Question

gaze at 与 stare at 都是盯着，凝视，它们有什么区别么在用法上。

Answer 1

前者书面化；后者口语化

1）gaze 一般指凝视远方，e.g. gaze at the stars.
gaze at表示“目不转睛地看”，并含有“惊叹”、“羡慕”或“入迷”的意思：
She gazed at it for some time, then added. "You don't need bookcases at all." 她对地毯凝视了一会儿，然后补充说：“你根本不需要书柜”。
2）stare at 是指盯着眼前的事物或人。
stare特别表示“睁大眼睛凝视”，并含有“惊奇”、“傲慢”或“茫然”的意思
The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. 那位贵族对那张空白纸凝视了几秒钟。

glare表示“凶狠而且带有威胁性的瞪眼睛” Men in shirt sleeves stood outside their houses and glared at us. 只穿着衬衣的男人站在房子外面瞪着我们。
glance 指看一下或瞥一眼(有意识的)。
①His glance silenced the audience, and he began to speak.他环视了一下，听众都不说话了，他便开始讲话。
②glimpse 一般指看一眼或一瞥(无意识的)。
③She caught a glimpse of her friend in the supermarket.她在超级市场里瞥见了她的朋友。④glimpse 指“瞥见”, 是glance的结果。
“take a glance at ...(看一看)的结果便是
“get a glimpse of ...”(瞥见了)
look 一般用语，表示直接用眼睛看。
Her intent look showed how much she had missed her sister.她的专心的目光说明她是多么想念她的姐姐。
sight 此词与视力和视觉有关，意指察看或视野。
She has lost sight of her dog.她看不见那条狗了。
⑤ view 常指视野，视域景色和眼界。
⑥The tower commands a good view of the beautiful city.从这个塔上可以清楚地看到这座美丽城市的景色。

Answer 2

stare at 比较贬义一点
gaze at　就比较正面些
1.凝视, 注视, 盯[Q][(+at/on/upon/into)]
.She turned to gaze admiringly at her husband. 她转过身来赞赏地凝视她的丈夫。
1.盯, 凝视[(+at/into/out of)]
.Don't stare at me like that. 别那样盯著我看。
We stared at him in amazement. 我们惊奇地注视著他。

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