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overlook

🇬🇧 UK/.әuvә'luk/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To fail to notice something; to ignore or excuse a fault; to have a view over something from a higher position.

忽视，忽略；宽恕；俯瞰

n.

A high point offering a view down over a landscape.

俯瞰处，眺望台

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
overlookother
=overlook

Common Collocations

  • 1.overlook a detail忽视细节
  • 2.overlook someone's faults宽恕某人的缺点

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The manager instructed the team to overlook the formatting errors in the first draft.

  • 2.

    The scenic overlook at the mountain top offers breathtaking views of the valley.

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