lookout /ˈlʊkˌaʊt/ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A lookout is a place from which you can see clearly in all directions. 瞭望台

  例：

  Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.

  军队试图在一个难民营里设一个瞭望台。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A lookout is someone who is watching for danger in order to warn other people about it. 望风者

  例：

  One of them, Bayer's girlfriend, helped plan the botched burglary and acted as a lookout.

  其中一个是拜尔的女朋友，她帮助策划了这次拙劣的入室盗窃并充当了望风者。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If someone keeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger. 小心戒备

  例：

  He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.

  他否认那天晚上他未能小心警戒。