xyu201 发表于 2007-12-5 07:05:21

Looking to

\"They're looking to sell their house before it becomes completely
worthless.\"

What do you think of this sort of use of \"looking to\" to mean \"intend\"
of \"hope to\"?
Dialect?
Old-fashioned?
Standard usage?
The OED doesn't discuss it.

petersheng 发表于 2007-12-5 10:49:18

look这里是不是seek的意思啊

谭秋 发表于 2007-12-6 13:45:16

'look to 'has a meaning of "to expect"

whynot 发表于 2007-12-6 14:36:17

Standard usage
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