| 单词 | watch over somebody |
| 释义 | watch over somebody From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwatch over somebody phrasal verbLOOK AFTER somebodyto protect someone so that they are not harmedThere must have been an angel watching over me that day. → watch→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswatch over • She was taking a tough schedule, and Rudi felt that she needed to be egged on and watched over.• They showed the attack on him four or five times, and it was hard to watch over and over.• The Treasury has staff to keep a continual watch over each department's spending.• Away from Herta's childhood room, away from the angels on the walls that used to watch over her.• The doctor said Louie was sick, and that they had to watch over him.• They would have to keep a strict watch over the gauges of all the devices.• Burns will tell his board today that the Sports Council wants a non-voting member watching over the way the cash is spent.• Was he an enemy, or a friend who was watching over us? |
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