| 词组 | turn in |
| 释义 | turn in 1. turn in sth • turn sth in to give something to a person in authority so that they can deal with it, especially an illegal weapon or something that has been lost: ▪ The security forces arrested three hundred militants and ordered them to turn in their weapons. + to ▪ I'm still hoping that someone will find my wallet and turn it in to the police. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hand in 2. turn in sb • turn sb in informal to tell the police where a criminal is, or to take a criminal to the police: ▪ One of the other gang members turned him in. turn yourself in (=go to the police and admit that you are responsible for a crime) ▪ Grimes finally turned himself in, saying he deeply regretted what he had done. 3. turn sth in • turn in sth AmE to give a finished piece of work to a teacher or your manager: ▪ Only 17 students turned their papers in on time. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hand in, ↑give in BrE 4. turn in informal to go to bed: ▪ Well, I think I'll turn in now - I have to get up early tomorrow. ■ SIMILAR TO: retire formal 5. turn in sth to produce a particular result, especially a good one: ▪ The company's chairman said it would turn in better results for the year as a whole. turn in a profit ▪ Pilkington turned in pre-tax profits up 6% to 147 million. 6. turn in a good/superb/fine etc performance to perform in a particular way, especially very well: ▪ Michael Gambon, who played the judge, turned in a fine performance. ▪ Many of the younger athletes turned in memorable performances. |
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