look throughとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

look through (三人称単数 現在形 looks through, 現在分詞 looking through, 過去形および過去分詞形 looked through)

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see look,‎ through.

   He looked through the binoculars at the bird.

2. To take a view of the contents of; search in, either with the eyes or by hand.

   I looked through the magazine, but it didn't seem very interesting.

   Airport security looked through her purse and confiscated her nail scissors.

3. (transitive, archaic) To penetrate with the understanding; to see through.
   • 1829, Richard Holcraft, Tales of Humour and Romance: Selected from Popular German Writers

     I got a small ring to make; when I brought back the finished trinket to him he stared at me with his sparkling eyes, as if he would look through my very soul, and then said: 'Thou art a clever expert fellow […]

   • 1832, The Christian Offering (page 205)

     But a man should have serious consideration enough to look through this deception.

   • 2012, Mary Young, Through Love's Eyes, page 3:

     The village women were bad enough, but this man looked through me, past all the walls I had built to protect myself from pain. I do not think I could have hidden anything from him, even with a lifetime's practice of hiding what I felt.

4. (idiomatic, often with "right") To appear or pretend not to see something or someone who is clearly visible.

   I tried to get Michele's attention at the party, but she looked right through me!

参考

• see through
• go through

参照

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