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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in1 /ɪn/ ●●● S1 W1 preposition 1 IN/INSIDEused with the name of a container, place, or area to say where someone or something is 在〔容器、地点或地区〕里，在…内 There’s some sugar in the cupboard. 碗橱里有一些糖。 My mother was in the kitchen. 我母亲在厨房里。 He took us for a drive in his new car. 他开着他的新车载我们去兜风。 I found her sitting up in bed. 我发现她直直地坐在床上。 Manson spent fifteen years in prison. 曼森在监狱里待了15年。 a hole in the ground 地上的一个洞 Mr Fisher is in Boston this week. 费希尔先生本周在波士顿。 My parents live in New Zealand now. 我父母现住在新西兰。2 into a container, place etc 入…中；进入 I never went in pubs. 我从不进酒吧。 He almost drowned when he fell in the river. 他掉入河里差一点淹死。 You can put your pyjamas in the bottom drawer. 你可以把你的睡衣放在底层抽屉里。 Get in the car. 上车吧。 She looked in her handbag, but her keys were not there. 她朝她的手提包里看了看，但钥匙不在里面。3 TALK TO somebodyWRITEused to say how something is done or happens 〔表示某事完成或发生的方式〕 a room furnished in the modern style 一间以现代风格装饰的房间 Her parents always talk to her in German. 她的父母总是用德语和她交谈。 She shouted my name in a harsh voice. 她用刺耳的声音叫我的名字。 a short note scribbled in pencil 用铅笔草草写下的一小段笔记 The title was printed in capital letters. 标题是用大写字母印刷的。 We waited in silence. 我们静静地等候着。4 TIME/AT A PARTICULAR TIMEused with the names of months, years, seasons etc to say when something happens 在〔某月、某年、某季节等〕5Shaw was born in 1856.萧生于1856年。n Shaw first visited Russia in 1927. Bright yellow flowers appear in late summer. 夏末时开出颜色鲜艳的黄色花朵。 He retired in October. 他10月份退休了。5 DURINGduring a period of time 在…期间 It was amazing how much we managed to do in a day. 真想不到我们在一天之内做了这么多事情。 the hardest decision I ever made in my life 我一生中作出的最困难的决定5 GRAMMAR 语法• Do not use in before 'this', 'last', and 'next' when saying when something happens. 说到某事什么时候发生时，在this，last和next前面不要用inI got a letter from my sister this morning (NOT 不说 in this morning).今天早晨我收到妹妹的一封来信。• You do not normally use in when saying how often something happens during a particular period of time. 说到一段特定时间内某事发生的频率时，一般不用inI hope to go to Europe next summer (NOT 不说 in next summer).明年夏天我希望能去欧洲。• But when you are emphasizing how often something happens, you can use in in front of one. 但要强调某事发生的频率时，可以在one前面用inThe group meets four times a week (NOT 不说 four times in a week).这个团体一周聚会四次。She was late for school four times in one week.她一周内上学迟到了四次。n Grammar• You say: I got a card from my sister this morning. 今天早晨我收到妹妹的一封来信。I hope to go to Europe next summer. 明年夏天我希望能去欧洲。 ✗Don’t say: in this morning | in next summer• You say: The group meets three times a month. ✗Don’t say: three times in a month• You can say in one week, month etc when emphasizing how often something happens: He was stopped for speeding three times in one month.6 AFTERat the end of a period of time 在〔某段时间〕之后7 PERIOD OF TIMEused with negatives or with ‘first’ to say how much time has passed since the last time something happened 在〔某段时间〕内〔用于否定句或与first连用〕8 IN/INSIDEused to name the book, document, film etc where something or someone appears 〔指某事或某人出现在书、文件、电影里等〕9 making up the whole of something or included as part of something 构成…的整体；包含在…之内10 JOB/WORKdoing or affecting a particular kind of job 〔从事或影响某种工作〕11 WEAR CLOTHESwearing something 穿着；戴着12 used to talk about the state or situation of something or someone 处于…中〔表示某事物或某人的状态、情况〕13 used to say what activity a group of people do 〔一群人〕参与，参加〔活动〕14 used to talk about the shape, arrangement, or course of something or someone 〔表示形状、排列方式或过程〕15 HMNUMBERused between a smaller number and a larger number to say how common or how likely something is 在…中〔用于较小和较大的数字之间，指某事的普遍性或可能性〕16 used before a plural number or amount to say how many people or things are involved, or how many there are in each group 〔用于复数或数量前，表示涉及多少人或物，或每组有多少人〕17 used between a smaller number or amount and a larger one to say what a rate is 〔用于显示比率〕18 used to say what colour something is or what it is made of 〔指某物的颜色或组成成分〕19 CONNECTED WITHused to say what specific thing your statement is related to 在…方面20 used to refer to the weather or the physical conditions somewhere 〔用以描述某地的天气或具体环境〕21 SHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDEused to say what feeling you have when you do something 处于…中〔表示做某事时的情感〕22 RELATIONSHIPused before the name of someone or something when you are saying how they are regarded 〔用于某人或某物的名字前，表示对其的看法〕23 used to say what person or thing has the quality you are mentioning 〔指人或物有某种特性〕24 used to name the substance, food, drink etc that contains something 〔用于说出包含某物的物质、食品、饮料等〕25 used to say how many parts something is divided into 〔指某物被分成多少部分〕26 while doing something or while something is happening, and as a result of this 当…时27 in that BECAUSEused after a statement to begin to explain in what way it is true 因为28 be in your 20s/30s/40s etc to be between the ages of 20 and 29,30 and 39 etc 二十多岁/三十多岁/四十多岁等 → in all at all1(11)
Examples from the Corpus
in• I'll be back in a couple of days.• Everybody stand against the wall in a straight line.• Gerry should be home in an hour.• a couple of boys in baseball caps• His early comedies were filmed in black and white.• He lived in Boston for four years.• "How old is Philip now?" "He's four in December".• Francis and his friend were drinking tea in his room.• All these memories of Judith are still fresh in my mind.• Did you read that article in "Newsweek"?• an expert in nuclear physics• Do not write in pen on this test.• Homelessness is a major problem in society today.• European manufacturers are facing ever increasing competition from companies in the Far East.• He made a bowl in the shape of a heart.• He did a lot of abstract art in the sixties, but he's moved on since then.• He died in the war.• "Where's Annie?" "She's in the yard."• Bob's out working in the yard.• Everyone in town knew Archie.in their hundreds/thousands etc• Even at its end the members were still rolling-in in their thousands - 4000-5000 a week in Greenpeace's case.• London's influence was thus widespread, and the gardens attributed to him may be numbered in their hundreds.• Small livestock farmers have gone to the wall in their thousands.• They throng the streets and mini-timbered buildings of Gumnutland in their hundreds.• We count monkeys in the trees and macaws at their clay licks where they congregate in their hundreds.• Rats in their thousands fed on the grain in the Government stores while the people went hungry.• We had come to Phang Nga to visit the limestone islands that rear in their hundreds from the bay.• They came in their thousands to see the boss on his 1993 world tour.in two/halves/pieces etc• It carved the daemon in two.• The attack on the nobility is found in two aspects of the plot.• It it opened the year by yielding 76 combined points in two losses.• Particles in two places at once?• This led to frustration in two respects.• And oil was dropped in two spills between Ballaspur and Glen Helen-on some of the circuit's earlier corners.• Experience which conflicts with a so far accepted theory can be treated in two ways.• That triggered a rush of new rules -- more than 1,100 in two weeks -- to beat the 1995 deadline.in doing something• In reading the story, I felt nothing but sympathy for the victims.in2 ●●● S1 W1 adverb 1 IN/INSIDEinto or inside a container, place, vehicle etc 往里面；在里面 OPP out2 HEREinside or into a building, especially your home or the place where you work 在建筑物里，进入建筑物里〔尤指居住或工作的地方〕 OPP out3 ARRIVEif a train, boat, or plane is in, it has arrived at a station, airport etc 〔火车、船或飞机〕已经到达4 ARRIVEgiven or sent to a person or organization to be dealt with by them 递交〔某人〕，送至〔某机构〕5 PROVIDEif you write, paint, or draw something in, you add it in the correct place 填写；着色；加画 6. DSif a player or team is in during a game of cricket, they are batting (bat) 〔板球运动中〕击球7 DSif a ball is in during a game, it is inside the area where the game is being played 〔球类比赛中〕(球)在界内 OPP out8 if a politician or a political party is in, they have been elected 〔政客、政党〕当选9 MIDDLEtowards the centre 朝里，向中间 SYN inward(s)10 TTWwhen the tide is in, the sea by the shore is at its highest level 涨潮 OPP out 11 be in for something UNPLEASANTif someone is in for something unpleasant, it is going to happen to them 将要遭遇不愉快的事12 be in for it informalPUNISH if someone is in for it, they are going to be punished 将受到惩罚13 be/get in on something INCLUDEto be or become involved in something that is happening 参与某事14 be in with somebody informalFRIENDLY to have a friendly relationship with someone 与某人友好15. be in at the beginning/start (of something) THEREto be present or involved when something starts (某事)一开始时就已在场[参与] → have (got) it in for somebody at have2(41)Examples from the Corpus
in• What time does his bus get in?• Don't write out cheques to your adviser - always make them payable to the company you're investing in.• Nothing remained that had not been ripped, smashed or kicked in.• Her second serve was just in.• She pushed the box toward me so that I could put my money in.• Should we wait out here, or should we go in?• Long hair is in again.• Alistair rushed in as we hoard the record loudly scraped off the turntable.• Your final papers have to be in by Friday.• Jody puts Jess in, hoping her intensity will spark some-thing.• The Republicans are in now, but for how long?• We need to make plans for next week, so are you in or out?• Can you color in this picture of a teddy bear for me?• You're never in when I call.• Ms. Shaewitz isn't in yet this morning.• Her flight's not in yet.• Write in your name and address at the bottom.in3 adjective informalFASHIONABLE fashionable 时尚的 OPP out Red is definitely the in colour this year. 红色无疑是今年的流行色。 Long skirts are in at the moment. 时下流行穿长裙。 I joined the club because it seemed the in thing to do. 我加入了这家俱乐部，因为这似乎是很时髦的事。► see thesaurus at fashionableExamples from the Corpus
in• Gstaad is the in place to go skiing in winter.• Cycling to work has become the in thing to do.• Purple seems to be in this year.in4 noun 1 the ins and outs of something all the facts and details of something 某事的详情[底细]2 [singular] especially American English a way of getting the opportunity to do something or influence someone 〔得到某机会或影响某人的〕途径，方式in5 British English, in. American English (plural in or ins) the written abbreviation of inch or inches / inch 或 inches 的书面缩写 ，英寸in- /ɪn/ prefix NOTthe opposite or lack of something 不，无，非 SYN not, → un-, il-, im-, ir- insensitive (=not sensitive) 不敏感的 incautious (=not cautious) 不谨慎的 inattention (=lack of attention) 漫不经心Examples from the Corpus
in-• income• inward• to insert somethingnINnthe written abbreviation of IndianaFrom Longman Business Dictionaryinin written abbreviation for INCH or INCHESOrigin in- French Latin in1 Old Englishin1 preposition →10-19 →20-28
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container, with place, of the a name Business used Corpus
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written abbreviation for Indiana
In‧di‧an‧a /ˌɪndiˈænə/ 
written abbreviation, IN
a state in the Midwest of the US, known for its farming
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written abbreviation, INa state in the Midwest of the US, known for its farming
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in1 S1 W1 /ɪn/ preposition
There’s some sugar in the cupboard.
My mother was in the kitchen.
He took us for a drive in his new car.
I found her sitting up in bed.
Manson spent fifteen years in prison.
a hole in the ground
Mr Fisher is in Boston this week.
My parents live in New Zealand now.
2. into a container, place etc:
I never went in pubs.
He almost drowned when he fell in the river.
You can put your pyjamas in the bottom drawer.
Get in the car.
She looked in her handbag, but her keys were not there.
3. used to say how something is done or happens:
a room furnished in the modern style
Her parents always talk to her in German.
She shouted my name in a harsh voice.
a short note scribbled in pencil
The title was printed in capital letters.
We waited in silence.
4. used with the names of months, years, seasons etc to say when something happens:
Shaw first visited Russia in 1927.
Bright yellow flowers appear in late summer.
He retired in October.
5. during a period of time:
It was amazing how much we managed to do in a day.
the hardest decision I ever made in my life
GRAMMAR
Do not use in before 'this’, 'last', and 'next' when saying when something happens:
▪I got a letter from my sister this morning (NOT in this morning).
▪I hope to go to Europe next summer (NOT in next summer).
You do not normally use in when saying how often something happens during a particular period of time:
▪The group meets four times a week (NOT four times in a week). But when you are emphasizing how often something happens, you can use in in front of one:
▪She was late for school four times in one week.
6. at the end of a period of time:
I’ll be with you in a minute.
The results will be announced in two weeks’ time.
7. used with negatives or with ‘first’ to say how much time has passed since the last time something happened:
I haven’t enjoyed myself so much in years.
It was the team’s first win in eighteen months.
8. used to name the book, document, film etc where something or someone appears:
You shouldn’t believe everything you read in the newspapers.
Which actress starred in the film ‘Cleopatra’?
There are a few mistakes in your essay.
In his speech, Professor Leary praised the work of the volunteers.
9. making up the whole of something or included as part of something:
There are twelve programmes in the series.
How many minutes are there in an hour?
Think of a word with eight letters in it meaning ‘cold’.
Owen will be playing in the England team tomorrow.
10. doing or affecting a particular kind of job:
a career in industry
He’s been in politics for fifteen years.
reforms in education
11. wearing something:
He looked very handsome in his uniform.
She was dressed in a blue linen suit.
12. used to talk about the state or situation of something or someone:
I hear that their marriage is in trouble.
The engine appears to be in good condition.
His life was in danger.
The castle now lies in ruins.
13. used to say what activity a group of people do:
About 4,000 students took part in the protest.
his role in the negotiations
14. used to talk about the shape, arrangement, or course of something or someone:
I want you all to stand in a circle.
She slept curled up in a ball.
Can you walk in a straight line?
15. used between a smaller number and a larger number to say how common or how likely something is:
One in ten homes now has cable TV.
Smokers have a one in three chance of dying from their habit.
16. used before a plural number or amount to say how many people or things are involved, or how many there are in each group:
Eggs are still sold in half dozens.
The children work in pairs.
in their hundreds/thousands etc (=in very large numbers)
People flocked in their thousands to greet their new princess.
17. used between a smaller number or amount and a larger one to say what a rate is:
Income tax stands at 23 pence in the pound.
a hill with a gradient of one in six
18. used to say what colour something is or what it is made of:
Do you have the same pattern in blue?
a sculpture in white marble
19. used to say what specific thing your statement is related to:
Milk is very rich in calcium.
Clark had become more extreme in his opinions.
an increase in fuel prices
The street is about a mile in length.
20. used to refer to the weather or the physical conditions somewhere:
I’ve been standing in the rain for over an hour.
Would you prefer to sit in the shade?
21. used to say what feeling you have when you do something:
She looked at me in horror.
It was all done purely in fun.
22. used before the name of someone or something when you are saying how they are regarded:
You have a very good friend in Pat.
In Dwight D. Eisenhower the Republicans had found the ideal candidate.
23. used to say what person or thing has the quality you are mentioning:
There was a hint of spring in the air.
I don’t think Freddy had it in him to be a killer.
She’s everything I’d want in a wife (=she has every quality I would want a wife to have).
24. used to name the substance, food, drink etc that contains something:
Vitamin D is found in butter.
25. used to say how many parts something is divided into:
a radio serial in four parts
in two/halves/pieces etc
I tore the letter in two and threw the pieces in the fire.
26. while doing something or while something is happening, and as a result of this:
In all the confusion, it is quite possible that some people got tickets without paying.
In my excitement, I forgot all about the message.
in doing something
In trying to protect the queen, Howard had put his own life in danger.
27. in that used after a statement to begin to explain in what way it is true:
I’ve been lucky in that I have never had to worry about money.
28. be in your 20s/30s/40s etc to be between the ages of 20 and 29, 30 and 39 etc:
Matthews was already in his mid-40s.
⇨ in all at all1(11)
▪ after preposition after something happens, or after a period of time has passed. After is used especially when taking about the past: We went for a walk after lunch. | After an hour, we got tired of waiting and went home. | They got married just after Christmas.
▪in preposition after a particular period of time. In is used especially when talking about the future, especially the next few minutes, hours, days etc: The concert’s due to start in a few minutes. | I’ll come back in an hour. | In a few years’ time, this place will look completely different.
▪within preposition after less than a month, two weeks etc has passed – used especially when the time seems surprisingly short: within a month/two weeks etc : He developed a headache at lunchtime, and within two hours he was dead. | Within two days of arriving she had managed to upset everyone.
▪24 hours/a year etc from now at a time 24 hours, a year etc after now: A week from now we’ll be in Paris.
▪afterwards (also afterward especially American English) adverb after an event or time you have mentioned: Jones admitted afterwards that she had been very nervous during the game. | Speaking to reporters afterward, he said the operation had been a success. | He moved to Belgium, and soon afterwards he met Angela.
▪later adverb some time after now or after the time you are talking about: I’ll tell you about it later when I’m less busy. | two months/three years etc later : James went off, and came back ten minutes later with some food.
▪subsequently adverb formal after something had happened in the past: The book was published in 1954 and was subsequently translated into fifteen languages.
in2 S1 W1 adverb
1. into or inside a container, place, vehicle etc
OPP out:
Eric held the boat steady while the children got in.
He went to the ticket machine and put a coin in.
She dived in and swam out to the yacht.
2. inside or into a building, especially your home or the place where you work
OPP out:
Come in and sit down.
I’m afraid Mr Stewart won’t be in until tomorrow morning.
We’re staying in this evening.
3. if a train, boat, or plane is in, it has arrived at a station, airport etc:
Our train’s not in yet.
When’s her flight due in?
4. given or sent to a person or organization to be dealt with by them:
All entries must be in by next week.
Letters have been pouring in from all over the country.
Have you handed your essay in yet?
5. if you write, paint, or draw something in, you add it in the correct place:
Fill in your name and address on the form provided.
The information is typed in by trained keyboarders.
6. if a player or team is in during a game of cricket(2), they are batting
7. if a ball is in during a game, it is inside the area where the game is being played
OPP out:
Agassi’s second serve was just in.
8. if a politician or a political party is in, they have been elected:
Labour recorded its highest vote ever, but the Tories got in again.
9. towards the centre
SYN inward(s):
The map had started to curl in at the edges.
10. when the tide is in, the sea by the shore is at its highest level
OPP out:
The tide was in, and the sea lapped against the harbour wall.
11. be in for something if someone is in for something unpleasant, it is going to happen to them:
I’m afraid he’s in for a bit of a disappointment.
12. be in for it informal if someone is in for it, they are going to be punished:
If they find out what I’ve done, I’ll be in for it, won’t I?
13. be/get in on something to be or become involved in something that is happening:
I think you ought to be in on this discussion, Ted.
14. be in with somebody informal to have a friendly relationship with someone:
She’s in with the theatrical crowd.
You have to be well in with the directors (=be very friendly with them) if you want to get promotion here.
15. be in at the beginning/start (of something) to be present or involved when something starts
⇨ have (got) it in for somebody at have2(41)
in3 adjective
informal fashionable
OPP out:
Red is definitely the in colour this year.
Long skirts are in at the moment.
I joined the club because it seemed the in thing to do.
▪ fashionable popular at a particular time: fashionable clothes | It was fashionable to have red hair. | His theories were fashionable in the 1980s.
▪trendy informal modern and fashionable – often used in a slightly disapproving or joking way: a trendy tie | a trendy restaurant | The area has become very trendy and a lot of artists live there.
▪stylish adjective fashionable and well-designed in an attractive way: She was wearing a stylish two-piece suit. | The furniture looked very stylish and modern.
▪cool adjective informal fashionable – used especially when you think someone or something looks good: Michael looked very cool in his dark jacket and sunglasses. | a cool shirt
▪happening [only before noun] informal adjective a happening place is fashionable and lively: London has always been a happening place.
▪be in fashion verb phrase to be fashionable at a particular time: The Sixties look is back in fashion.
▪in adjective informal fashionable at a particular time. In is not used before a noun, except in the phrases below: Pale colours are in. | New York was the in place to be. | Yoga has become the in thing to do.
in4 noun
1. the ins and outs of something all the facts and details of something:
The book guides you through the ins and outs of choosing and growing garden flowers.
2. [singular] especially American English a way of getting the opportunity to do something or influence someone:
The job is pretty boring, but it’s an in to a career in publishing.
in5 British English, in. American English (plural in or ins)
the written abbreviation of inch or inches
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preposition Language: Old English
1. used with the name of a container, place, or area to say where someone or something is: 2. into a container, place etc:
3. used to say how something is done or happens:
4. used with the names of months, years, seasons etc to say when something happens:
5. during a period of time:
GRAMMAR
Do not use in before 'this’, 'last', and 'next' when saying when something happens:
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6. at the end of a period of time:
7. used with negatives or with ‘first’ to say how much time has passed since the last time something happened:
8. used to name the book, document, film etc where something or someone appears:
9. making up the whole of something or included as part of something:
10. doing or affecting a particular kind of job:
11. wearing something:
12. used to talk about the state or situation of something or someone:
13. used to say what activity a group of people do:
14. used to talk about the shape, arrangement, or course of something or someone:
15. used between a smaller number and a larger number to say how common or how likely something is:
16. used before a plural number or amount to say how many people or things are involved, or how many there are in each group:
in their hundreds/thousands etc (=in very large numbers)
17. used between a smaller number or amount and a larger one to say what a rate is:
18. used to say what colour something is or what it is made of:
19. used to say what specific thing your statement is related to:
20. used to refer to the weather or the physical conditions somewhere:
21. used to say what feeling you have when you do something:
22. used before the name of someone or something when you are saying how they are regarded:
23. used to say what person or thing has the quality you are mentioning:
24. used to name the substance, food, drink etc that contains something:
25. used to say how many parts something is divided into:
in two/halves/pieces etc
26. while doing something or while something is happening, and as a result of this:
in doing something
27. in that used after a statement to begin to explain in what way it is true:
28. be in your 20s/30s/40s etc to be between the ages of 20 and 29, 30 and 39 etc:
⇨ in all at all1(11)
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OPP out:
2. inside or into a building, especially your home or the place where you work
OPP out:
3. if a train, boat, or plane is in, it has arrived at a station, airport etc:
4. given or sent to a person or organization to be dealt with by them:
5. if you write, paint, or draw something in, you add it in the correct place:
6. if a player or team is in during a game of cricket(2), they are batting
7. if a ball is in during a game, it is inside the area where the game is being played
OPP out:
8. if a politician or a political party is in, they have been elected:
9. towards the centre
SYN inward(s):
10. when the tide is in, the sea by the shore is at its highest level
OPP out:
11. be in for something if someone is in for something unpleasant, it is going to happen to them:
12. be in for it informal if someone is in for it, they are going to be punished:
13. be/get in on something to be or become involved in something that is happening:
14. be in with somebody informal to have a friendly relationship with someone:
15. be in at the beginning/start (of something) to be present or involved when something starts
⇨ have (got) it in for somebody at have2(41)
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OPP out:
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noun1. the ins and outs of something all the facts and details of something:
2. [singular] especially American English a way of getting the opportunity to do something or influence someone:
| V |
British English, in. American English (plural in or ins)the written abbreviation of inch or inches
especially