Phrase
looking up to
尊敬；敬仰；钦佩
looking up to is the present participle of look up to.
to respect and admire someone
- 1.
To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
尊敬或钦佩(某人)；将(某人)视为榜样。
尊敬或钦佩(某人)；将(某人)视为榜样。；抬头看(某人或某物)；尊重[敬仰](某人); 企慕; 瞧得起; 仰慕
In use
Children often look up to their parents as role models.
I really look up to my older brother for his achievements.
Many young athletes look up to professional players for inspiration.
look up to sb/sth (physical)
表示物理上的抬头看，宾语可以是人或物。
She looked up to the stars.
她抬头仰望星星。
look up to sb (admire)
表示尊敬或仰慕某人，多用于人。该短语不可拆分，宾语必须放在短语后。
Many young people look up to famous athletes.
许多年轻人仰慕著名运动员。
Verb forms
base look up to · third person looks up to · -ing looking up to · past looked up to · past participle looked up to
短语动词：表示尊敬、仰慕某人。look 随主语和时态变化，up to 保持不变。
Common mistakes
I look up my teacher.I look up to my teacher.
“look up to” 是固定短语，表示“敬仰；尊重”，必须带介词 “to”；而 “look up” 单独使用时表示“抬头看”或“查阅”，不含尊敬之意。漏掉 “to” 会导致意思改变。
I look up to the word in the dictionary.I look up the word in the dictionary.
“look up” 表示“查阅（资料）”，不需要 “to”；而 “look up to” 表示“敬仰某人或某物”，不能用于查询信息。此错误源于将两个短语混淆。
Connections
Word family
- looks up to
- third person singular
- looked up to
- past, past participle
- looking up to
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
及物动词短语，后接名词或代词作宾语。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.