| 释义 |
stare BrE /steə(r)/
NAmE /ster/► SEE ALLstare sth in the facelook/stare you in the facelook/stare/gaze into space
●stare sth in the ˈfacebe unable to avoid sth 不可避免；就在眼前◆They were staring defeat in the face.
他们避免不了失败。●look/stare you in the ˈface (usually used in progressive tenses 通常用于进行时) (of a fact, an answer, a situation, etc. 事实、答案、情形等) be obvious but not noticed 就在眼前可是没有注意到；非常明显却忽略了◆The answer to the problem had been staring her in the face for years but she hadn’t seen it.多年来这个问题的答案就摆在她的眼前，可她却一直没有看到。◆‘Where’s that book?’ ‘There in front of you, looking you in the face.’“那本书在哪儿？”“就在你跟前，在你眼皮底下。”●look/stare/gaze into ˈspacelook straight in front of you without looking at a particular thing, usually because you are thinking about sth 若有所思地望着前方；茫然直视◆I asked her twice if she was ready to leave but she just sat there staring into space.我问了她两遍是否准备离开，可是她只是坐在那里，呆呆地注视着前方。 |