look upon的用法与regard相似。其用法是look upon + 宾语 + as 宾补。宾语补足语可以是分词短语、名词、形容词，介词短语等。

She looks uopn her students as her friends. 她把自己的学生都看成是朋友。

The new business is looked upon as having a bright future. 人们看好这一新行业。

To regard the dictionary as an "authority," therefore, is to look upon the dictionary writer as being able to see into the future, which neither he nor anyone else can do. 因此把字典看成“权威”就是认为词典的编写者能预见未来，而这是他或任何人都不可能做到的。