eyesight

/ˈaɪsaɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaɪsaɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈī-ˌsīt/ (ame, mw)

eyesight — 名詞

1. the natural power of your eyes to see and recognize the things around you; how w

1.名詞A2
釋義

視力

眼睛看見東西的能力

the natural power of your eyes to see and recognize the things around you; how well you can see.

例句

Pedro’s eyesight has been getting worse since he turned fifty.

Pedro 的視力從他五十歲以後就一直在變差。

eyesight + getting worse (deteriorating)

Minho needs to wear glasses because he has poor eyesight.

Minho 需要戴眼鏡，因為他的視力不好。

collocation: poor eyesight

同義詞
  • sight

    More general; can also refer to the act of seeing or something that is seen (‘a beautiful sight’)

  • vision

    Slightly more formal; also used for imagination or foresight (‘a man of vision’)

  • visual acuity

    Technical or medical term for the sharpness of vision

文法句型

adjective + eyesight (e.g., good eyesight, poor eyesight)

possessive + eyesight (e.g., her eyesight, the patient's eyesight)

用法筆記

Eyesight is an uncountable noun — it is not used with ‘a/an’ or in the plural form (‘eyesights’). Common collocations include good/poor/normal eyesight and eyesight gets worse/improves.

常見錯誤

❗ ‘I have a good eyesight.’ ✅ ‘I have good eyesight.’ — Eyesight is uncountable; do not add ‘a’ before it.

❗ ‘My eyesights are getting worse.’ ✅ ‘My eyesight is getting worse.’ — Eyesight has no plural form.