单词 | to look ahead |
释义 | > as lemmasto look ahead to look ahead 1. intransitive. To look in front of one, or in the direction to which one is travelling. Frequently with preposition of direction (e.g. at, to) and the specified object of one's gaze. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look in specific direction to look toward ——c1225 to look towards ——1534 respect1555 to look ahead1805 1805 P. Gass Jrnl. 5 Oct. (1807) 145 We had four large ones [sc. canoes]; and one small one, to look ahead. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone II. iii. 38 He..looked ahead of him, from behind a tump of whortles. 1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness iii, in Youth 167 The long reaches that were like one and the same reach..slipped past the steamer... I looked ahead—piloting. 1985 G. C. Gill tr. L. Irigaray Speculum Other Woman 245 Paralyzed.., they are condemned to look ahead at the wall opposite. 2008 W. Berry in L. Merrill Pedestrian Photographs 8/2 They could almost be performing an allemande in a square dance, looking ahead in opposite directions to their next partners. 2. intransitive. To anticipate, consider, or plan for the future. Frequently with preposition (chiefly to): to await, consider or plan for a particular future event. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > thinking about, consideration, deliberation > think about, consider [verb (intransitive)] > beforehand precogitate1569 forethink1587 preponderate1599 to look ahead1820 1820 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 25 May That ambition must be short-sighted, indeed, which did not look ahead beyond two, or even six, years. 1895 H. Garland Rose of Dutcher's Coolly (1896) xxi. 315 You've got to look ahead to the time when she regrets the lack of husband and children. 1914 Observer 16 Aug. 4/2 If he is setting to work..to create a greater ‘New Model’..it is because he looks ahead. 1941 Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists 25 1256 Past successes enable us now to look ahead to a difficult but orderly exploration program. 1988 Weekly World News 26 Jan. 44/1 This may be the week to look ahead and set goals for the new year. 2011 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 13 Jan. 64/3 Schuster and Finkelstein..seem to be looking ahead to what is essentially a post-tenure academic world dominated by the contingent academic workforce. < as lemmas |
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