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

• Maybe you should go one size up.
  可能你得穿大一号的。
• 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。
• They will size up the island.
  他们要估算一下这个岛的面积。
• Human nature seems to endow people with the ability to size up everybody in the world but themselves.
  人类的天性似乎赋予我们能力去评估这世界上所有的人，但却不包括我们自己。
• I bought one size up by mistake.
  我错买了大一号的尺寸。
• Size up the situation before acting.
  先评估情况再行动。
• "Please don't say 'size up,'" she interrupted.
  请不要用‘估算’，她插嘴道。
• Getting to know your surroundings can change how you size up a risk.
  了解你周边的环境可以改变你对风险程度的评估。
• He glanced back constantly, to size up the situation.
  他不断地回头看，估量形势。
• Let's pool our information and size up the situation.
  大家斗一斗情况。