see through phrasal verbphr v a) see through somebody/somethingTRICK/DECEIVE to realize that someone is trying to deceive you 看穿某人/某事物,識破某人/某事物I saw through his excuses. 我識破了他的借口。
I could never lie to her because I know she’d see through me straight away. 我在她面前撒不了謊,因爲我知道她一眼就能識破。
I can’t bluff – she’d see right through me. 我不能吹牛——她一眼就能識破。
b) see something throughCONTINUE/NOT STOP to continue doing something until it is finished, especially something difficult or unpleasant 把某事進行到底〔尤指困難或不愉快的事〕It’ll take a lot of effort to see the project through. 完成這個項目需要投入很大的精力。
c) see somebody through (something)HELP to give help and support to someone during a difficult time 幫助某人,支持某人(渡過難關)Setting goals should help see you through. 確定好目標能幫助你渡過難關。
I’ve got enough money to see me through six months of unemployment. 我的錢夠我失業後維持六個月。
d) see something through somebody’s eyes to see something or think about it in the way that someone else does 從某人的眼裏看某事,從某人的角度考慮某事The world is very different when seen through the eyes of a child. 這個世界在兒童的眼裏是截然不同的。
see through• The course was hard, but I wanted to see it through.• Cassidy, aged 83, intends to see the project through to completion. see right through me• She can see right through me, he thought.
see something through somebody’s eyes• We have come to see it through the eyes of the people who take part in it.