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

• After all, the handshake was the face-to-face opportunity to size up a potential partner.
  毕竟，握手是一次面对面的机会，可以对潜在的合作者进行评价。
• Maybe you should go one size up.
  可能你得穿大一号的。
• We should go there and size up the situation.
  我们应该过去了解一下状况。
• "Please don't say 'size up,'" she interrupted.
  请不要用‘估算’，她插嘴道。
• 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。
• I bought one size up by mistake.
  我错买了大一号的尺寸。
• Let's pool our information and size up the situation.
  大家斗一斗情况。
• The pilot's job was to fly over the stricken area and size up the situation.
  飞行员的任务是视察受灾地区，估量灾情。
• 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。