| 词组 | come in |
| 释义 | come in 1. come in to enter a room or a building - used especially when asking someone to enter the room or building that you are in: ▪ "Come in!" said a deep voice from inside the room. ▪ Would you like to come in and have a drink? 2. come in to come to the place where you work: ▪ Which days are you coming in this week? ▪ Don't forget to telephone the office if you're not coming in. 3. come in if a train, bus, plane, or ship comes in, it arrives at a station, airport, or port: ▪ What time should the train from Boston come in? ▪ Crowds of people were down at the port, waiting for the ship to come in. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑arrive incoming adj always before noun travelling towards a place and arriving soon: ▪ incoming flights ▪ incoming passengers 4. come in to come to your house, office etc in order to do some work for you: ▪ Tina, the housekeeper, comes in three times a week. ▪ The builders are coming in during August, while we're on holiday. 5. come in if something such as a report, a letter, a telephone call etc comes in, you receive it: ▪ The call I was waiting for came in at 9 o'clock on Saturday. ▪ When reports of the disaster first came in, people found it hard to believe. ▪ Several job offers had come in, but none of them were what I wanted. adj always before noun an incoming message or telephone call is one that you receive: ▪ incoming messages 6. come in to become involved in or part of a plan, organized activity etc + on ▪ Everyone who joins the company is asked if they want to come in on the share purchase scheme. where/how sb/sth comes in (=what someone or something's part in a plan is) ▪ It's sounds interesting, but I'm afraid I still don't see how I come in. ▪ We need someone who knows the area well, and that's where Mick comes in. 7. come in if money or work comes in, you earn it or get it: ▪ We never had enough money - we spent it as soon as it came in. ▪ Have you got much work coming in at the moment? ▪ Engineering firms say they have a lot of new orders coming in this year. income n C the amount of money that you earn each month or year: ▪ an annual income of $28,000 8. come in to finish a race, competition etc in a particular position, or within a particular time: ▪ The favourite horse only just finished the race, coming in way behind the others. come in first/second etc ▪ In the women's competition, Irina Slutskaya of Russia came in first. 9. come in if something in a shop comes in, a supply of it reaches the shop and becomes available: ▪ Our winter coats don't usually come in until September. ▪ Thousands of copies of the song sold out as soon as they came in. 10. come in BrE if a new law or something that has recently been invented comes in, it starts to be used and to have an effect: ▪ A new law came in today requiring all bars and restaurants in Athens to close by 2 am. ▪ In the early 80s, computers were just starting to come in. ■ SIMILAR TO: be introduced 11. come in if a new fashion comes in, it starts to be fashionable: ▪ Bright colours are coming in again for this summer. ▪ When did short skirts first come in? 12. come in useful/handy to be useful for something: ▪ Keep that box - it might come in handy for something. ▪ My medical training's come in very useful in a lot of different ways. 13. come in to get a position of power, or start to do an important job: ▪ "The last thing we need now is for the Socialists to come in and wreck the economy," Michael said. + as ▪ Bastiaens came in as chief executive and took over the running of the company. incoming adj always before noun an incoming government, official etc has recently been elected or chosen for that position: ▪ the incoming government 14. come in BrE to join a conversation or discussion, often by interrupting someone: ▪ Excuse me, can I come in here? + on ▪ Then George suddenly came in on the conversation too. 15. come in to cost or be a particular amount - used in business to talk about the figures involved in something + at ▪ We were quoted $60 a square yard to do this work, and now it's coming in at $150. ▪ If the national wheat crop comes in at only 30 bushels an acre, prices will stay high. 16. the tide/sea comes in when the tide comes in, the sea moves towards the land. The tide is the regular movement or the sea, caused by the moon.: ▪ It's only safe to swim here when the tide's coming in. ■ OPPOSITE: go out incoming adj always before noun an incoming tide is coming further in to the land: ▪ The rocks were slowly being covered by the incoming tide. 17. come in BrE if a season or a month comes in, it begins: ▪ The winter came in early that year, and lasted through till April. |
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