see about something phrasal verbphr v a) DEAL WITHto make arrangements or deal with something 安排,着手处理 I’d better see about dinner. 我还是去准备晚饭吧。
see about doing something Claire’s gone to see about getting tickets for the concert. 克莱尔已经去张罗音乐会的门票了。
b) we’ll see about that spoken i. STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING (also we’ll have to see about that) used to say that you do not know if something will be possible 我们还得看看行不行,看看再说 ‘I want to go to Joshua’s tonight.’ ‘Well, we’ll have to see about that.’ “今晚我想到乔舒亚家里去。”“嗯,我们还得看看再说。”
ii. (also we’ll soon see about that) used to say that you intend to stop someone from doing what they were planning to do 我们等着瞧吧〔用于表示要阻止某人的计划〕 see about doing something• Kenji will have to see about getting a visa.
we’ll see about that• "I want to go to Joshua's tonight." "Well, we'll have to see about that."• Kim wants to go to this party, huh? Well, we'll see about that!