overlooks
見落とす
解説 Definition
overlooks は overlook（見落とす、見過ごす）の三人称単数現在形です。主語が he、she、it、または単数名詞のときに、重要な点や間違いに気づかないことを表します。
Overlooks is the third-person singular present form of overlook. In this sense, it means that a person, report, system, or other singular subject fails to notice or consider an error, detail, fact, or important issue.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
overlooks は原形 overlook に三人称単数現在の -s を付けた形で、overlook → overlooks、語末は /s/ と発音する。主語は he、she、it、単数名詞。overlooks an error や overlooks a fact の形で、「上から眺める」ではなく「重要点に気づかず見落とす」語義を覚える。
Connect overlooks to the base verb overlook and add -s for a third-person singular subject: he overlooks, she overlooks, or the report overlooks. The final -s is pronounced /s/ after the /k/ sound. Although overlook can also mean “have a view from above,” these examples use the “fail to notice” sense. Fix it in memory with common objects: overlooks an error, overlooks a detail, and overlooks an important fact. The subject’s eyes or attention pass over something without recognizing its importance.
例文
He often overlooks small spelling errors.
彼は小さなつづりの間違いをよく見落とします。
The report overlooks one important fact.
その報告書は一つの重要な事実を見落としています。
She overlooks details when she works too quickly.
彼女は急いで作業すると細部を見落とします。
overlooks の類義語・関連語
overlooks の語源・成り立ち Etymology
接頭辞「over-（上から）」と語根「look（見る）」は古英語に由来します。元は「周囲を見渡す」でしたが、「見越して流す→見逃す」へ転じ「見落とす」の意味になりました。同じ語根を持つ関連語に「outlook」や「lookout」があります。
Overlooks is formed from overlook plus the third-person singular present ending -s. Overlook combines over with look and has been used in English for senses involving looking from above, supervising, and failing to notice. The “fail to notice or consider” meaning can be understood as allowing one’s attention to pass over a detail. The inflection does not change the lexical meaning; it marks agreement with a singular third-person subject.
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