drop in
英 [ˈdrɒp ɪn]
美 [ˈdrɑːp ɪn]
顺道拜访; 突然拜访
同义词辨析
visitv. 拜访，访问
〔辨析〕
指看望某人，也指浏览因特网的网站。
〔例证〕
How often does he visit his grandparents?
他多久去看望祖父母一次？
Over 600 people visit their website every month.
每个月有600多人访问他们的网站。
他多久去看望祖父母一次？
Over 600 people visit their website every month.
每个月有600多人访问他们的网站。
call onphr. v. 短暂访问
〔辨析〕
指短暂地拜访或看望某人。
〔例证〕
I will call on you when I am in town.
我到城里之后会去看你。
Let's call on Susan. She just gave birth to a boy.
苏珊刚生了个儿子，我们去看看她吧。
我到城里之后会去看你。
Let's call on Susan. She just gave birth to a boy.
苏珊刚生了个儿子，我们去看看她吧。
dropv. 顺便造访，临时拜访
〔辨析〕
指拜访相识的人，通常未事先约定好时间，常后接副词 by/in 或介词 into。
〔例证〕
She just dropped by to see how her son was getting on.
她只是顺道来看看儿子过得怎么样。
She dropped by my office this morning to tell me that she was getting married.
她今天上午顺道来我办公室告诉我她要结婚了。
Why not drop in for a coffee someday?
你哪天过来喝杯咖啡怎么样？
她只是顺道来看看儿子过得怎么样。
She dropped by my office this morning to tell me that she was getting married.
她今天上午顺道来我办公室告诉我她要结婚了。
Why not drop in for a coffee someday?
你哪天过来喝杯咖啡怎么样？
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 顺道拜访;突然拜访
If youdrop in onsomeone, you visit them informally, usually without having arranged it.- Whenever I'm up there I always drop in...
每次我到那儿都会顺便去看看。 - Why not drop in for a chat?...
为什么不过来聊聊天呢？ - She spent most of the day dropping in on friends in Edinburgh.
她一天的大部分时间都用来拜访在爱丁堡的朋友了。
- Whenever I'm up there I always drop in...
英英释义
verb
- visit informally and spontaneously
- We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee
双语例句
- Drop in and see me when you're ready. Only don't take too long about it.
方便的时候来我这里坐坐，只是别让我等太久。 - It's improper to drop in on him so casually.
这样冒冒失失去找他可不好。 - A 22 per cent increase in car travel corresponds with a 19 per cent drop in cycle mileage per person
乘车出行者的比率上升了22%，与之相对应，人均骑自行车的行驶里程下降了19%。 - Drop in now and again.
有空过来玩吧。 - It's nice for an old woman to have somebody drop in for a chat, but I wouldn't like you to feel duty bound to come every other day.
有人进来聊聊，这对于一个老妇人来说是再好不过了。但我不想让你感到有义务每隔一天来一次。 - Government statistics show the largest drop in industrial output for ten years.
政府统计数据显示这是10年来工业产量最大幅度的滑坡。 - In the evening the frequenters of the house drop in one by one.
到了晚上，酒店里常来的顾客，一个跟着一个光临了。 - The strength of an individual, as compared with that of the masses, is but a drop in the ocean.
个人的力量和群众的力量相比，不过是沧海一粟。 - The drop in travel is bad news for the airline industry
旅游热降温对航空业来说是个坏消息。 - The new tax and the drop in house values make homeowners feel doubly penalised.
新的税制及房价的下跌让房主觉得受了双重打击。