1、check up

了解;查清

It is certainly worth checking up on your benefit entitlements.

查清楚你可以享受哪些福利是絕對有必要的。

The Government employs tax inspectors to check up and make sure people pay all their tax.

政府雇用稅務稽查員做檢查工作，以確保人們足額納稅。

(常指秘密地)調查，偵查

I'm sure he knew I was checking up on him.

我能肯定，他當時知道我在暗中調查他。

2、invite

邀請

She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey.

她邀請他去參加她在新澤西舉行的 26 歲生日聚會。

I invited her in for a coffee.

我請她進來喝杯咖啡。

(正式)邀請，請求，要求

At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out.

在將來的某天,經理們將受邀進行管理層收購。

The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down.

將會向有關人員私下出示該證據,并要求其暫時離開證人席。

招致;誘發;引發

I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble.

我意識到英國人如果對愛爾蘭問題加以泛化的話會招惹麻煩。

Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

他們拒絕妥協必然會引發聯合國的更多批評。