展望 zhǎnwàng outlook
outlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward to
怎么记住“展望”: 展 display + 望 gaze = outlook.
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用法
- To look ahead to the future / an outlook - 展望未来,前景光明 (zhǎnwàng wèilái, qiánjǐng guāngmíng) looking to the future, the prospects are bright.
- Almost lexically bound to 未来/前景/前景 and to forward-looking, optimistic contexts (year-end reviews, business reports). Also a noun: 经济展望 (economic outlook).
- Contrast 回顾 (huígù, look back/review), its natural opposite in the fixed pair 回顾…展望…. Not for casually 'looking' at something physical - that's 眺望 or 看.