lookout

英 [ˈlʊkaʊt]

美 [ˈlʊkaʊt]

n. 监视处; 观察所; 瞭望台; 监视员; 观察员; 瞭望员

复数：lookouts　第三人称单数：lookouts　

Collins.1 / BNC.14006 / COCA.10483

习惯用语

be sb's lookout

（认为某人的行为不明智）是某人自己的责任，是某人自己的事
used to say that you do not think sb's actions are sensible, but that it is their own problem or responsibility.
If he wants to waste his money, that's his lookout.
他要乱花钱，那是他自己的事。

be on the lookout (for sb/sth)

keep a lookout (for sb/sth)

注意；警戒；留心
to watch carefully for sb/sth in order to avoid danger, etc. or in order to find sth you want
The public should be on the lookout for symptoms of the disease.
公众应当留心这种疾病的症状。

noun

监视处；观察所；瞭望台
a place for watching from, especially for danger or an enemy coming towards you
1. a lookout point/tower
  瞭望哨 / 塔
监视员；观察员；瞭望员
a person who has the responsibility of watching for sth, especially danger, etc.
1. One of the men stood at the door to act as a lookout.
  有一个人站在门口望风。

N-COUNT 瞭望台；观察所
Alookoutis a place from which you can see clearly in all directions.
1. Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.
  部队试图在难民营里设一个瞭望哨。
观察员；守望员；望风者
Alookoutis someone who is watching for danger in order to warn other people about it.
PHRASE （尤指在船上）守望，警戒
If someonekeeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger.
1. He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.
  他否认当晚守望不力。
PHRASE 密切留意；小心提防
If youare keeping a lookoutfor something orare on the lookoutfor it, you are alert and careful about it, either because you do not want to miss it or because it will be unpleasant or harmful and you need to avoid it.
1. Keep a lookout for a nasty little organization calling itself Defence Through Strength...
  要警惕一个自称“实力防卫”的可恶组织。
2. Nature lovers will be on the lookout for eagles, cormorants, and the occasional whale.
  自然爱好者要密切留意鹰、鸬鹚和偶尔出现的鲸鱼。

noun

the act of looking out
Synonym:outlook
a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
Synonym:observation towerlookout stationobservatory
an elevated post affording a wide view
Synonym:observation post
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
Synonym:lookout mansentinelsentrywatchspotterscoutpicket

It's your own lookout if you aren't properly insured.
如果你投保不当，这就是你自己的事。
Lookout, a company that offers security data backup services for smartphones, is growing rapidly.
Lookout是一家为智能手机提供安全数据备份服务的公司，目前正处于快速发展中。
I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp lookout.
我渐渐地忘却了他所有的缺点，对这些缺点，我有一个时期曾密切注意过。
The two other burglars were tipped off by a lookout and escaped.
另外两名窃贼得到了望风者的通风报信而逃掉了。
"Where were you wounded?" asked the surgeon of a soldier at Lookout Mountain.
有一个军人，攀登洛考得山受了伤，医生问他说：“你是在什么地方受伤的”？
If you want to go into that lion's cage, it's your own lookout.
如果你愿意到狮笼里去，那是你自己的事。
It's a bad lookout for us if he becomes ill.
如果他病了，这对我们来说前景不妙。
It's a bad lookout for the company if interest rates don't come down.
如果利率降不下来，公司的前景可就不妙了。
The gang ran off and left their lookout at a fall guy.
那伙人逃跑了，让他们守望员当了替罪羊。
It's your lookout to see that your application is filed on time.
你应注意去看看你的申请是否准时归档。