| 词组 | sign |
| 释义 | sign [signed, signed, signing] sign away sign away sth • sign sth away to give property or a legal right to someone else, by signing an official document: ▪ Her husband had tricked her into signing away her rights to the property. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sign over sign for 1. sign for sth to sign a document to show that you have received a letter, package etc: ▪ I've got a registered letter for you. Could you sign for it here and print your name underneath? 2. sign for Liverpool/Arsenal etc BrE to sign a contract agreeing to play for a particular football team: ▪ Gallagher's contract was worth about $400,000 when he signed for Leeds in the summer of 1990. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sign with sign in 1. sign in to write your name in a book when you arrive somewhere that you are visiting, for example a hotel or an office: ▪ For security reasons, the company requires all visitors to sign in at reception. ■ OPPOSITE: sign out 2. sign sb in • sign in sb if you sign someone in at an office, club etc where they are a visitor, you write their name or your name in a book so that they are allowed to enter: ▪ Smiley met me on the steps of his London club, signed me in and took me to lunch. ■ OPPOSITE: sign out sign into sign a bill/legislation/agreement etc into law if someone in authority signs something into law, they make it part of the law, by signing an official document: ▪ De Klerk signed forty-five bills into law at a ceremony in Pretoria, including the legislation scrapping apartheid. sign off 1. sign off • sign off sth to end an informal letter that you are writing, by giving your final message: ▪ Well, I'll sign off now. Many thanks again for having us to stay - Jean. ▪ Sometimes its difficult to know how to sign off a letter in another language. 2. sign off informal to end a radio or television broadcast or programme by saying goodbye: ▪ This is Emma Campbell for Radio Gloucester, signing off. 3. sign off informal to finish doing something, especially after you have been doing it for a long time: ▪ It was 8.58 pm and I'd been working hard all day so I decided it was time to sign off. 4. sign sb off • sign off sb BrE if a doctor signs someone off, he or she gives them a note for their employer saying that they are ill and are not able to work: ▪ Mrs Mawdsley telephoned the office the following day to say that she had seen her doctor and had been signed off for a month. 5. sign off BrE to stop claiming the money given by the government to people without employment, because you have found a job: ▪ A lot of people sign off in the summer months, when there are seasonal jobs available. ■ OPPOSITE: sign on 6. sign off sth • sign sth off • sign off on sth to show that you approve of a plan or that something is ready by writing your name on an official paper: ▪ She has to sign the book off before it can go to the publishers. sign off on sth AmE ▪ Engineers have signed off on a permit to repair part of the interstate bridge. sign on 1. sign on to officially agree to work for someone or do a training course, usually by signing a contract or form + with/as ▪ Faulk's career with the Vicksberg newspaper began in 1935, when he signed on with them as a reporter. ▪ I signed on as a volunteer at the homeless shelter. + for ▪ Some of the refugees managed to get to university by attending evening classes or signing on for correspondence courses. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sign up 2. sign on sb • sign sb on BrE to arrange for someone to sign a contract or form saying that they agree to work for you or play for your team: ▪ The club signed on three new players in July. ▪ The Calvert Group has signed on Cedd Moses as their new general manager. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sign up 3. sign on • sign on sth BrE to claim the money given by the government to people without employment, because you do not have a job: ▪ When we left college there were so few teaching jobs available that a lot of us had to sign on. sign on the dole (=claim money from the government, because you do not have a job) ▪ Mr Kelly signed on the dole in July, after his company, Kelly House Development, went bust. ■ OPPOSITE: sign off sign out 1. sign out to write your name in a book when you leave somewhere that you are visiting, for example a hotel or an office: ▪ I waited while Dr Fraker collected his bags and signed out. ■ OPPOSITE: sign in 2. sign sb out • sign out sb if you sign someone out of an office, club etc, where they are a visitor, you write their name or your name in a book to show that they have left: ▪ You go ahead if you're in a hurry - I'll sign you out. ■ OPPOSITE: sign in 3. sign out sth • sign sth out to write your name on a form or in a book to show that you have taken or borrowed something: ▪ All equipment must be signed out before it can be removed from the office. ▪ I 'm afraid I can't find that file and there's no record of its being signed out. sign over sign sth over • sign over sth to give property or a legal right to someone else, by signing an official document + to ▪ When Julie and her husband split after ten years of marriage, he signed over everything in the house to her. ▪ The land has been signed over to his son. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sign away sign up 1. sign up to arrange to take part in an activity or a course of study, by writing your name down on a form or list: ▪ How many people have signed up to go on the theatre trip so far? + for ▪ I'm thinking of signing up for an evening class in classical guitar this year. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sign on 2. sign up to sign a contract saying that you agree to work for someone + with ▪ Robert's doing really well - he's signed up with Cambridge University Press to write a book on Astronomy. 3. sign sb up • sign up sb to arrange for someone to sign a contract saying that they agree to work for you or to play for your team + as ▪ An agency has now signed her up as a professional model. ▪ Manchester United are very keen to sign him up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑sign on sign with 1. sign with sth to sign a contract agreeing to play for a particular sports team: ▪ DeJuan Wheat signed with the Timberwolves after leaving the Lakers. 2. sign with if musicians sign with a company, they sign a contract allowing that company to record and sell their music: ▪ Culture Club and their lead singer, Boy George, signed with Virgin early in 1982. |
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