词组 | bring in |
释义 | bring in 1. bring in sth to earn a particular amount of money, or produce a particular amount of profit: ▪ Paul brings in about $800 a month from his job at the local hospital. ▪ Her books bring in about $500,000 a year. 2. bring in sth • bring sth in if a government or organization brings in a new law, rule, system, or method, they introduce it and start to use it for the first time: ▪ The government is expected to bring in tough new laws on immigration. ▪ Few companies will be willing to bring in the new technology unless it can be shown to reduce production costs. ■ SIMILAR TO: introduce 3. bring in sb • bring sb in to get someone with special skills or knowledge to do something or take part in something, especially in order to help you deal with a problem: bring sb in to do sth ▪ They brought in a team of experts to investigate the causes of the accident. ▪ The former Wimbledon champion was brought in to coach the young players. + on ▪ When local police failed to find the killer, the FBI was brought in on the case. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑call in 4. bring in sth/sb • bring sth/sb in to attract new business, trade, customers etc: ▪ The bank's offer of free financial advice has brought in thousands of customers. ▪ an advertising campaign that is bringing in a lot of new business ▪ Julia Roberts' new movie has been bringing in huge audiences around the country. 5. bring in sth • bring sth in to include or mention something in a piece of writing or a speech, especially for a particular purpose: ▪ Try to bring in a few quotations from Shakespeare's plays to illustrate the points you are making. |
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