If you say that something is in, or is the in thing, you mean it is fashionable or popular.
A few years ago jogging was the in thing.
几年前慢跑很流行。
If you are in, you are present at your home or place of work.
My roommate was in at the time.
我的室友那时在房间里。
When someone comes in, they enter a room or building.
She looked up anxiously as he came in.
他进来时,她焦虑地抬头看了一眼。
If a train, boat, or plane has come in or is in, it has arrived at a station, port, or airport.
every plane coming in from Melbourne.
从墨尔本飞来的每一架飞机。
When the sea or tide comes in, the sea moves towards the shore rather than away from it.
She thought of the tide rushing in, covering the wet sand.
她想象着潮水涨上来,淹没了潮湿的沙滩。
in that
You use in that to introduce an explanation of a statement you have just made.
I'm lucky in that I've got four sisters.
我很幸运,因为我有4个姐妹。
be in for
If you say that someone is in for a shock or a surprise, you mean that they are going to experience it.
You might be in for a shock at the sheer hard work involved.
其中涉及的艰苦也许会让你大吃一惊。
have it in for someone
If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
The other kids had it in for me.
别的孩子对我怀有仇恨。
in on
If you are in on something, you are involved in it or know about it.
I don't know. I wasn't in on that particular argument.
我不知道。我没有参与那场争论。
be in with
If you are in with a person or group, they like you and accept you, and are likely to help you.
ins and outs
The ins and outs of a situation are all the detailed points and facts about it.
the ins and outs of high finance.
巨额融资的来龙去脉。
Someone or something that is in something else is enclosed by it or surrounded by it. If you put something in a container, you move it so that it is enclosed by the container.
He was in his car.
他在他的汽车里。
If something happens in a place, it happens there.
spending a few days in a hotel.
在宾馆住了几天。
Something that is in a window, especially a shop window, is just behind the window so that you can see it from outside.
There was a camera for sale in the window.
橱窗里有一架待售的相机。
When you see something in a mirror, the mirror shows an image of it.
I couldn't bear to see my reflection in the mirror.
我受不了看镜子里我的模样。
If you are dressed in a piece of clothing, you are wearing it.
He was a big man, dressed in a suit and tie.
他身材高大,穿着西服,打着领带。
Something that is covered or wrapped in something else has that thing over or around its surface.
His legs were covered in mud.
他的双腿沾满了泥。
If there is something such as a crack or hole in something, there is a crack or hole on its surface.
There was a deep crack in the ceiling above him.
他头顶上方的天花板上有一道很深的裂缝。
If something is in a book, film, play, or picture, you can read it or see it there.
Don't stick too precisely to what it says in the book.
不要过分拘泥于书本上的内容。
If you are in something such as a play or a race, you are one of the people taking part.
Alfredo offered her a part in the play he was directing.
阿尔弗雷德让她在他导演的一出戏里扮演一个角色。
Something that is in a group or collection is a member of it or part of it.
The New England team is the worst in the league.
新英格兰队是联盟中最差劲的球队。
You use in to specify a general subject or field of activity.
those working in the defence industry.
在国防工业工作的那些人。
If something happens in a particular year, month, or other period of time, it happens during that time.
that early spring day in April 1949.
1949年4月早春的那一天。
Export orders improved in the last month.
出口订单在上个月增加了。
If something happens in a particular situation, it happens while that situation is going on.
His father had been badly wounded in the last war.
他父亲在上次战争中受了重伤。
If you do something in a particular period of time, that is how long it takes you to do it.
He walked two hundred and sixty miles in eight days.
他在8天里走了260英里。
If something will happen in a particular length of time, it will happen after that length of time.
I'll have some breakfast ready in a few minutes.
我将在几分钟后把早餐准备好。
You use in to indicate roughly how old someone is. For example, if someone is in their fifties, they are between 50 and 59 years old.
young people in their twenties.
二十几岁的年轻人。
You use in to indicate roughly how many people or things do something.
men who came there in droves.
成群结队到那儿的人们。
You use in to express a ratio, proportion, or probability.
One in three marriages end in divorce.
三分之一的婚姻以离婚收场。
If something or someone is in a particular state or situation, that is their present state or situation.
The economy was in trouble.
经济陷于困境。
Dave was in a hurry to get back to work.
戴夫急于回去工作。
You use in to indicate the feeling or desire that someone has when they do something, or which causes them to do it.
Simpson looked at them in surprise.
辛普森诧异地看着他们。
If a particular quality or ability is in you, you naturally have it.
Violence is not in his nature.
他本性并不粗暴。
You use in when saying that someone or something has a particular quality.
He had all the qualities I was looking for in a partner.
他具备我所要找的合伙人的所有品质。
You use in to indicate how someone is expressing something.
Information is given to the patient verbally and in writing.
用口头和书面方式向病人传达信息。
You use in in expressions such as in a row or in a ball to describe the arrangement or shape of something.
The cards need to be laid out in two rows.
这些卡片需摆放成两排。
If something is in a particular colour, it has that colour.
white flowers edged in pink.
带粉边的白花。
You use in to specify which feature or aspect of something you are talking about.
The film is nearly two hours in length.
这部电影长达近两个小时。
There is a big difference in the amounts that banks charge.
各个银行在收费数额上有很大差异。
You use in with a present participle to indicate that when you do something, something else happens as a result.
He shifted uncomfortably on his feet. In doing so he knocked over Steven's briefcase.
他不自在地变换着站姿,在这过程中他碰倒了史蒂文的公文包。