1 look 強調(diào)看的動作,指主動地、有意識地“看”,通常作不及物動詞,后跟賓語時要用look at, look into等。
Look ! Some children are playing over there. 瞧,一些小孩在那邊玩耍。
He looked in that direction and saw a plane. 他朝那個方向看,看見一架飛機。
May I look at the picture? 我可以看看那幅畫嗎?
2 see 意為“看見,看到”,強調(diào)看的結(jié)果,不一定是有意識地看,為及物動詞。
If you close your eyes, you can't see . 閉上眼睛,你就看不見。
He saw a bird in the tree. 他看見樹上有一只鳥。
I looked hard but saw nothing. 我盡力地看,但什么也看不見。
He looked round and saw nothing. 他轉(zhuǎn)過頭來看了一下,但什么也沒看到。
We are going to see the play. 我們要去看戲。(有意識地)
3 watch 意為“觀看,注視”,強調(diào)看的過程,為有意識地看,是及物動詞。
We watched a football game yesterday. 我們昨天看了一場足球賽。
I watch TV every evening. 我每天晚上看電視。