Meaning
- To examine, look at, or investigate something, often to get more information about it.
- To borrow or take something for a temporary period.
- To leave a place.
- To die or pass away.
- To pay the bill.
Today's Sentences
01
Let’s check it out.
Situation
Is that a new coffee shop?
那是一家新開的咖啡店嗎？
I think so.
我認為是這樣。
Let’s check it out.
讓我們來看看。
I’m always up for a cup of coffee.
我總是願意來一杯咖啡。
02
I should check out the website.
Situation
Have you applied to any new schools?
您有申請任何新的學校嗎？
Not yet.
尚未。
Do you know when the deadline is?
你知道截止日期是什麼時候嗎？
I have no idea.
I should check out the website.
我不知道。
我應該查看該網站。
我應該查看該網站。
Writer's Note
- The phrasal verb "check out" is both transitive and intransitive and can be separable and inseparable, depending on how it’s used. "Check out" is generally considered an intransitive verb when used to mean leaving a place, like a hotel, or departing from a situation, as it doesn't directly act on an object; however, it can be used transitively in informal contexts to mean examine or look at something where it would take a direct object.
- Transitive: Requires a direct object to complete their meaning. The action is being done to something.
Example 1: The detectives checked out the crime scene.
Example 2: I checked out the new book from the library. - Intransitive: "Check out" does not need a direct object to make sense. The action stands on its own.
Example 1: The party was great, but I had to check out early.
Example 2: The concert takes place on the 7th, but we should check out the theatre a few days before. - Separable: The action can be split and the object can go between check and out.
Example 1: I checked the movie out.
Example 2: We checked the new restaurant out. - Inseparable: Some phrasal verbs can’t have the object in between the verb and the preposition. However, "check out" is not inseparable by default.
Example 1: Check out my new car.
Example 2: We can check out of the hotel an hour later.
Related Words: Examine, inspect, review, survey, look over, scrutinize, assess, analyze, investigate, verify, leave, depart, vacate, pay the bill, sign out.
片語動詞「check out」既可以是及物動詞，也可以是不及物動詞，並且根據使用方式可以是可分開或不可分開的。「Check out」通常被認為是不及物動詞，當用來表示離開一個地方，比如飯店，或是離開某種情況時，因為它不直接作用於一個物件；然而，在非正式的語境中，它可以作為及物動詞使用，意味著檢查或查看某物，這時它會帶有直接賓語。
及物動詞：需要一個直接受詞來完成其意義。動作是針對某物進行的。
例子 1：偵探們檢查了犯罪現場。
例子 2：我從圖書館借閱了新書。
例子 1：偵探們檢查了犯罪現場。
例子 2：我從圖書館借閱了新書。
不及物動詞：「Check out」不需要直接賓語也能理解。這個動作本身就是獨立的。
例子 1：派對很棒，但我必須早點「check out」。
例子 2：演唱會在7號舉行，但我們應該提前幾天「check out」劇院。
例子 1：派對很棒，但我必須早點「check out」。
例子 2：演唱會在7號舉行，但我們應該提前幾天「check out」劇院。
可分開: 動作可以分開，並且物件可以置於 check 和 out 之間。
例子 1: I checked the movie out.
例子 2: We checked the new restaurant out.
例子 1: I checked the movie out.
例子 2: We checked the new restaurant out.
不可分開的：有些片語動詞不能將受詞放在動詞和介詞之間。然而，「check out」並非默認為不可分開。
例子 1：Check out my new car.
例子 2：We can check out of the hotel an hour later.
相關詞彙：Examine, inspect, review, survey, look over, scrutinize, assess, analyze, investigate, verify, leave, depart, vacate, pay the bill, sign out.
例子 1：Check out my new car.
例子 2：We can check out of the hotel an hour later.
相關詞彙：Examine, inspect, review, survey, look over, scrutinize, assess, analyze, investigate, verify, leave, depart, vacate, pay the bill, sign out.
