Giải Thích
Look up (1): tra cứu, tìm kiếm thông tin.
Ví dụ:
- I’m not sure about the answer. Why don’t you look it up on the Internet?
- She went looking up online for the song’s lyrics because she doesn’t know them, but she enjoys listening to it on the radio.
- He couldn’t figure out the crossword clue, so he decided to look it up in the dictionary.
- I ought to look up some reviews about a new restaurant downtown that my friend suggested before we go.
- They looked up the definition of a term they had never heard of after coming across it in their reading.
Look up (2): cải thiện tâm trạng/tình huống (dùng để khuyến khích ai đó có cái nhìn tích cực hơn hoặc mong đợi mọi thứ sẽ trở nên tốt hơn)
Ví dụ:
- Times have been tough, but things will look up soon. Stay positive!
- Despite having a difficult day at work, she decided to look up and find the silver lining in every circumstance.
- We might be having certain challenges at this point, but if we stick together and are persistent, everything will look up eventually.
- They got some discouraging news, but they will continue to look up and find new opportunities amidst the setback.
Look up (3): đến thăm, hỏi thăm ai đó, đặc biệt nếu họ đang đối mặt với thử thách hoặc trải qua thời gian khó khăn/đi thăm ai đó vì lâu ngày không gặp mặt.
Ví dụ:
- I’m going to look Jane up and see how she’s doing because I heard she suffered an upsetting week.
- We should look up our elderly neighbors and make sure they’re okay during this heatwave.
- She’s in San Francisco for a business meeting, but she’s also excited to look up her cousin whom she hasn’t seen in ages.