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look sb square in the eye
square 强调目光直视对方，不回避、不躲闪。
She looked me square in the eye and lied.
她直视着我的眼睛说了谎。
直接地；径直地
squarest — superlative of square
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
直接地；径直地
Directly.
She looked me square in the eye and lied.
她直视着我的眼睛说了谎。
直接地。
Directly.
He looked me square in the eye and told the truth.
他直视着我的眼睛，说出了真相。
The ball hit the wall square in the center.
球正正地击中了墙壁的正中央。
She stopped square in the middle of the road.
她正好停在路中间。
square 强调目光直视对方，不回避、不躲闪。
She looked me square in the eye and lied.
她直视着我的眼睛说了谎。
square 用来加强语气，表示“不偏不倚地”，常用于打击或碰撞。
The ball hit me square on the nose.
球正好打在我的鼻子上。
square in 表示位置恰好处于某处的正中。
The arrow landed square in the center of the target.
箭正好射在靶心中央。
Not this
He square hit the ball into the net.
Use this
He hit the ball square into the net.
square 作副词表示“直接地”时，通常放在动词/宾语之后，如 hit the ball square，而不是像汉语“直接打”那样放在动词之前；把 square 移到宾语后面才符合英语语序。
Not this
She looked me square in eye.
Use this
She looked me square in the eye.
look someone square in the eye 是固定搭配，eye 前必须有定冠词 the；汉语没有冠词系统，学习者容易漏掉，加上 the 后才是正确的英语表达。
Not this
The ball hit me square on the face.
Use this
The ball hit me square in the face.
表示“正中脸部”的固定搭配是 hit someone square in the face，介词用 in 而不用 on；受汉语“在脸上”的影响，学习者常误用 on，改成 in 才符合英语习惯。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
直视某人的眼睛
She looked me square in the eye and told me the truth.
她直视着我的眼睛，跟我说了实话。
正打在某人下巴上
The punch hit him square on the jaw.
那一拳正打在他的下巴上。
正好坐在中间
The cat sat square in the middle of the road.
那只猫正好坐在路中间。
正面面对某事
You need to face the problem square on.
你需要正面面对这个问题。
正好落在……上
The ball landed square on the line.
球正好落在线上。
正大光明地；公正地
We won the match fair and square.
我们正大光明地赢得了比赛。
直视某人；坦然地看某人
He looked me square in the eye and apologized.
他直视着我的眼睛向我道歉。
正好在正中间
The cat sat square in the middle of the floor.
那只猫就坐在正中间的地板上。
直视着我的眼睛。 —— 电影《龙威小子》(1984) 中宫城先生的台词。
She placed the book square in the middle of the table.
她把书正好放在桌子中间。
Use squarest naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
square本义是“方形”，副词表“直接地”，想象两人正对成直角，不绕弯子。
语域：informal 常见场景：直视某人、击中某处、正对中心 作为副词表示“直接地”时，通常用于口语或叙事性描写，常跟在 look、hit、stare 等动词后，带有直接、有力的语气；正式书面语中更常用 directly。请根据具体搭配选择自然用法。
These all rhyme with square /skwɛr/: the -are ending in care, dare, share, bare, and stare sounds like /ɛr/; wear is also a rhyme despite the -ear spelling. Beware lookalikes such as squire /skwaɪər/, which starts with the same squ- spelling but does not rhyme.
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