Looking to

xyu201 · 发表于 2007-12-5 07:05:21

\"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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