automatic checkgive (one) a blank check Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a checkup
check it out
check-out
check over
check that
check-up
check up on
check your bags
checkered career
checkup
double-check
in check
rain check
spotcheck
check out
2. to visit, inspect
chin check
check in
Have you checked in at the hotel yet？你在旅馆登记住宿了吗？
We have to check in at the office building at 8．我们必须在8点到办公楼签到。
The friends we had invited did not check in until Saturday．我们邀请的朋友直到星期六才到达。
2．receive sth．back and make a record of it 收回；注消；收到登记
I put the books on the library desk，and the librarian checked them in．我把书放在图书馆的柜台上，图书管理员验收了这些书。
We're supposed to check our luggage in before 8：00．我们应在8点钟前交运行李。
You can check your suitcases in at the desk．你们可以把箱子寄存在服务台。
check off
The teacher checked off each pupil as he got on the bus．老师一上车，就清点学生人数。
Please check off these lists again．请把这些清单再核对一下。
She checked off the names she wanted to invite。她在要邀请的人员名字上做了记号。
Please check off these parcels before they are despatched．在发送这些包裹前请打上查讫记号。
2．go off duty 下班
We check off at six p．m．daily．我们每天下午6点下班。
3．deduct（union dues）from a worker's paycheck 从工资中扣除（工会费）
My dues were checked off every month．我的工会费每月从工资中扣除。
check on
We'd better check on this story before we print it．在印刷之前我们最好把这个情况核实一下。
We'll check on the plane before it leaves．飞机起飞前我们要进行检查。
check up
Please check up your papers carefully before you hand them in．交卷以前请仔细检查一下。
I'll ask the doctor to check me up．我要请医生给我做一下检查。
Please check up the facts before you write the report．在写报告之前请把事实核对一下。
check with
Does this report check with your investigation？这篇报告与你的调查相符吗？
2．confer or discuss with与…商议
You'd better check with your father before you make the final decision．在作出决定之前，你最好同你父亲商量一下。
keep in check
We must keep our spending in check this month．我们必须控制这个月的开销。
Unless imports are kept in check we are in danger of losing our favourable balance of trade．如果不控制进口，我们就有失去贸易有利平衡的危险。
If I hadn't kept myself in check，I might have said something that I would have regretted later．如果我不控制自己的话，我就会说出一些以后要后悔的话。
2．prevent any further advance by 控制进一步发展
By prompt action the authorities managed to keep the disease in check．当局采取及时措施控制了疾病的蔓延。
make a check out
Idiom(s): make a check out (to sb)Theme: MONEY
to write a check naming someone as payee.
• Please make a check out to John Jones.
• Do you want cash, or should I make out a check?
honor one's check
Idiom(s): honor one's checkTheme: COMMERCE
to accept someone's personal check.
• The clerk at the store wouldn't honor my check. I had to pay cash.
• The bank didn't honor your check when I tried to deposit it. Please give me cash.
give sb a blank check
Idiom(s): give someone a blank check AND give a blank check to someoneTheme: PERMISSION
to give someone freedom or permission to act as one wishes or thinks necessary. (From a signed bank check with the amount left blank.)
• He's been given a blank check with regard to reorganizing the workforce.
• The manager has been given no instructions about how to train the staff. The owner just gave him a blank check.
• Jane gave the decorator a blank check and said she wanted the whole house done.
get a rain check
Idiom(s): get a rain check (on something) AND take a rain check (on something)Theme: SUBSTITUTION
to accept a piece of paper allowing one to see an event—which has been canceled—at a later time. (Originally said of sporting events that had to be canceled because of rain.)
• The game was canceled because of the storm, but we all got rain checks on it.
• I didn't take a rain check because I'm leaving town for a month.
get a checkup
Idiom(s): get a checkupTheme: MEDICAL
to have a physical examination by a physician.
• She got a checkup yesterday.
• I going to have a checkup in the morning. I hope I'm okay.
cut a check
Idiom(s): cut (sb) a checkTheme: COMMERCE
to write a check; to have a computer print a check.
• We will cut a check for the balance due you later this afternoon.
• We will cut you a check as soon as possible.
checks and balances
Idiom(s): checks and balancesTheme: BALANCE
a system where power is kept in control and balance between the various branches of government. (Fixed order.)
• The newspaper editor claimed that the system of checks and balances built into our Constitution has been subverted by party politics.
• We depend on checks and balances in government to keep despots from seizing control of the government.
take a rain check
Idiom(s): get a rain check (on something) AND take a rain check (on something)Theme: SUBSTITUTION
to accept a piece of paper allowing one to see an event—which has been canceled—at a later time. (Originally said of sporting events that had to be canceled because of rain.)
• The game was canceled because of the storm, but we all got rain checks on it.
• I didn't take a rain check because I'm leaving town for a month.
pick up the check
Idiom(s): pick up the tab AND pick up the checkTheme: PAYMENT
to pay the bill. (Informal.)
• Whenever we go out, my father picks up the tab.
• Order whatever you want. The company is picking up the check.
hold in check
Idiom(s): keep someone or something in check AND hold someone or something in checkTheme: CONTROL
to keep someone or something under control; to restrain someone or something.
• Hang on to this rope to keep the dog in check.
• I was so angry I could hardly hold myself in check.
give a blank check to
Idiom(s): give someone a blank check AND give a blank check to someoneTheme: PERMISSION
to give someone freedom or permission to act as one wishes or thinks necessary. (From a signed bank check with the amount left blank.)
• He's been given a blank check with regard to reorganizing the workforce.
• The manager has been given no instructions about how to train the staff. The owner just gave him a blank check.
• Jane gave the decorator a blank check and said she wanted the whole house done.
check into
Idiom(s): look into something AND check into something; see into somethingTheme: EXAMINATION - INVESTIGATION
to investigate something.
• I'll have to look into that matter.
• The police checked into her story.
• Don't worry about your problem. I'll see into it.
check out
look at carefully, investigate"The company checks out all new employees."
Take a raincheck
If you take a rain check, you decline an offer now, suggesting you will accept it later. ('Raincheck' is also used.)Raincheck
An offer or deal that is declined right now but willing to accept later.blank check|blank|check
n. 1. A bank check written to a person who can then write in how much money he wants. John's father sent him a blank check to pay his school bills. 2. informal Permission to another person to do anything he decides to do. The teacher gave the pupils a blank check to plan the picnic.check in|check
v. 1a. To sign your name (as at a hotel or convention). The last guests to reach the hotel checked in at 12 o'clock.Antonym: CHECK OUT. 1b. informal To arrive. The friends we had invited did not check in until Saturday. 2. To receive (something) back and make a record of it. The coach checked in the football uniforms at the end of the school year. The students put their books on the library desk, and the librarian checked them in.
check off|check
v. To put a mark beside (the name of a person or thing on a list) to show that it has been counted. The teacher checked off each pupil as he got on the bus. Bill wrote down the names of all the states he could remember, and then he checked them off against the list in his book.Compare: TICK OFF.
check on someone|check|check on|check on something
v. To try to find out the truth or rightness of; make sure of; examine; inspect; investigate. We checked on Dan's age by getting his birth record. Mrs. Brown said she heard someone downstairs and Mr. Brown went down to check up on it. You can check on your answers at the back of the book. The police are checking up on the man to see if he has a police record. Grandfather went to have the doctor check on his health.Compare: LOOK INTO, LOOK OVER.
check out|check
v. 1a. To pay your hotel bill and leave. The last guests checked out of their rooms in the morning.Antonym: CHECK IN. 1b. informal To go away; leave. I hoped our guest would stay but he had to check out before Monday.
Compare: CHECK IN. 2a. To make a list or record of. They checked out all the goods in the store. 2b. To give or lend (something) and make a record of it. The boss checked out the tools to the workmen as they came to work. 2c. To get (something) after a record has been made of it. I checked out a book from the library. 3. informal To test (something, like a part of a motor). The mechanic checked out the car battery. "He checked out from the motel at nine," said the detective, "then he checked out the air in the car tires and his list of local clients." 4. slang To die. He seemed too young to check out.
check up|check
v. To find out or try to find out the truth or correctness of something; make sure of something; investigate. Mrs. Brown thought she had heard a burglar in the house, so Mr. Brown checked up, but found nobody. Bill thought he had a date with Janie, but phoned her to check up.check with|check
v. phr. 1. To consult. I want to check with my lawyer before I sign the papers. 2. To agree with. Does my reconciliation of our account check with the bank statement?check-up|check
n. A periodic examination by a physician or of some equipment by a mechanic. I am overdue for my annual physical check-up. I need to take my car in for a check-up.claim check|check|claim
n. A ticket needed to get back something. The man at the parking lot gave Mrs. Collins a claim check. The boy put the dry cleaning claim check in his billfold. The man told Mary the pictures would be ready Friday and gave her a claim check.cross-check|check|cross
cross-check1 v. To test the truth of by examining in different ways or by seeing different reports about. If you see something in a book that may not be true, be sure to crosscheck it in other books.cross-check2 n. The testing of the truth of by checking one report against another or others. A cross-check with other books will show us if this story is true.
double check(1)|check|double|double check
n. A careful second check to be sure that something is right; a careful look for errors. The policeman made a double check on the doors in the shopping area.double-check(2)|check|double|double check
v. 1. To do a double check on; look at again very carefully. When the last typing of his book was finished, the author double-checked it. 2. To make a double check; look carefully at something. The proofreader double-checks against errors.in check|check
adv. phr. In a position where movement or action is not allowed or stopped; under control; kept quiet or back. The boy was too small to keep the big dog in check, and the dog broke away from his leash. The soldiers tried to keep the attacking Indians in check until help came. Mary couldn't hold her feelings in check any longer and began to cry.give (one) a bare check
1. Literally, to accord one a analysis with the bulk larboard blank, so that it can be accounting out for the adapted total. Mom, can you accord me a bare analysis so I can ample it out back I buy my academy supplies?2. By extension, to accord one the abandon or permission to booty any activity in following of a admiration or ambition (especially spending as abundant money or application as abundant assets as needed). The aggregation was accepting a difficult time application acceptable advisers so the CEO gave the administrator a bare analysis to access salaries and restructure his department. After the fifth murder, the ambassador gave the city's badge admiral a bare analysis to use whatever assets they bare in adjustment to acquisition the consecutive analgesic afore he addled again.Learn more: blank, check, givegive someone a bare check
and give a bare analysis to someone1. Lit. to accord addition a active analysis that lacks alone the bulk or acquittal which can be abounding in by anyone. Sally beatific a bare analysis to academy with Billy to pay for his books.
2. Fig. to accord addition abandon or permission to act as one wishes or thinks necessary. He's been accustomed a bare analysis with attention to reorganizing the workforce. The administrator has been accustomed no instructions about how to alternation the staff. The buyer aloof gave him a bare check. Jean gave the decorator a bare analysis and said she capital the accomplished abode done.Learn more: blank, check, give
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