"take in" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 吸收
• 理解
• 收留
• 欺騙

Definition

“Take in”可以指吸收或理解資訊，讓某人住在你家，或欺騙某人。也可以用來表示修改衣服讓其變小。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

'Take in' 屬於非正式、口語化。常用搭配有 'take in information'，'take in a show'，'take in a pet'。別和 'take on' 搞混。語境判斷意思，用 'by' 表示受騙。

Examples

It was a lot of information to take in at once.

一下子要**吸收**這麼多資訊。

We decided to take in a stray cat.

我們決定**收留**一隻流浪貓。

This dress is too big, can you take it in?

這件裙子太大了，可以幫我**改小**嗎？

It took me a while to take in what he was saying.

我花了一段時間才**理解**他說的話。

I can’t believe you were taken in by that story!

我真的不敢相信你會被那個故事**騙到**！

Let’s take in a movie after dinner.

晚餐後我們去**看**電影吧。