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[[求助与讨论]] Looking to

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发表于 2007-12-5 07:05:21 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
\"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.
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发表于 2007-12-5 10:49:18 | 显示全部楼层
look这里是不是seek的意思啊
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发表于 2007-12-6 13:45:16 | 显示全部楼层
'look to 'has a meaning of "to expect"
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发表于 2007-12-6 14:36:17 | 显示全部楼层
Standard usage
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