watch n. 1.表;船钟。 2.值夜,值班;守夜;看守人;哨兵。 3.看守,监视;注意;警戒。 4.【航海】(每4小时轮换的)值班(时间);〔集合词〕值班人员,一班。 5.〔古语〕更〔犹太人把一夜分作 first watch 首更, middle watch 中更, morning watch 末更;罗马人分为 first [evening] watch 头更, second [midnight] watch 二更, third [cock crowing] watch 三更, fourth [morning] watch 四更〕。 be on [ off] watch 值班[不值班]。 be on the watch for 看守着,监视着,提防着;守候着。 call the watch 召集值班人。 in the night watches = in the watches of the night 在睡不着的夜里。 keep (a) watch 看守;值班。 keep watch over 守护;密切注意。 pass as [like] a watch in the night 立刻被忘记掉。 through the silent watches of the night 更深夜静的时候。 watch and ward 昼夜警戒。 watch and watch 【航海】四小时轮流值班,半舷值班。 vt. 1.注视;注意,留心观察。 2.看守,监视。 3.守候(机会等) (for)。 vi. 1.注视,看着;密切注意。 2.警戒,守卫,监视。 3.守候,期待 (for)。 4.〔古语〕守夜;通夜看护;【宗教】守夜[作通宵祈祷]。 watch and say nothing 静观不语。 watch all night at the bedside of a patient 在病人床边通宵侍候。 A watched pot never boils. 见 pot 条。 be closely watched 被严密监视。 if you don't watch it 〔俚语〕你要是不小心。 watch one's time 等待时机。 watch out 1. 〔美俚〕监视,警戒。 2. 密切注视 (for) ( W- out for cars. 当心车辆)。 watch over 监视;留心,注视;看护,照顾。 adj. -able 值得注意[注视]的。
against Are you for or against the plan? 那个计划你是赞同呢还是反对? Her age is against her. 她的年龄不行了。 Luck is against him. 他运气不好。 Talk against sb. 说(人)坏话。 Against rule 犯规。 Fight for the weak against the strong 扶弱抑强。 Inform against sb. 告发(某人)。 Set a chair against the wall 把椅子靠在墙上。 Caution against fire. 小心火烛。 Against the famine 防饥荒。 Against the evening sky 以黄昏的天空为背景。 A matter of reason as against emotion 与感情相对立的理智问题。 The park opens five hours a day this year against three hours a day last year. 这公园今年每天开放五小时,而去年每天开放三小时。 Document against Acceptance. 承兑后交单。 The rates against pounds sterling 英镑兑换率。 Against a rainy day 未雨绸缪,以备不时之需。 Against all chances 无望。 Against one's will 无可奈何地,无奈。 Against the stream 逆流;(在逆境中)奋斗。 Against time [the clock] 准时,按时,尽快;加油,使劲儿。 Be against 反对。 Be up against (it) 遇到(经济上的)巨大困难。 Over against (the cinema) 在(电影院)正对面,正对电影院。 Run up against 忽然碰上[碰到]。 〔古、方〕在…之时,在…之前。