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

• He spent the evening sizing me up intellectually.
  他整晚都在若有所思地打量我。
• 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。
• IN MANY types of face-to-face retailing, it pays to size up your customer and tailor your offering accordingly.
  在许多面对面的零售过程中，揣测客户需求并对其进行针对性销售往往会得到应有的回报。
• 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 attempted to size up the reaction of the audience.
  他试图对听从的反应估计。
• He glanced back constantly, to size up the situation.
  他不断地回头看，估量形势。
• We should go there and size up the situation.
  我们应该过去了解一下状况。
• 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。
• Make a piece of the same size UP stick on by gumwater.
  作一片一样小小的UP用胶水贴下去的。