1NOTICEto not notice something, or not see how important it is 忽视,忽略SYN miss
It is easy to overlook a small detail like that.
那样的小细节很容易被忽略。
Nobody could overlook the fact that box office sales were down.
谁也无法忽视票房销售额在下降这个事实。
2IGNOREto forgive someone’s mistake, bad behaviour etc and take no action 不计较,宽恕〔某人的过失、坏行为等〕
She found him entertaining enough to overlook his faults.
她觉得他很有趣,足以让她包容他的缺点。
3LOOK ATif a house, room etc overlooks something, it has a view of it, usually from above 俯视,俯瞰
Our room overlooks the ocean.
我们的房间可以俯视大海。
Examples from the Corpus
overlook• Although this is a first offence it cannot be overlooked.• They found some important evidence that the police had overlooked.• The remoteSylvanLakeLodgeoverlooks a strikingman-made lake and spruceforest.• Thaden's restored house overlooks an alpinevalley.• Mrs Johnson tends to overlook any small faults the girls may have.• Make a list of what you need to bring so you don't overlook anything.• The Hotel les Tipaniers, practically hidden between two much larger hotels, is easy to overlook but worth finding.• We become obsessed with change and tend to overlookcontent.• The check is often overlooked in surveys of the history of the piano.• Guessing that they had been overlooked, Murray seniortore up the one addressed to his father.• He has moved into a new office in the Rayburn Building, one of the really nice second-floor ones overlooking the Capitol.• I have an apartment that overlooks the Elbe.• The Hapless family were placed in a room which was staffaccommodation, overlooking the kitchens.• I'll overlook your mistake this time.• The clerk must have overlooked your name, because he said you weren't here.
overlook the fact that• He was overlooking the fact that I had been living with Jean-Claude for more than three years.• They overlook the fact that my colour will always be my badge.• Some companies overlook the fact that the foreignexchangeexposurearises when the salescontract is signed or the order accepted.• However, we have tended to overlook the fact that they may in some circumstances be met in other ways.• But they overlook the fact that, to the cat, they are huge and therefore psychologically overwhelming.
ADVERB | VERB + OVERLOOK | PHRASESADVERB➤completely, entirely完全忽視▸➤largely很大程度上忽略▸➤frequently, often經常忽略▸➤easily容易忽略▸➤conveniently無視◇Conveniently overlooking the fact that she wouldn't be able to meet the commitment, she agreed.她不顧自己無力兌現承諾的事實,表示同意。VERB + OVERLOOK➤cannot, cannot afford to, should not不能忽視;忽視不起;不應忽視◇We should not overlook this possibility.我們不應忽視這一可能性。➤be inclined to, tend to傾向於/往往視而不見◇Hospitals have tended to overlook this need.醫院往往會忽視這方面的需求。➤seem to好像視而不見▸➤be prepared to, be willing to準備不計較;願意忽略◇I was prepared to overlook her mistakes this time.我不準備計較她這次的過失。➤be easy to容易忽視◇It is easy to overlook the significance of this change.這一變化的意義容易被忽視。➤be impossible to不可能忽視PHRASES➤be easily overlooked容易被忽視◇another fact which is all too easily overlooked極易被忽視的另一事實➤sth should not be overlooked⋯不應被忽視◇The importance of this should not be overlooked.不應忽視這件事的重要性。