1The action of inspecting or looking at something.

主人可能允许预约察看。

1. 1.1 The action of watching something on television.
   收看（电视）
   it is quite unsuitable for family viewing

   这很不适合全家观看。

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   • Fascinating and enhanced with a great soundtrack, this DVD is affordably priced and suited to many viewings.
   • I'm not sure how it will hold up to repeat viewings, but I've seen it twice now and laughed out loud both times.
   • The episodes offer little that is compelling enough for repeat viewings.
   • Forty percent of all television viewing is now to ad-supported cable, according to industry representatives.
   • The film stands up to and even demands repeated viewings, and that makes it the perfect candidate for purchase.
   • The culture of television viewing is changing.
   • Is there some sort of aversion therapy involving repeated viewings of American Beauty that I need to do?
   • Now, a lot of that drives television viewing and internet use.
   • I am quite sure that a dozen viewings are not enough to catch everything.
   • Times have changed and what stunned us forty years ago just doesn't hold up after a couple viewings of Fight Club.
   • Privileges such as television viewing should be rewards for chores completed.
   • Newspapers and television viewing are largely proscribed and inmates are often unable to contact their families for months.
   • Admiration for technique and craftsmanship deepens on subsequent viewings.
   • The BBC claim that their viewing figures will be low if the game kicks off early on that Saturday.
   • In home viewing, the television's cuts and close-ups filter off superfluous action and train your attention on stage.
   • At the same time, activity levels dropped with study participants indicating television viewing is their primary leisure-time activity.
   • But surely, there are other reasons for the correlation between television viewing and violence.
   • Normal television viewing will probably minimize some of these issues.
   • Since then my television viewing has never risen past one-fifth what it once was.
   • Enigmatic and difficult on a first pass, Hiroshima Mon Amour is a film that rewards multiple viewings.
   • In older children, excessive television viewing has been shown to negatively affect school performance.
   • I found the first film to get a little migraine inducing in repeat viewings, a little too clever for its own good at times.
   • The furor over last year's show revealed how very confused we've become over what's acceptable viewing on television these days.
2. 1.2 An opportunity to see something, especially a work of art.
   亲眼目睹的机会（尤指观看艺术作品）
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   • It has allowed a last public viewing on January 31 before the bulldozers roll in.
   • To mark her dedication, the trust is displaying her portrait for public viewing in the Gilbert Scott Gallery at the infirmary.
   • It has a small stable of artists from Britain, France, Poland and Ireland who will sell their work through private viewings.
   • While online viewing doesn't allow you to examine the tactile nature of the prints, it presents a good opportunity to view a wide variety of work in a short period of time.
   • His paintings tell a story, with their depth and subtlety continuing to satisfy and inspire after countless viewings.
   • All the artists are local and take pride in making their work available for public viewing in the town.
   • As efforts to halt the decline of Crystal Palace Park continue, a collection of rare photographs from its glory days have been released for public viewing.
   • At evening viewings, comfortable cushions and blankets are placed on the lounge chairs.
   • There will be a public reception on August 10, but until then viewing is by appointment only.
   • The exhibit will be open for public viewing from Sunday, July 11 through Saturday July 17 from 12 pm to 5pm daily.
   • The treasures of the Mansion House will be open to public viewing by residents of York in the ‘Residents First’ weekend next Saturday and Sunday.
   • Receptions and dinners with private viewings of exhibits can be organised.
   • Nor is it adequate to cast her photographs simply as social history, or worse, to allow their viewing to be productive of an easy nostalgia.
   • The statue will be open for public viewing between 5 p. m. and 10 p. m.
   • The exhibition is on show throughout April, but viewing is by appointment only.
   • A thick curtain of dried palm raffia obscured the facade of the shrine; this barrier is removed to allow public viewing only at certain moments on festival days.
   • You can see how the light changes or how you react to it on second or third viewings.
   • The coming month will see the first public viewing of work by a new generation of Scottish artists as art schools send their final year students into the big wide world.
3. 1.3 The act or ceremony of paying one's respect to a corpse.