watch for

英 [wɒtʃ fɔː(r)]

美 [wɑːtʃ fɔːr]

密切注意; 戒备; 提防

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 密切注意;戒备;提防
  If youwatch forsomething orwatch out forit, you pay attention so that you notice it, either because you do not want to miss it or because you want to avoid it.
  1. We'll be watching for any developments...
     我们会密切注意事情的任何进展。
  2. He called out to them to watch out for the unexploded mine.
     他冲他们大喊，叫他们小心哑雷。

双语例句

• I need to buy a new watch for your brother.
  我需要为你的兄弟买一块新手表。
• We'll be watching for any developments
  我们会密切注意事情的任何进展。
• Okay. I'm going to watch for that.
  好吧，那我可要拭目以待了。
• Once you arrive, you have to reset your watch for a time zone like no other.
  一旦你到达时，你不像其他地方因为一个时区而重置你的表。
• Dad bought a new watch for me.
  爸爸给我买了块新手表。
• When I undertook to mend his watch for him, I didn't bargain for all this trouble.
  我答应给他修表时，没有料到有这么多麻烦。
• The staff are always on the watch for shoplifters.
  商店的员工们总是警惕着冒充顾客来行窃的扒手。
• See, I have sold my watch for 100 francs, and the guard and seals for 300.
  青，我把我的表卖了一百法郎，把表链和坠子卖了三百法郎。
• We had better wait and watch for a better chance.
  我们最好等一等，寻找更好的机会。
• Honestly. it's the honest ones you want to watch for.
  老实说，你要当心的是那些老实人。