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

• We should go there and size up the situation.
  我们应该过去了解一下状况。
• I bought one size up by mistake.
  我错买了大一号的尺寸。
• 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。
• Maybe you should go one size up.
  可能你得穿大一号的。
• This division will serve as a guide for the masses to size up people and will make it easier to win over the middle elements and isolate the Rightists.
  划分了，使群众有一个观察人们的方向，便于争取中间，孤立右派。
• Can I have the next size up?
  我可以要大一号的吗？
• One handy way to size up a charity is to pay attention to how much money it spends on overheads such as administration and fundraising, rather than frontline do-gooding.
  衡量一家慈善机构，一个简便的计算方法是考虑它有多少钱花费在了经营中，如行政管理和筹款，而不是用在第一线帮助他人。
• 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。
• "Please don't say 'size up,'" she interrupted.
  请不要用‘估算’，她插嘴道。
• He spent the evening sizing me up intellectually.
  他整晚都在若有所思地打量我。