15、check

(1)檢查。基本意思。check our baggage 檢查行李

Could you check for me who borrowed it?

你能幫我查查是誰借走了嗎?

Did you check the power plug and press the play button?

你是否檢查了電源插頭并按了播放鍵了呢?

(2)登機臺。check-in counter

Is this the check-in counter for Flight 914 to Los Angeles?

這是飛往洛杉磯的914號航班的登機臺嗎?

(3)詢問。check on it 問問看

Maybe I should call to check on it.

也許我應該打個電話問問看。

(4)支票。

Sign the check.

簽這張支票。

16、copy
(1)一本，一份。a copy of 口語中經常使用。

I’d like to buy a copy of Professor Franklin’s book On American Culture.

我想買本富蘭克林教授寫的關于美國文化的書。

Would you like a copy of professor Smith’s article?

你想要份史密斯教授的文章嗎?

(2)復印。簡單動詞。

Could you copy this article for me?

你能為我拷貝一下這篇文章嗎?

17、count

(1)數數。

She is counting the days.

她每天都在數著日子。

(2)指望。count on 依賴

We’ll have to count on good weather.

我們不得不指望一個好天氣。

18、cover

(1)封面。hard cover 精裝書，與hard back book同意。另外，每個娛樂雜志的封面都免不了會有一位漂亮時尚的cover figure(封面人物)。

The hard cover is on sale for the same price as the paperback this week in the bookshop.

在書店，這些精裝本與平裝本價格相同。

(2)讀完，完成。

I think we’ve covered everything.

我認為我們完成所有事情了。

I just covered a few chapters which interested­ me most.

我只讀完了自己最感興趣的幾章。