1. call on sb ; pay a visit訪問或拜訪某人
Do look me up next time you are in town. 下次進城請一定來看我。
I must look up Uncle George. I've heard he's in bed with arthritis. 我應該去看看喬治叔叔,聽說他因關節炎臥床不起了。
2. search for in a dictionary,a reference book, etc. 查閱字典或參考書等
Can you look up the time of the next train to Beijing?你能查一查下一趟去北京的火車時間嗎?
I'll look it up in the encyclopaedia. 我將在百科全書中查閱它。
If you don't know the meaning of a word, look it up in the dictionary. 如果你不懂一個詞的意思,就查一查詞典。
He is looking a name up in the telePhone directory. 他在電話簿裡找一個人的名字。
3. rise in price上漲
The price of goods is looking up. 物價正在上漲。
4. be improving;promise more success好轉;漸有起色;進步
The weather is looking up at last. 天氣終于好起來了。
Share prices are looking up again!So is business. 股票行情又見漲!生意也有了起色。
The first year was tough, but business looked up after that. 頭一年很困難,但後來生意就興旺起來了。
5. raise eyes仰望
She looked up and saw me. 她抬頭看見了我。
6. seek and find尋找
While he was in Chicago Henry looked up a friend of college days. 亨利在芝加哥時,尋找一位大學時代的朋友。
If I had known you were in the office building, I would have looked you up. 如果知道你在辦公樓裡,我就來找你了。