overlook學測 L4KK [ˈovɚˌlʊk] ｜ /ˈoʊvɚˌlʊk/
忽略；沒注意到；漏掉·俯瞰；居高臨下可看到·監督；看管
俯瞰與忽略同一字，學測常考詞意辨析
The manager's office overlooked the busy street, yet he overlooked a broken window right below.
經理辦公室俯瞰著繁忙的街道，他卻忽略了正下方那扇破掉的窗戶。
一個畫面：站高處往下掃視
站上高處登高向下看整片景色
掃視全場眼光快速掃過，看管全局
看漏近物掃得太快，漏看眼前小東西
義項
掃描漏看C1verb忽略；沒注意到；漏掉
I was too busy and overlooked a mistake in my homework.
我太忙了，忽略了作業裡的一個錯誤。
overlook a mistakeeasy to overlook
居高眺望C2verb俯瞰；居高臨下可看到
Our classroom window overlooks the school playground.
我們教室的窗戶俯瞰著學校操場。
overlook the seaoverlook the garden
居高看管C1verb監督；看管
A guard was asked to overlook the parking lot at night.
警衛被要求在夜裡看管那座停車場。
overlook the parking lotoverlook the area
片語
overlook a mistake看漏錯誤 →沒注意到某個錯誤
overlook the sea面海景觀 →從高處可以看到海
easy to overlook容易漏看 →很容易沒注意到
overlook a detail漏看細節 →沒注意到小地方
你會不會這樣說？
'A guard was asked to overlook the parking lot.' 這裡的 overlook 最接近哪個意思？(A) 俯瞰 (B) 監督看管 (C) 忽略沒注意到
看答案
(B)
此句情境是警衛負責看守停車場，對應「監督；看管」義項。
I was too busy and ___ a mistake in my homework. (overlooked / overlook)
看答案
overlooked
描述過去發生的事，動詞須用過去式 overlooked。
字族
overlooked 被忽略的；未受重視的
順路看看
oversee — 更常見的「監督」同義字ignore — 刻意不理會，比 overlook 更主動view — 俯瞰所見的景色或視野多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
簡報校對
While reviewing the presentation, Mina overlooked a spelling error on the final slide.
Mina 檢查簡報時，漏看了最後一張投影片上的一個拼字錯誤。
辦公室景觀
Our third-floor meeting room overlooks the courtyard.
我們三樓的會議室可以俯瞰中庭。
詞族
overlook verb 漏看；俯瞰・overlooks verb (third-person singular present) 漏看；俯瞰的現在式第三人稱單數・overlooked verb (past tense / past participle) 漏看；俯瞰的過去式／過去分詞・overlooking verb (present participle) 漏看；俯瞰的現在分詞
四選一
Even experienced editors can ____ a small spelling error in a long report.
看答案
overlook
完整句中 can 後須接原形動詞 overlook，表示可能漏看拼字錯誤。overlooked 是過去式／過去分詞；overlooks 是現在式第三人稱單數；overlooking 是 -ing 形式，均不符合此處 can 後的結構。
同義改寫
While reviewing the presentation, Mina overlooked a spelling error on the final slide. → While reviewing the presentation, Mina failed to notice a spelling error on the final slide.
此處 overlooked 表示沒有注意到錯誤，與 failed to notice 相同，沒有加入故意忽視的意思。
Our third-floor meeting room overlooks the courtyard. → Our third-floor meeting room has a view down into the courtyard.
has a view down into 保留從較高位置看向中庭的意思，對應此處的 overlooks。