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look/looks

核心问题

You can't judge a person by his look. (人不可貌相,不能按外貌来判断一个人。)有人告诉我句中的 by his look 的用法有毛病,但我经常看到 by the look 的用法。

词典解答

名词 look 作“看”“表情”解时, 是个可数名词, 有单复数形式:

  1. She gave me a strange look. (LDCE) 她奇怪地看了我一眼。

  2. I knew she didn't like it by the look on her face. (LDCE) 看她的面部表情我知道她不喜欢这件东西。

  3. There were angry looks from the neighbours. 邻居们显出生气的样子。

当表示“外貌”“容貌”或“美貌”时,则应当用复数形式 looks:

  1. His looks are really quite remarkable. (Wilde) 他的外貌确实很漂亮。

  2. The twins were almost identical in looks. 这对双胞胎长得几乎完全一样。

  3. She's beginning to lose her looks. 她在渐渐失去她的美貌。

  4. I didn't marry him for his looks. (EED) 我并不是因他的美貌才嫁给他的。

  5. She kept her looks even in old age. (LDCE) 她虽然老了,但美貌依旧。

因此,你的引文应改为:You can't judge a person by his looks.

练习题

请做下面的英语试题:

  1. I could tell he was surprised from the _. A. appearance B. shock C. look D. sight(全国研考)

  2. She had lost her ____. A. look B. looks C. looking D. looked

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