Meaning
「Look through」は英語でよく使用される表現の一つです。この表現は主に以下のような意味や状況で使われます。
このように、「Look through」は多様な状況で使われる便利な表現です。それぞれの文脈に応じて適切に使い分けましょう。
Today's Sentences
- I spent the weekend looking through old photographs.
- Did you look through that drawer near the desk?
- Writer's Note
01
I spent the weekend looking through old photographs.
Situation
What did you do over the weekend?
I spent the weekend looking through old photographs.
Are you missing family?
I think I wanted to go back in time for a moment.
02
Did you look through that drawer near the desk?
Situation
Have you seen my passport anywhere?
Not sure.
Did you look through that drawer near the desk?
机の近くにあるその引き出しを調べてみた?
No, I haven’t checked there yet.
I’ll do that now.
今から確認します。
I think that’s where you usually leave it.
Writer's Note
"Look through" is an intransitive and inseparable phrasal verb.
- Intransitive - It requires a direct object—you always "look through" something such as a document, list, drawer, or person (metaphorically).
Example 1: I looked through the report and found nothing noteworthy.
Example 2: They’re looking through their notes before the presentation.
Example 3: He looked through the magazine while waiting at the salon. - Inseparable - You cannot place the object between "look" and "through".
Example 1: They looked through the antique collection at the flea market.
Example 2: She looked through the collection of books at the new bookstore.
Example 3: Both parties looked through the contract for the transfer of ownership of the property.
例 1: 私は報告書を見て、特に注目すべきことは何も見つかりませんでした。
例 2: 彼らはプレゼンテーションの前にノートを見ています。
例 3: 彼はサロンで待っている間に雑誌を見ていました。
Example 1: 彼らはフリーマーケットでアンティークコレクションを「looked」「through」しました。
Example 2: 彼女は新しい書店で本のコレクションを「looked」「through」しました。
Example 3: 両当事者は、物件の所有権譲渡の契約を「looked」「through」しました。
Related words: Browse, comb through, dig through, examine, flip through, glance through, inspect, peruse, pore over, rifle through, scan, scour, skim, rifle through, thumb through.
