check out ( checking, checked, checks )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave. 退房

  例：

  They packed and checked out of the hotel.

  他们收拾好行李，退了旅馆的房。

  例：

  I was disappointed to miss Bryan, who had just checked out.

  我很失望没见到布莱恩，他刚刚退房走了。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you check out something or someone, you find out information about them to make sure that everything is correct or satisfactory. 调查

  例：

  Maybe we ought to go down to the library and check it out.

  也许我们该去图书馆调查一下。

  例：

  We ought to check him out on the computer.

  我们应该在计算机上调查他的信息。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If something checks out, it is correct or satisfactory. 成立

  例：

  She was in San Diego the weekend Jensen got killed. Her alibi checked out.

  詹森遇害的那个周末她在圣地亚哥。她不在现场的申辩成立。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you check out a library book, you borrow it for a fixed period of time. 借出

  例：

  No books can be checked out after 6 p.m. tomorrow.

  明天下午6点以后图书不可以借出。

• 5. 

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