overlook

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

over·look [overlook overlooks overlooked overlooking] BrE [ˌəʊvəˈlʊk] NAmE [ˌoʊvərˈlʊk] verb
1. ~ sth to fail to see or notice sth
Syn: ↑miss
•He seems to have overlooked one important fact.
•In my hurry to finish the exam I had overlooked part of one of the questions.
2. ~ sth to see sth wrong or bad but decide to ignore it
Syn: turn a blind eye to
•We could not afford to overlook such a serious offence.
•He's so friendly people are prepared to overlook his faults.
3. ~ sth if a building, etc. overlooks a place, you can see that place from the building
•a restaurant overlooking the lake
•Our back yard is overlooked by several houses.
4. ~ sb (for sth) to not consider sb for a job or position, even though they might be suitable
Syn: pass over
•She's been overlooked for promotion several times.
Verb forms:

Example Bank:
•Hospitals have tended to overlook this need.
•I was prepared to overlook her mistakes this time.
•It is easy to overlook the significance of this change.
•The importance of this should not be overlooked.
•We should not overlook this possibility.
•another fact which is all too easily overlooked
•He's so friendly people are prepared to overlook his faults.
•That's a point which should not be overlooked.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dominate, command, overtop, neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overleap, look out on, look out over, look across
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  attend to, take to heart