look back（intr），look back on（tr）回顾：
Looking back，I don’t suppose we are any worse now than people were ahundred years ago．
看一看过去，我不认为我们比100年前的人更坏。
Perhaps some day it will be pleasant to look back on these things．
可能将来有一天我们回顾这些事时会感到愉快的。
look back/round（intr）向背后看（字面意义）：
Don’t look round now but the woman behind us is wearing the most ex－traordinary clothes．
现在别回头看，虽然我们后面那个妇女穿的衣服特别怪。
look down on（tr）轻视，看不起：
Small boys often look down on little girls and refuse to play with them．
小男孩常常看不起小女孩并拒绝同她们一起玩。
She thinks her neighbours look down on her a bit because she’s neverbeen abroad．
她认为她的邻居们因她从来没有出过国而有点瞧不起她。
look for（tr）搜寻，探索，找：
I have lost my watch will you help me to look for it？
我把表丢了。你能不能帮我找一下？
look forward to（tr）盼望，期待（常带一个动名词）：
I am looking forward to her arrival/to seeing her．
我在期待着她的到来/看到她。
look in（intr）短暂地拜访某人（常不预先告诉对方，相当于call in）：
I’ll look in this evening to see how she is．
我今晚去探望她一下，看她身体如何。
look into（tr）调查：
There is a mystery about his death and the police are looking into it．
他死得有点蹊跷，警方正在进行调查。
look on…as（tr）考虑为，认为，看成：
Most people look on a television set as an essential piece of furniture．
多数人都把电视机看成是必不可少的家具。
These children seem to look on their teachers as their enemies．
这些孩子好像把老师视为敌人。
look on（intr）旁观：
Two men were fighting．The rest were looking on．
两个男人在打架。其余的人在袖手旁观。
look on（tr）， look out on（tr）（用于指房屋或窗户）面向，朝着……方向：
His house looks（out）on to the sea．
他的房子面临大海。
look out（intr）保持警惕，提防：
‘Look out！There’s a lorry coming！’
（对要过马路的人）“留神！有辆卡车开过来了！”
look out for（tr）警惕地看着以等待某物出现（常是相当明显的事物）：
I am going to the party too,so look out for me．
我也要去参加聚会，你留意着我好了。
look over（tr）以批评的眼光看，重新阅读，迅速核对改正（同go over相似，但不如后者彻底）：
look over what you’ve written before handing it to the examiner．
先把你写的看一遍，再交给考官。
I’m going to look over a house that I’m thinking of buying．
我打算去看一下我想买的一幢房子。
look through（tr）察看若干东西，常为了挑选其中几个，翻阅报纸或书籍以寻找自己需要的内容：
Look through your old clothes and see if you have anything to give away．
把你的旧衣服翻一下，看有没有可以送掉的。
I’d like you to look through these photographs and try to pick out theman you saw．
我希望你把这些相片翻看一下，试着从中找出你看见的那个人。
He looked through the books and decided that he wouldn’t like them．
他把书翻阅了一下，认定他不会喜欢它们的。
look through someone 对某人看而又仿佛看不见的样子（作为一种故意的无礼表示）：
She has to be polite to me in the office but when we meet outside she al－ways looks through me．
她在办公室里不得不对我有礼貌，可是在外面遇到我的时候总是对我视而不见。
look up an address/a name/word/train/telehone number etc．
在地址本/词典/时间表/电话簿等中查找：
If you don’t know the meaning of the word look it up．（look up the word/look the word up）
你要是不知道这个词的意思，就查一下。
I must look up the time of your train．
我得查一下你坐的火车的时刻。
look somebody up 拜访（被访者常是住得较远、不常见到的，
因此与look in不同，后者暗示被访者住得很近）：
Any time you come to London do look me up．
你无论什么时候到伦敦来，一定要来看我。
I haven’t seen Tom for ages．I must find out where he lives and look himup．（look Tome up/look up Tom）
我很久没见到汤姆了。我得探问一下他住在哪里，去看他一下。
look up（intr） 有进步，变得更好（主语常是things情况/business市面/world affairs世界局势/the weather天气等一种不太确指的事）：
Business has been very bad lately but things are beginning to look upnow．
近期市面有一阵子很不兴旺，可是情况在开始好转。
look someone up and down 轻蔑地将某人从头打量到脚：
The policeman looked the drunk man up and down very deliberately be－fore replying to his question．
警察非常有意地从头到脚打量了那醉汉，这才回答他的问题。
look up to（tr） 尊敬，敬仰：
School boys usually look up to great athletes．
男学生常很崇拜了不起的体育明星。
make
make for（tr）向……走去：
The escaped prisoner was making for the coast．
越狱犯正向海岸逃去。
make off（intr） 逃跑（指贼等）：
The boys made off when they saw the policemen．
男孩子们一看见警察，就拔腿跑了。