overlook

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UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈlʊk]
  • v.忽略；俯视；视而不见；眺望
  • Web俯瞰；忽视；宽容
Simple Present：overlooks  Present Participle：overlooking  Past Tense：overlooked  

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overlook
v.
1.
~ sth
忽略；未注意到to fail to see or notice sth
He seems to have overlooked one important fact.
他好像忽略了一个重要的事实。
2.
~ sth
（对不良现象等）不予理会，视而不见to see sth wrong or bad but decide to ignore it
We could not afford to overlook such a serious offence.
对这样严重的违法行为，我们决不能视若无睹。
3.
~ sth
俯视；眺望if a building, etc.overlooks a place, you can see that place from the building
a restaurant overlooking the lake
一家濒湖餐厅
Our back yard is overlooked by several houses.
好几栋房子都看得见我家的后院。
4.
~ sb (for sth)
（提拔等时）对（某人）不予考虑to not consider sb for a job or position, even though they might be suitable
She's been overlooked for promotion several times.
几次提职时都没有考虑她。

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1.
"In our sleep-deprived society, it's easy to overlook sleepiness, " he said.
在我们睡眠匮乏的社会里，很容易忽视睡眠。
zài wǒ men shuì mián kuì fá de shè huì lǐ , hěn róng yì hū shì shuì mián 。
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2.
In divorce proceedings judges make it a virtue for wives to forgive adultery or overlook domestic violence.
在离婚案件中，如果妻子原谅丈夫的外遇或是忽视家庭暴力，法官视此为美德。
zài lí hūn àn jiàn zhōng , rú guǒ qī zi yuán liàng zhàng fu de wài yù huò shì hū shì jiā tíng bào lì , fǎ guān shì cǐ wéi měi dé 。
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3.
Leung's relaxed charm and matinee-idol looks make it easy to overlook the complexity of his performances.
梁朝伟那轻松的迷人魅力与电影偶像的美貌使他对复杂角色的刻画得心应手。
liáng cháo wěi nà qīng sōng de mí rén mèi lì yǔ diàn yǐng ǒu xiàng de měi mào shǐ tā duì fù zá jué sè de kè huà dé xīn yìng shǒu 。
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4.
It's easy to overlook the fact that you might have contacts and information that could be useful to someone else, notes Mattson.
麦特森表示，人们很容易忽略一个事实，那就是，你的人脉和信息可能会对其他人有所帮助。
mài tè sēn biǎo shì , rén men hěn róng yì hū lüè yī gè shì shí , nà jiù shì , nǐ de rén mài hé xìn xī kě néng huì duì qí tā rén yǒu suǒ bāng zhù 。
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Yoga has become so popular in recent years, it's easy to overlook the fact that it is actually one of humankind's oldest activities.
近年来瑜伽如此受欢迎，让人很容易忽略一个事实：瑜伽其实是人类最古老的活动之一。
jìn nián lái yú jiā rú cǐ shòu huān yíng , ràng rén hěn róng yì hū lüè yī gè shì shí : yú jiā qí shí shì rén lèi zuì gǔ lǎo de huó dòng zhī yī 。
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6.
Can bring about enormous business opportunities, but it's easy to overlook the optimization of the cost of B2B e-commerce issues.
能给企业带来巨大的商机，但却容易忽视优化B2B电子商务的成本等问题。
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Show me into one of those pretty little rooms which overlook the court, and bring me a cold fowl and a bottle of Bordeaux.
给我弄一间面朝院子的精致的小房间，给我送一只冻鸡和一瓶波尔多酒来。
gěi wǒ nòng yī jiān miàn cháo yuàn zǐ de jīng zhì de xiǎo fáng jiān , gěi wǒ sòng yī zhī dòng jī hé yī píng bō ěr duō jiǔ lái 。
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In a market nowadays dominated by Google's Android, Apple's iOS, and BlackBerry OS, it's pretty easy to overlook Nokia.
在如今这个由谷歌的Android、苹果（Apple）的iOS，以及黑莓（BlackBerry）操作系统主宰的市场中，诺基亚很容易被忽略。
zài rú jīn zhè ge yóu gǔ gē de Android 、 píng guǒ ( Apple ) de iOS , yǐ jí hēi méi ( BlackBerry ) cāo zuò xì tǒng zhǔ zǎi de shì chǎng zhōng , nuò jī yà hěn róng yì bèi hū lüè 。
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Had the battery run-time been stellar, even better than the Apple claim of up to five hours, then perhaps I could overlook it.
要是电池可以用很久，甚至比苹果公司声称的5小时更长，那么我可能会忽略它。
yào shi diàn chí kě yǐ yòng hěn jiǔ , shèn zhì bǐ píng guǒ gōng sī shēng chēng de wǔ xiǎo shí gèng cháng , nà me wǒ kě néng huì hū lüè tā 。
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To call the anti-Obama healthcare protesters in the main racists is to overlook the small but potent coalition that it is.
把反对奥巴马医疗计划的抗议者称为种族主义者，是低估了这股虽小但是却很有力量的联盟。
bǎ fǎn duì ào bā mǎ yī liáo jì huà de kàng yì zhě chēng wéi zhǒng zú zhǔ yì zhě , shì dī gū le zhè gǔ suī xiǎo dàn shì què hěn yǒu lì liang de lián méng 。
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