look on

US /lʊk ɑːn/
UK /lʊk ɑːn/
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1.

旁觀, 袖手旁觀

to watch something happen without becoming involved in it

:
Many people just looked on as the accident happened.
許多人只是旁觀著事故的發生。
I couldn't just look on while he struggled.
我不能只是袖手旁觀,看著他掙扎。
2.

看作, 認為

to consider or think of someone or something in a particular way

:
He looks on his students as his own children.
學生看作自己的孩子。
Many people look on this period as a golden age.
許多人這個時期看作黃金時代。