English-German translations for look on

• ansehen
• betrachten
• zuschauen
  Herr Kommissar, wir, die EU, können nicht nur dastehen und zuschauen. Commissioner, we, the EU, cannot afford to just stand and look on.
  Ohne neue Befugnisse muss die Kommission im Fall von Pandemien hilflos zuschauen. Without new powers the Commission will be forced to look on helplessly in the event of a pandemic.
  Wir können als superreiche Europäer nicht zuschauen, wie dieser Kontinent stirbt, entweder aufgrund von Bürgerkriegen oder an Aids. As super-rich Europeans, we cannot look on as this continent dies, either from civil wars or from Aids.

Definition of look on

• To watch; to observe without participating
• To think of something in a particular way
• To approve or to be accepting of something

Examples

• My performance seems somehow always to get worse when there are other people looking on.
• I look on him not as a boss, but as a friend.
• We dont look kindly on people like you.

Related words

• look direction
• side-looking airbone radar
• not to look beyond the tip of one's nose
• have an outlook on
• look down on someone
• look kindly upon someone
• look down on
• look out for Number One
• look out for number one