check in

【釋義1】When you check in or check into a hotel or clinic, or if someone checks you in, you arrive and go through the necessary procedures before you stay there. 在旅館)登記入住；(在門診部)掛號

【典型范例1】I'll ring the hotel. I'll tell them we'll check in tomorrow.

我來給旅館打電話，通知他們我們明天入住。

【典型范例2】He has checked into an alcohol treatment centre.

他住進了戒酒治療中心。

【釋義2】When you check in at an airport, you arrive and show your ticket before going on a flight. (在機場)辦理登機手續，檢票登機

【典型范例】He had checked in at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport for a flight to Manchester.

他已經在阿姆斯特丹的斯希普霍爾機場辦好了登機手續，準備飛往曼徹斯特。

make sure

【釋義1】把事情弄清楚, 核實或查明某事物

【典型范例】Go and make sure of the place and time.

去把時間和地點弄清楚。

【釋義2】務必，確保

【典型范例】Make sure to turn off the light before you leave.

臨走前一定要熄燈。

care about：關注，對......感興趣

【典型范例1】I really care about the students in my class.

我的確喜歡這個班上的學生。

【典型范例2】I don't much care about television.

我并不太愛看電視。

buzz about

【語法用法】也可以用作buzz around (sth)

【釋義】move quickly and busily 迅速而匆忙地移動

【典型范例】She buzzed around the kitchen making preparations for the party.

她在廚房里忙來忙去為這次聚會作準備。

for nothing

【釋義1】免費

【典型范例】We bought these six chairs, and they gave us the other one for nothing.

我們買了六把椅子, 他們又免費送了我們一把。

【釋義2】無酬勞, 無結果

【典型范例】I've been working on this book for six years, and all for nothing.

我已經花了六年時間寫這部書, 卻毫無獲。