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See through 是什么意思?调一下位置,就不是看穿了

See through 表示识破谎言或看穿意图。你想说“我看穿他了”,把 him 放到另一边,却可能变成帮助他渡过难关:顺序怎样改变关系?

See through 可以表示识破谎言或看穿真实意图,例如 see through someone、see through an excuse。另一种结构 see something through 则表示尽管困难,仍把事情坚持做完。加连字符的 see-through 是形容词,意为透明的:a see-through bag。

想在对话中用 see through 吗?

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开始学习

see through + person/lie/excuse; see + plan/project + through (to the end); see-through (adj.)

  • The teacher saw through my excuse about the broken printer straight away.
  • Most customers quickly saw through the shop's fake discounts.
  • The project was difficult, but the team saw it through to the end.

修改原因

修改前He always has an excuse, but I can see him through.

修改后He always has an excuse, but I can see through him.

很多短语动词会把代词放在小品词前,例如 put it down,因此容易写成 see him through。但 see someone through 表示帮助某人渡过困难时期。要表达看穿对方的把戏,through 应放在宾语前:see through him。

Cambridge Dictionary

Through 的位置决定含义。放在宾语前,是识破:I saw through her plan。宾语位于 see 与 through 之间,则是坚持完成:We saw the project through。代词尤其能看出区别,see through it 与 see it through 并不是同一个意思。

动手练习

The renovation took much longer than planned, but we'd started it, so we decided to ___.

(see it through / see through it)

查看答案

see it through — 这里说装修已经开始,虽然拖延也决定把它做完,所以 it 放在 see 和 through 中间:see it through。See through it 会像把装修当成需要识破的骗局,不符合语境。

回想一次识破广告、借口或所谓超值优惠的经历。写清是什么,以及哪些细节让你发现不对。

I saw through the free trial offer because the small print said I would be charged after three days.

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