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030

check on 上班;确认

重点解析 check on单独使用时,表示“上班”; on为介词,其后可直接加sth/sb, check on sth/sb指“核实,检查(是否正常等)”。

情景对话

Susan: I'm really worried about my granny.

Whitman: I'll drop by her house and check on her on my way back home. We'll visit her together this weekend. How does that sound?

苏珊:我真的很担心我奶奶。

惠特曼:我在回来的路上会顺便到她家去看看她,这周末我们再一起去看她。怎么样?

触类旁通

· check on work attendance 考勤

· check on sb's health 检查某人的身体状况

例句再现

When do workers check on for the day shift? 工人几点上白班?

Would you please check on the flight time? 你能确认一下航班时间吗?

He went to check on things at the factory. 他去查看工厂的情况。

He hurried back to check on the kids. 他赶忙回去看孩子们的情况。

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check one's schedule 确认某人的日程安排

重点解析 schedule意为“工作计划,日程安排”, check one's schedule表示“确认某人的日程安排”。

情景对话

May: I'd like to make an appointment with the manager to talk about the contract next week. Peter: Let me check her schedule for next week first.

梅:我想下周跟经理约个时间谈谈合同的事。

彼得:让我先看一下她下周的行程表。

触类旁通

· adjust one's schedule 调整某人的日程安排

· keep to one's schedule 遵循某人的日程安排

· reorganize one's schedule 重新安排某人的日程

例句再现

I'm not sure if I will be able to come next week; I need to check my schedule.

我不确定下周能不能来,我需要查看我的日程安排。

He has no choice but to adjust his schedule. 他不得不调整自己的日程安排。

Perhaps you can adjust your daily schedule to leave time for study.

或许你可以调整一下日程表,留出学习的时间。

Under the circumstance, it's almost impossible for him to keep to his schedule.

在这种情况下,遵循自己的计划对他来说几乎是不可能的。

032

check over 仔细检查

重点解析 check over表示“核对,仔细检查”, over作副词,可在check和over之间或over之后加检查的对象,即sb或sth。

情景对话

Margaret: Check over the names on the list and make sure all our relatives are invited.

Martin: No problem.

玛格丽特:核对一下名单上的名字,确保我们的亲戚都收到了邀请。

马丁:没问题。

触类旁通

· go over 仔细检查;复习;检修

· be checked over by 被……仔细检查

例句再现

Check over your examination paper before handing it in. 交试卷之前,你要仔细检查一下。

I need some time to check the manuscript over. 我需要些时间来检查原稿。

How long do you need to check over the notes? 你需要多长时间来检查笔记?

It's usually necessary to go over your work again and again.

通常来说,有必要重复检查你的工作。

033

check out 结账离开;调查;核实

重点解析 check out可表示在酒店等住宿后,退房离开,此时out后可跟of,指“从……结账离开”;该短语还可以表示“核实,查实”,其后直接跟sb或sth。

情景对话

Michael: We're supposed to check out before noon, so hurry up and get things packed up.

Lucy: So soon? All right.

迈克尔:我们应该要在中午之前退房,所以赶快把东西收拾好。

露西:这么快?那好吧。

触类旁通

· check sb out 给某人办理结账手续

· book out 办理离开旅馆的手续,结账

例句再现

He checked out just now, right before you come in. 他刚好在你来之前退房了。

Give me some time; I'll check it out. 给我一些时间,我会调查清楚的。

I'll check him out of the hotel this afternoon. 今天下午我会帮他办理退房手续。

He was asked to check out all the goods when the store was closed.

他被要求在商店关门后清点货物。

034

check up 调查;确认

重点解析 check up表示“了解,查清”时,通常用短语check up on sth来表达,check up后接on sb,则表示“暗中调查某人”。

情景对话

Lucy: Let him check up (on) the figure. I need you to run an errand for me.

Newman: Sure...but he seems to be preoccupied himself.

露西:让他核对数据。我需要让你帮我办件事。

纽曼:可以……不过,他似乎也挺忙的。

触类旁通

· check up account 对账

· check upon delivery 验收

· regular check-up 常规检查

· check up with与……相符合

例句再现

You should check up how things are going on from time to time.

你应该不时地了解一下事情的进展情况。

He was assigned to check up on them. 他分配到的任务是监督他们。

Check up on our stocks of food. 清查一下我们的食物储备。

Check up the data and see whether they are right. 核对一下数据,看看是否正确。

035

check with与……核对;与……商量

重点解析 check with后面接sb,表示“跟某人商量,询问某人”。此外,check with还有“与……符合;和……联系”之意。

情景对话

Martin: Peter sold his wife's car without checking with her. Now he is in trouble.

Owen: I guess he has to face the music.

马丁:彼得没有和妻子商量就把她的车给卖了。现在他有麻烦了。

欧文:我想他不得不自己承担后果了。

触类旁通

· check with sb about sth和某人商量某事

· check with sth和……符合

例句再现

Check with the boss before you sign anything. 在签署文件之前,和老板商议一下。

Have you checked with the department concerned? 你向有关部门查询过吗?

I thought it would be better if I checked with you first. 我想最好还是先和你商议一下。

The figure didn't check with that in this sheet. 数据和这个表格里的不符。

036

choose between/from 在……中挑选

重点解析 介词between和from后面表示选择的范围,between表示在两个事物之间进行选择,而from则表示在三个或三个以上的事物中进行选择。

情景对话

Simon: I'd like to buy a birthday present for my girlfriend.

Shopkeeper: There are a wide range of gifts to choose from in our store. What does your girlfriend like in particular?

西蒙:我想给我女朋友买份生日礼物。

店主:我们店有各种礼品可供挑选。你女朋友比较喜欢什么?

触类旁通

· little/nothing to choose between 不分上下;好坏相当

· choose...out of... 从……中选择……

· chosen few 挑选出的少数人;精英

例句再现

It's difficult for him to choose between the two top universities.

在两所顶尖高校之间进行选择,对他来说太难了。

You must choose between the two. 你必须在两个之间进行选择。

With a wide variety of patterns to choose from, you'll surely find the one that you like.

有多种图案可供选择,你一定会找到你喜欢的。

There weren't many amusements to choose from back then.

那时没有太多的娱乐活动可供选择。

037

choose to do 选择做

重点解析 choose后面加动词不定式to do,表示“选择做”。choose后面也可直接加名词或代词。

情景对话

Susan: Many people choose to live separately from parents after marriage. Will you do the same?

Tony: I don't know now. Maybe I will.

苏珊:许多人选择婚后与父母分开住。你也会这样做吗?

托尼:我现在还不知道。或许我也会吧。

触类旁通

· choose sb as 把某人选为

例句再现

When they have babies, many mothers choose to work part-time.

有了孩子后,很多母亲选择做兼职工作。

She chose to do things by herself. 她选择单独做事。

You can choose to ignore the criticism or be overwhelmed by them.

你可以选择无视那些批评或是被批评弄得不知所措。

He was chosen as leader without dissenting voices. 他毫无异议地被选为了领导人。

038

come across 偶然遇见,偶然看见;给人以……印象

重点解析 固定短语come across表示“偶然遇见,偶然看见”,其后可接sb/sth,表示偶遇某人或某物。

情景对话

Julia: When did you buy this poster?

Lily: Last week. I came across the poster in a store and bought it.

茱莉娅:你是什么时候买的这张海报?

莉莉:上周。我在一家店里无意中发现了这张海报,就买了。

触类旁通

· come upon 偶遇

· run across 不期而遇;偶然发现

· bump into 撞上;偶然碰见

· run into 跑进;偶遇

例句再现

I came across Lewis on my way home yesterday. 昨天我在回家的路上偶然遇到了路易斯。

This is the most beautiful park I've come across. 这是我见过的最美丽的公园。

I've never come across a person like him. 我从未见过像他那样的人。

He comes across as a man of his words. 他给人的印象是个守信用的人。

039

Come again? 再说一遍。

重点解析 come again的基本含义为“回来,回去”。单独用作问句时,为美国俚语,指“再说一遍”,表示没有听清或料想到对方所说的话。

情景对话

Bruce: Come again? I didn't quite catch that.

Conan: I said the film started at 5:35 p.m.

布鲁斯:能再说一遍吗?我没太听清。

科南:我说电影在下午5点35分开始。

触类旁通

· What did you say? (表示没有听清)你说什么?

· (I'm) Sorry? (请对方重复所说的话)对不起,可以再说一遍吗?

例句再现

He'll come again next week. 他下周还会来的。

Come again? You will do what? 你再说一遍。你要干什么?

Come again? Why do you want to give up such a good job?

你说什么?你为什么要放弃这么好的工作?

Do come again some other time. 改天一定再来。