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sight1 /saɪt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun   → cite, site
1  ability to see 视力 [uncountableU]SIGHT/ABILITY TO SEE the physical ability to see 视力，视觉 SYN vision
 Anne’s sight is very good for someone of her age.
安妮的视力对于她这个年龄的人来说算是非常好的。
 He began to lose his sight six years ago.
六年前他开始视力衰退。
 an emergency operation to save his sight
挽救他视力的紧急手术
 You will get a free sight test if you are under 16.
如果你不满16岁，可以免费检查视力。
2  act of seeing 看见 [singular, uncountableU]SEE the act of seeing something 看到，看见
sight of
 Just the sight of him made her go all weak.
一看到他，她就两腿发软。
at the sight of something
 Marcie will faint at the sight of blood.
马西看见血就晕。
 The house is hidden from sight behind trees.
房子隐藏在树林后面，不会被看到。
3  thing you see 所见之物 [countableC]
a) SEEsomething you can see 景物，景象
familiar/common/rare etc sight
 Street dentists are a common sight in Pakistan.
在巴基斯坦，街头牙医随处可见。
 As he reached the front door, he saw a strange sight.
他走到前门，看到了一个奇怪的景象。
 the sights and sounds of the forest
森林的景致与声音
→ not a pretty sight at pretty2(3), → sorry sight at sorry(8)
b) the sights [plural]DLT famous or interesting places that tourists visit 名胜，景点
 In the afternoon, you’ll have a chance to relax or see the sights.
大家下午可以休息，也可以去参观名胜。
sight of
 So, Maria’s showing you the sights of Copenhagen, is she?
那么，玛丽亚要带你去参观哥本哈根的名胜，是吗？
→ sightseeing
4  in/within sight 
a) SEEinside the area that you can see 在视野内，看得见
 I glanced around me quickly. There was no one in sight.
我扫视四周，看不到一个人影。
 They burned every house in sight.
他们见到房子就烧。
 The boys get home and eat everything in sight.
男孩们回到家里，看见东西就吃。
 Since my hotel was within sight, I told him he could go.
我的酒店就在眼前，于是我就叫他走了。
b) PROBABLYlikely to happen soon 可能即将发生
 Six months from the start of the strike, there is still no end in sight.
罢工开始至今六个月了，眼下还看不出结束的迹象。
 Peace is now in sight.
和平在望。
Examples from the Corpus
in/within sight• They probably thought they'd chosen a good place because it was near the bar and in sight of the dance floor.• Al wanted to smoke, but there were no ashtrays in sight.• Galliano play seamless, mellow grooves with soul, and not a black beret in sight.• Today is the fifteenth day of the heat wave, with no end in sight.• Lynn leaned out of the window, snapping pictures of everything in sight.• Funny to see it way out here, within sight of Stone Mountain.• With the end of the season in sight it is always worthwhile looking at the trends in diving accidents that have occurred.• There were no soldiers in sight.• That was the last and only rebel that ventured within sight, the rest remaining in their safe, iron-walled enclosure.• No such opportunities, however, were in sight.
5  within/in sight of something 
a) SEEin the area where you can see something 在看得见某物的地方
 We camped within sight of the lake.
我们在看得见湖的地方露营。
 At last they came in sight of the city.
他们终于看见那座城市了。
b) PROBABLYin a position where you will soon be able to get something or achieve something 即将得到[成就]某事
 Dan was now within sight of the championship.
丹现在夺冠在望。
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within/in sight of something• They probably thought they'd chosen a good place because it was near the bar and in sight of the dance floor.• After the terror of the past twenty-four hours he was safe for the moment and in sight of victory.• The faster craft should be within sight of the finish at Douglas by mid morning Saturday.• As he came within sight of his office, he was startled to see a small group waiting at the door.• The refugees' boat was stopped by the Coast Guard within sight of land.• There they put it on a platform on a hill within sight of the post.• That manse, in sight of the sea, was also raided at seven o'clock on Wednesday 27 February.• As in two Orlando locations, the new stores often opened within sight of a mall with a B.. Dalton.• Just when he was within sight of his goal, the funding for Dr. Wilson's research was cut.• I had to keep the wingtip in sight of the ground to avoid getting disorientated.
6  in your sights if you have someone or something in your sights, you intend to achieve it or get it for yourself, or to attack them 瞄准，盯住〔以期取得、得到或攻击〕
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in your sights• One of the Counsellors had her in his sights.• Deposed leaders Bangor rekindled their challenge with a five wicket win over Ruthin to keep Marchwiel in their sights.• I can keep Rainbow in my sights for a little while longer.• S Supreme Court opens its new term Monday with affirmative action squarely in its sights.• Mr Pacey's new team has 500 prime suspects in its sights.• Under this program, shooters aim a wave signal at vehicles in their sights.• That rapidly closed the gap, as Hamilton reached the turn in par in the afternoon and had victory in his sights.• But their task is being sabotaged by those who have war in their sights.
7  out of sight outside the area that you can see 在视野外，看不见
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out of sight• My old friend: in no time at all she was round the corner and out of sight.• I do not think it took us longer than that to get out of range and out of sight.• I was trying to burrow out of sight.• But out of sight the roots from which they grow are spreading rapidly.• First, the cost of these activities began to escalate out of sight.• Daley sat in the house, out of sight, but giving orders to the corner police station by phone.• The drip pan underneath the refrigerator is out of sight, so special effort must be made to clean it.
8. out of sight, out of mindout of mind out of sight FORGETused to say that people soon stop thinking about something or someone if they do not see them for a while 眼不见，心不想
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out of sight, out of mind• I tucked it in the back of a drawer, figuring out of sight, out of mind.
9  disappear/vanish from sight APPEARDISAPPEARto disappear 消失不见
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disappear/vanish from sight• Within a few seconds it flew on again, vanishing from sight and hearing.• The rest of us heard a thin squeak, and started calling for her as she had vanished from sight.• The shore had vanished from sight.• So, since he is disappearing from sight, he has dyed his hair black, eyebrows, too.• It disappeared from sight behind the slope of the hill.• Then the plane vanished from sight on the radar screen.• She vanished from sight, but Hippolytus, too, was gone.• Here the linguistic cocoon is spun to such complexity that the characters and narrative structure sometimes vanish from sight.• Within seconds of the Wheel disappearing from sight the red glow was extinguished.
10  come into sight to appear 出现
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come into sight• The camp came into sight at the bottom of the road.• We stood at the window until their car came into sight.• The carob came into sight below.• But they instantly look the other way when he and his motorcade come into sight.• He had only a few seconds before the postman came into sight through the trees above the road.• But when the lane curved, a tavern came into sight and she went in.• After a moment they came into sight.• He'd have plenty of time to drive down when the target vehicle came into sight.
11  on sight as soon as you see someone 一看到，一看见
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on sight• A lot of people assume on sight that Lisa's not American.
12  not let somebody out of your sight NEARto make sure that someone stays near you 不让某人离开你的视线
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not let somebody out of your sight• Stay here, and don't let the baby out of your sight.
13  be sick of/can’t stand/hate the sight of somebody/something DON'T LIKEto dislike someone or something very much 非常不喜欢某人/某物
14  a sight for sore eyes spoken
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a sight for sore eyes• A visit to the Westonbirt Arboretum with its 13,000 trees and shrubs is always a sight for sore eyes.• That'd be a sight for sore eyes with that one.
15  a (damn/darned/darn) sight more/better etc informalVERY a lot more, a lot better etc 多得多/好得多等
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a (damn/darned/darn) sight more/better etc• Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.• I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.• If he listened to Anthony Scrivener, he would be a darned sight better.• Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!• The Galapagos finch was a darn sight more valuable than Sandra Willmot.• We were a darned sight better than them.
16  be a sight  (also look a sight)UNTIDYSTRANGE to look very funny or stupid, or very untidy or unpleasant 看起来滑稽[愚蠢，脏乱，难看]
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be a sight• The greatest variety of birds are sighted in late April and May and in late August and September.• New York's new Health Commissioner is a sight.• Wouldn't it be a sight easier if they kept their passion for a paid mistress?• It was a sight and a situation long to be remembered.• It was a sight beyond his wildest nightmare.• In the wild, they can often be sighted migrating in bevies of a hundred or more birds.• A school of sperm whales is sighted.• You, you were sighted on seven nineteen, you had sufficient time to get appropriate staff permit.
17  sight unseen if you buy or choose something sight unseen, you do it without looking at the thing first 事先未看；事先未检查
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sight unseen• He bought his house sight unseen, sold on the location.• If I didn't take the car, the other guy was willing to buy it sight unseen.• The principal said he offered me the Position sight unseen based on my letter of application and my resume.• But nothing's worse than driving into an auto repair shop, sight unseen, and being fleeced.• Taking a risk, I ordered five each of six Victorian species, sight unseen.
18  be a (beautiful/strange/frightening etc) sight to behold formal used to emphasize that something or someone looks very unusual, for example because they are very beautiful, strange, or frightening 看起来非同一般（的漂亮/奇怪/人等）
19. gun 枪 [countableC usually plural]PMW the part of a gun or other weapon that guides your eye when you are aiming at something 〔枪等武器的〕瞄准器，准星
→ at first sight at first1(6), → know somebody by sight at know1(3), → lose sight of something at lose(1), → set your heart/mind/sights on (doing) something at set1(13)
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
good sight
Many types of fish have good sight.
poor sight
His sight was quite poor.
failing sight (=becoming worse)
He ran the business until failing sight forced him to retire.
verbs
lose your sight
As the result of a severe illness, she lost her sight at the age of twelve.
save somebody’s sight
Surgeons believe they can save her sight.
somebody’s sight fails (=gets much worse)
He was in his seventies when his sight began to fail.
sight + NOUN
a sight test
If your sight test shows that you need glasses, the optician will give you a prescription.
 THESAURUS
something that you see 所见之物
sight something that you see 景物,景象
A herd of elephants is a magnificent sight.
象群出现是个壮观的景象。
Even Charles cheered up at the sight of the food.
一看到食物,连查尔斯都为之振奋。
view the area you can see from a window or place, especially when it is beautiful 景色,美景
The view from the top of the mountain is amazing.
从山顶上往下看景色迷人。
The hotel has great views of Lake Windermere.
从这家宾馆能看见温德米尔湖的旖旎风光。
We had a good view of the firework display.
我们看到了精彩的烟花表演。
panorama an impressive view of a very large area that stretches a long way across in front of you 全景
a panorama of snow-covered hills and mountains
一览无余的雪山美景
vista written a view of a large area of beautiful scenery – used in written descriptions 美丽的景色
The road around the island offers some spectacular vistas.
沿环岛公路能看见旖旎的风光。
scene what you see in a place, especially where people are moving around and doing things 景象；场面
Reporters described the horrific scenes which followed the bombing.
记者们描述了爆炸发生后的可怕景象。
His pictures are mainly of local scenes.
他的照片主要表现地方风情。
spectacle something that you see that is very unusual, surprising, or strange 奇异的景象
It must have been an unusual spectacle.
当时的场面一定是非同寻常。
I leaned over the balcony to get a look at the spectacle below.
我倚在阳台上,看着下面的壮观场面。
visuals [plural] pictures or parts of a film, video etc that people can see, as opposed to the parts you can hear 〔电影、录像等的〕画面,图像
Good visuals will help keep your audience’s attention.
好的画面有助于保持观众的注意力。
Examples from the Corpus
sight• No further sightings of the fur seal were reported until the early 90s.• We looked at the huge crowd gathering below us. 'It's quite a sight, isn't it?'• It was a sight so awe-inspiring we could have stayed for hours.• 'Has Peter got any sight at all now?' 'Only partial sight, in one eye.'• Stretch limousines are a common sight in Los Angeles.• Homeless kids are now a familiar sight on London's streets.• Home-Made Angels was inspired by the familiar sight of hot-air balloons in the skies above Bristol.• When I met my husband, it was love at first sight.• It was our first sight of land after 15 months at sea.• the first sighting of Halley's Comet• So even two-player matches are like watching two top pros playing, albeit without the glorious sight of their beer bellies!• She lost her sight at the age of 12 following an illness.• She recently underwent an operation to restore her sight.• Nicole has suffered since birth from impaired sight as a result of cerebral palsy.• We saw all the important sights on our first day in Chicago.• There was no one else in sight.• At times you can lose sight of a player you are controlling as part of the court turns out of your sight.• Sunrise over the Himalayas is a magnificent sight.• Through it all, Daley stayed out of sight.• The superintendent issued orders to shoot looters and arsonists on sight.• There are five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.• Gavin looked a sorry sight -- his jaw was broken, and he had a black eye.• It was a ludicrous but terrifying sight.• But then how many laughs can there be in a man fainting at the sight of his child being born?• Even Charles cheered up at the sight of the food.• I can't stand the sight of blood.• When he got home, he went to the kitchen looking for Puny and saw instead an unusual sight in his backyard.
lose ... sight• An important distinction, but one a lawyer can lose sight of.• What both groups had lost was sight of what it was all about.• By now she had lost sight of the dress bag.• We tapered off the work, and after some time I lost sight of her.• However, to understand Innocent's reign we must not lose sight of the chancery and its activities.• In our everyday consumption of bread we tend to forget or lose sight of the reality of what bread is.• She lost sight in one eye.• It is easy to lose sight of your vehicle in blowing snow and become lost.
sight of• Martha couldn't bear the sight of children begging in the streets.
sight2 verb [transitiveT]  
SEEto see something from a long distance away, or see something you have been looking for 〔从很远处或经过一番寻找后〕看见，发现
 The sailors gave a shout of joy when they sighted land.
水手们看到陆地时高声欢呼起来。
 Several rare birds have been sighted in the area.
这个地区已经发现了好几种珍稀鸟类。
► see thesaurus at see
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sight• Black cap, white throat and grasshopper warbler had been sighted.• We sighted a fishing boat in the distance.• The missing boys were sighted by a rescue helicopter.• At least ten birds have been sighted feeding on the lake this year.• One sighting had no bodies but it had sardines.• A mountain lion was sighted in the local area last night.• The following day, shortly after lunch, we sighted Koraloona on the horizon.• When the haze cleared, the sailors sighted land straight ahead.• In the wild, they can often be sighted migrating in bevies of a hundred or more birds.• The sighting of the whale, Ahab cries, was meant for him, and then he is lowered to the deck.• Each sighting results in the discovery of either a female axis or white-tailed deer.• From base camp the summit was barely visible, so on sighting the route our surprise was all the greater.
sighted land• But as the haze cleared, Anson sighted land right away, dead ahead.
From Longman Business Dictionary
sightsight /saɪt/ noun
1at sightBANKINGFINANCE words written on a BILL OF EXCHANGE or PROMISSORY NOTE to show that it must be paid as soon as it is shown to the ACCEPTOR
The more usual situation is where payment is at sight, meaning when the paying bank has examined the documents and found them to be in order.
2after sightBANKINGFINANCE words written on a BILL OF EXCHANGE or PROMISSORY NOTE to show how much later it will be paid after it has been given to the payer, usually 30,60, or 90 days later
3payable at sightFINANCE a financial document that is payable at sight must be paid when it is received by the person who is responsible for paying it
4payable after sightFINANCE a financial document that is payable after sight must be paid on a stated number of days after it is received by the person who is responsible for paying it
Origin sight1
Old English gesiht
sight1 noun
→10-19

→n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1sight2 verb
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