这两个词汇经常在各种考试中出现,许多同学比较迷惑,现解析如下:
1.我们通常所说的“查(看)一下字典、资料、参考书、地图、说明书、手表、索引等”就是用consult,如:
He consulted the manual.
他查阅了使用说明书。
We've consulted a number of books about the subject in the library.
我们在图书馆查阅了很多有关这个题目的书籍。
She was consulting the map.
她正在查阅地图。
He consulted the dictionary.他查了词典。
If you are unable to obtain the information you require, consult your telephone directory.
如果你无法获得所需信息,请查询电话号码簿。
2.当我们需要查找的是一个词word、电话号码telephone number、地址address等具体内容或目标的时候,用look up,如:
I should look the word up in a dictionary.
我应当翻词典查一查这个词。
If you don’t know the word, why don’t you look it up in the dictionary.(全国高考题)
如果你不认识这个词,为何不查一查词典呢?
Many people have to look up the meaning of this word in the dictionary.
这个词的意思很多人都要查字典才知道。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
After fishing for the right word, I decided to look up in the dictionary.
我想尽办法来找一个合适的词,最后还是决定查查字典。
Look it up in the index.
在索引中查找。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Why don't you look it up in the encyclopedia?
你为什么不去查百科全书?
《汉英大词典》
I looked your address up in the personnel file.
我在人事档案里找到了你的地址。
I decided I would go to the Archive the next day and look up the appropriate issue.
我决定第二天去档案馆查找对应的问题。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
If you know the author only, just look it up in the author catalogue.
如果你只知道著作人,那就查作者目录。
《外研社英语同义词辨析词典》
Can you look up the opening times on the website?
你可以在网站上查一下开放的时间吗?《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
When we're not sure which word is the right one for a sentence, look it up in a dictionary.
如果不确定哪个词适合某个句子,我们就查字典。
中考真题- 2016 北京 任务型阅读
Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework.
学生在做作业时,仍然需要在书上查找信息并写下来。
中考真题- 2018 衡阳 阅读理解
Regarding memory: Once I look up something on the Internet, I don't need to keep all the details for future use — I know where to find that information again and can quickly and easily do so .
关于记忆:一旦我在网上查了一些东西,我就不需要把所有的细节都记住以备后患了,因为我知道在哪里可以快速方便地再次找到这些信息。
高考真题- 2016 江苏 任务型阅读
注意,这2个词汇还有其他含义,这里不作赘述。