on the outlook

短语

留心着, 物色中

别名

upon the outlook

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Watching intently (from a vantage point, for someone or something).

    1791, James Bruce, Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, Dublin: P. Wogan et al., Volume 3, Book 5, Chapter 4, p. 444, One of the gang that used to be upon the outlook from this station, as soon as any caravan came in sight, cried out, Ribieraini, which in Tigrè signifies they are coming this way;