size up

• 动词短语，指仔细观察、分析和评估某人或某事物，以便形成判断或做出决定。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of carefully assessing, evaluating, or forming an opinion about someone or something.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Assess or evaluateinformal

   To carefully examine or judge someone or something to form an opinion.

   评估

   • The detective sized up the suspect from across the room.
   • She sized up the competition before the race.
   • He quickly sized up the situation and decided to leave.

   同义词appraiseassessevaluategaugejudgesum upsurvey

   反义词dismissignoremisjudgeneglectoverlook

2. Estimate dimensionsinformal

   To estimate the size, amount, or value of something.

   估算大小

   • The carpenter sized up the wood before cutting it.
   • We need to size up the room to see if the furniture fits.
   • He sized up the cost of the repairs before agreeing.

   同义词appraiseassessestimategaugemeasure