lookout (for sb/sth)

keep a lookout (for sb/sth)

• 注意；警戒；留心
  to watch carefully for sb/sth in order to avoid danger, etc. or in order to find sth you want
  1. The public should be on the lookout for symptoms of the disease.
     公众应当留心这种疾病的症状。

noun

1. the act of looking out

   Synonym:    outlook

2. a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings

   Synonym:    observation towerlookout stationobservatory

3. an elevated post affording a wide view

   Synonym:    observation post

4. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

   Synonym:    lookout mansentinelsentrywatchspotterscoutpicket