size up

英 [saɪz ʌp]

美 [saɪz ʌp]

打量; 估计; 判断; 评估

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 打量;估计;判断;评估
  If yousize upa person or situation, you carefully look at the person or think about the situation, so that you can decide how to act.
  1. Some US manufacturers have been sizing up the UK as a possible market for their clothes...
     一些美国生产商一直在观察英国是否会成为他们的成衣潜在市场。
  2. He spent the evening sizing me up intellectually.
     他整晚都在若有所思地打量我。

英英释义

verb

• to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
  1. he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror
  Synonym:take stockscrutinizescrutinise

双语例句

• It looks OK to me, but you can try on a size up if you feel uncomfortable.
  我看还不错，但如果你觉得不舒服，可以试试大一个号的。
• Size up the situation before acting.
  先评估情况再行动。
• IN MANY types of face-to-face retailing, it pays to size up your customer and tailor your offering accordingly.
  在许多面对面的零售过程中，揣测客户需求并对其进行针对性销售往往会得到应有的回报。
• I bought one size up by mistake.
  我错买了大一号的尺寸。
• He spent the evening sizing me up intellectually.
  他整晚都在若有所思地打量我。
• "Please don't say 'size up,'" she interrupted.
  请不要用‘估算’，她插嘴道。
• Human nature seems to endow people with the ability to size up everybody in the world but themselves.
  人类的天性似乎赋予我们能力去评估这世界上所有的人，但却不包括我们自己。
• The aim is to size up the situation and deal with a number of conspicuous cases.
  其目的是弄清情况和处理一些最突出的问题。
• They will size up the island.
  他们要估算一下这个岛的面积。
• Consider tuning the nursery size up or down so that collections happen when there are fewer live objects in the nursery, or consider changing to another GC policy.
  考虑调整婴儿区域的大小，以便在婴儿区域中的活动对象较少时执行收集，或者考虑另一个GC策略。