look after

1. 照看小孩、老人、病人或物品可用take care of，英国英语尤用look after：
   You can take care of or, especially in BrE , look after someone who is very young, very old, or sick, or something that needs keeping in good condition.
   1. We’ve asked my mother to take care of/look after the kids while we’re away.
      我们已请我母亲在我们外出时照看孩子。
   2. You can borrow my camera if you promise to take care of/look after it.
      只要你答应把我的照相机保管好就可以借去用。
2. 但care for较常用于表示喜欢：
   But care for is more commonly used to mean ‘like’.
   1. She does some voluntary work, caring for the elderly.
      她干一些照顾老人的义务工作。
   2. I don’t really care for spicy food.
      我其实不喜欢吃辛辣食物。

1. PHRASAL VERB 照料；照顾；照管
   If you look after someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them healthy, safe, or in good condition.
   1. I love looking after the children...
      我喜欢照顾小孩。
   2. People don't look after other people's property in the same way as they look after their own.
      人们是不会像照管自己的房产那样照管别人的房产的。
2. PHRASAL VERB （尤指作为工作）料理，打理
   If you look after something, you are responsible for it and deal with it or make sure it is all right, especially because it is your job to do so.
   1. ...the farm manager who looks after the day-to-day organization...
      负责日常管理工作的农场经理
   2. We'll help you look after your finances.
      我们将会帮您理财。

1. I just can't be bothered to look after the house
   我就是不想费事照看这所房子。
2. Local companies find the sites and build the theme parks, while we will look after the branding.
   各地的公司确定园址后进行主题公园的修建，而我们将负责品牌推广工作。
3. My duty is to look after the animals.
   我的责任就是照看这些动物。
4. When she finished work she had to hurry home and look after her son
   她下班后就得赶紧回家照顾儿子。
5. I love looking after the children
   我喜欢照顾小孩。
6. People don't look after other people's property in the same way as they look after their own.
   人们是不会像照管自己的房产那样照管别人的房产的。
7. We'll help you look after your finances.
   我们将会帮您理财。
8. I know the Lord will look after him
   我知道上帝会眷顾他的。
9. I mean to look after my body.
   我得多注意身体。
10. If a woman gives up her job to look after her baby, she will risk losing her salary in the medium-term and may seriously damage her long-term career prospects.
    如果一个女人放弃工作去照看宝宝，她不但将面临在中期内领不到薪水的危险，而且有可能严重影响她事业的长期发展。
11. They wanted someone responsible to look after the place at night-time
    他们想要个有责任心的人夜间照管这个地方。
12. My priority is to look after number one — to create a lifestyle I am happy with.
    我首先要顾好自己，追求自己喜欢的生活方式。
13. He wants to give up working and stay home to look after the children. She feels, however, that this is overdoing it a bit.
    他想辞去工作，在家照看孩子。而她却觉得这样做有些过头。
14. It makes sense to look after yourself
    自己应该照顾自己。
15. It's fashionable but wearable, and it's easy to look after.
    它既时尚又耐穿，而且容易打理。
16. I work in a school so I don't have to worry about finding someone to look after my little boy
    我在学校工作，所以不用为找人照顾我年幼的儿子而操心。
17. Your baby depends on you to look after yourself properly while you are pregnant
    你怀孕的时候，你的孩子指望着你好好照顾自己。
18. Take good care of yourself.; Look after yourself.
    多多保重。
19. It's her duty to look after her aunt.
    照顾她姨妈是她分内的事。
20. Please look after it carefully.
    请妥为保存。
21. The sons and daughters all consider it a moral obligation to look after their parents.;
    儿女们都认为应当孝敬父母。
22. You must learn how to look after yourself.
    你要学会调理自己。
23. I sent word to her to go and look after you.
    我给她送个信儿，让她去照料你。
24. You look after the luggage while I go to buy the tickets.
    我去买票，你看管一下行李。
25. They advertised for a young girl to look after the children.
    他们登广告想招聘一位年轻姑娘来照顾孩子们。
26. He requested the old man to look after the briefcase.
    他请求老人照看这个公文包。
27. He could not do anything more than what he promised& namely, to look after charlotte's estate.
    他只能做到自己答应的事，那就是照看夏洛蒂的产业。
28. He had to look after his invalid brother.
    他不得不照看他有病的弟弟。
29. I have enough complication in my life without having to look after your sick pets!
    即使不给你照看那些生病的小宠物，我生活里的麻烦事也已经够多了！
30. We look after him in turn.
    我们轮换着照料他。

  care for look after take care of【导航词义：照顾，照料】

  care for phr. v. 照顾；护理

〔辨析〕较正式用语，多指照看不能自理的人；指保养某物时，强调使其保持良好状态。

  look after phr. v. 〈尤英〉照顾，照料

〔辨析〕尤指照看老人、小孩、病人等，包括提供帮助及所需物品，或保证安全等；用于物时，则含保证其完好之意。

  take care of phr. v. 照看

〔辨析〕与 look after 同义，可换用。

verb

1. keep under careful scrutiny
   1. Keep an eye on this prisoner!