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

• So it's not surprising that humans have evolved the ability to accurately size up their potential opponents.
  因此不必大惊小怪的，人类已进化出了可以准确估量潜在对手实力的能力。
• Size up the situation before acting.
  先评估情况再行动。
• While some size up trade balances and growth trajectories, others are measuring missile ranges and comparing military parades.
  有些人在比较两国的贸易额和增长轨迹，其他人则在计算导弹射程，对比阅兵的声势。
• They will size up the island.
  他们要估算一下这个岛的面积。
• Can you size up the situation?
  你可以估计一下形势吗？
• He spent the evening sizing me up intellectually.
  他整晚都在若有所思地打量我。
• He attempted to size up the reaction of the audience.
  他试图对听从的反应估计。
• 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。
• He glanced back constantly, to size up the situation.
  他不断地回头看，估量形势。
• 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。