朱自清(Zhu Ziqing)的《背影》(The Sight of Father’s Back)

　　原文：我看那邊月臺的柵欄外有幾個賣東西的等著顧客。走到那邊月臺，須穿過鐵道，須跳下去又爬上去。父親是一個胖子，走過去自然要費(fèi)些事。我本來要去的，他不肯，只好讓他去。

　　譯文：I caught sight of several vendors waiting for customers outside the railings beyond a platform. But to reach that platform would require crossing the railway track and doing some climbing up and down. That would be a strenuous job for father, who was fat. I wanted to do all that myself, but he stopped me, so I could do nothing but let him go.

　　張培基先生在這里沒有用普通的see，watch，look，而是用了catch sight of(看到，瞥見)。用sight來表達(dá)“看見”的詞組常用的有以下幾種：

　　* at first sight 乍一看，一見之下;立即

　　At first sight the difficulty looks greater than it really is.

　　乍看起來困難較大，但實(shí)際上并非如此。

　　* at(或on，upon)sight 一見(就)

　　The guard had orders to shoot on sight.

　　哨兵奉命見對象就開槍。

　　* catch sight of 看到，發(fā)現(xiàn);意識到

　　catch sight of oneself in the mirror 在鏡中看到自己

　　* in(或within)sight 看得見，被見到

　　No vehicle is in sight.

　　車子一輛也看不見。

　　* in sight of 在看得到……的地方;到看得見……的程度

　　We came in sight of the shore at midday.

　　中午時分，我們見到了海岸。

　　* lose sight of 不再看見

　　We lost sight of the boat in the fog.

　　霧中，我們再也看不到那條小船。

　　原文：他和我走到車上，將橘子一股腦兒放在我的皮大衣上。于是撲撲衣上的泥土，心里很輕松似的，過一會說，“我走了;到那邊來信!”我望著他走出去。

　　譯文：After boarding the train with me, he laid all the tangerines on my overcoat, and patting the dirt off his clothes, he looked somewhat relieved and said after a while, “I must be going now. Don’t forget to write me from Beijing!” I gazed after his back retreating out of the carriage.

　　“我望著他”譯為I gazed after his back“看著他的背影”?？偨Y(jié)一組近義詞吧~

　　Look; gaze; glance; glare; ogle; peep; scan; stare

　　* look 看;注視

　　Look at this painting!

　　看這幅畫!

　　* gaze (長時間)凝視，注視(具有吸引力的人或物)

　　We gazed at the majesty of the mountains.

　　我們凝望著雄偉的山脈。

　　* glance 掃視;瞥見;匆匆一看

　　I glanced back over my shoulder to make sure that no one was following me.

　　我朝背后瞥了一眼，以確信沒有人在跟蹤我。

　　* glare 怒目而視

　　John glared at me when I mentioned his wife.

　　我提到他妻子時，約翰憤怒地瞪著我。

　　* ogle 送秋波，拋媚眼;色迷迷地看

　　She is fed up with being ogled by strange men.

　　她極其厭煩被陌生男人色迷迷地盯著看。

　　* peep 快速地看;瞥見

　　She peeped at him through her fringe.

　　她透過額發(fā)瞥了他一眼。

　　* scan 瀏覽;掃視;審視(有時可與glance互換使用)

　　She was anxiously scanning the newspaper to see if her name was mentioned.

　　她急切地瀏覽著報(bào)紙，看自己的名字有沒有被提到。

　　* stare (長時間地，有時指無禮地)盯著看，注視

　　He could not help staring at her.

　　他忍不住盯著她看。