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size something/someone up
phrasal verb with sizeverb[ T ]uk /saɪz/ us /saɪz/
to examine something or someone carefully and decide what you think about it, him, or her: 打量;估计;判断
Voters are still sizing up the candidates.选民们还在衡量各个候选人的情况。
The two cats walked in circles around each other, sizing each other up.两只猫围着彼此绕圈，并且互相打量着。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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analyser
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interpretive
microscope
reinspection
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size up something | American Dictionary
size up something
phrasal verb with sizeverb
to examine something in order to make a judgment or form an opinion:
After sizing up the opposition, Abe suggested a strategy.
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