| 单词 | turn in |
| 释义 | turn in 1. phrasal verb When you turn in, you go to bed. [informal] Would you like some tea before you turn in? [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you turn someone in, you take them to the police or tell the police where they are because they are suspected of committing a crime. If you turn yourself in, you go to the police because you have been involved in a crime. He has been given until noon today to turn himself in to the authorities. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] There would be strong incentives to turn someone in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] There has been enough death and destruction. Please turn yourself in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I might today hesitate to turn in a burglar. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb When you turn in a completed piece of work, especially written work, you give it to the person who asked you to do it. [mainly US] Now we wait for them to turn in their essays. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I want everybody to turn a report in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for turn If you turn something in, you return it to the place or person you borrowed it from. [mainly US] I went back to the station-house to turn in my badge and gun. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The official showed up to tell her to turn in her library books. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] |
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