| 词组 | pull in |
| 释义 | pull in 1. pull in if a vehicle pulls in, the driver moves it to the side of the road or to a place where it can stop: ▪ I'm going to pull in at the next garage - I want to check the tyres. ▪ Would you mind pulling in over there? ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑pull over 2. pull in if a train, bus etc pulls in, it arrives at the railway or bus station: ▪ We ran onto the platform just as the train was pulling in. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑arrive 3. pull sb in • pull in sb especially BrE if the police pull someone in, they take them to a police station in order to ask them questions, because they think they may have committed a crime: ▪ The police suspected that Stevenson was the murderer, but didn't have enough evidence to pull him in. ■ SIMILAR TO: arrest 4. pull in sb • pull sb in to attract people in large numbers: ▪ The bank launched a new account and advertised it heavily to pull in thousands of new investors. pull in the crowds/customers etc ▪ Opera and ballet are just not pulling in the crowds like they used to do. ■ SIMILAR TO: attract 5. pull in sth • pull sth in to earn a particular amount of money, especially a lot of money: ▪ Local parents are hoping to pull in $50,000 for their school district with a weekend garage sale. ▪ The film has so far pulled in about $15 billion at the box office. |
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