check out

phrasal verbphr v

a) make sure 确定

i. check something ↔ outCHECK/MAKE SURE to make sure that something is actually true, correct, or acceptable 调查，检查，核实，查证 SYN investigate

I made a phone call to check out his address.

我打了个电话核实他的地址。

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Check it out with your boss before you do anything.

做任何事情之前都要先请示老板。

ii. ACCEPTif information checks out, it is proved to be true, correct, or acceptable 证实是对的，得到证实，查证无误

His credit record checks out.

他的信用记录证实没有问题。

b) look at SB/STH 看某人/某物 check somebody/something ↔ outLOOK AT to look at someone or something because they are interesting or attractive 〔因某人或某事物有趣或吸引人而〕查看，观察，看一看

If I hear about a website that sounds interesting, I check it out.

我要是听到什么有趣的网站，就会去看一下。

Hey, check out that car!

喂，快看那辆汽车！

c) get information 获得资料 check somebody ↔ out informalFIND OUT to get information about someone, especially to find out if they are suitable for something 了解…的情况

I’ll check them out as potential employers.

我要把他们列为潜在的雇主，去了解一下情况。

d) hotel 宾馆DLT to leave a hotel after paying the bill 办理退房手续，结账退房

We checked out at noon.

我们在中午退了房。

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e) books 书籍 check something ↔ out American EnglishAmEBORROW to borrow a book from a library 〔从图书馆〕借出〔书〕

The library allows you to check out six books at a time.

图书馆允许每次借六本书。

Examples from the Corpus

check out• What he said didn't seem quite right, so I decided to check it out.• Everything she says checks out on our computer files.• If his alibi doesn't check out the police are going to charge him with murder.• We got in touch with the bank to check out the suspect's story.

check with• After checking it out with her church leader, she took a boat to Hong Kong!

→ check out at check1(PHRASAL VERB)

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