| 词组 | sign |
| 释义 | 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 out2. 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 on6. 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 up2. 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 up3. 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 in2. 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 in3. 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 on2. 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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