come in handy• You would have come in handy.• And both of these were to come in handy.• Detecting suspicious activity in the community is where the bike patrol agents come in handy.• A unifyinginfluence Of course, while the money comes in handy, brands can have another important function for regions.• The fans would have come in handy during the humidweather over the last few days.• The hardwarecomes in handy, especially the kris.• A hacksaw always comes in handy for cutting plastic pipes.• Uncertain how the children might react, I thought it would perhaps come in handy if I needed to defend myself.• I had organised two more fallbackpackages that would come in handy now.• I'm saving the memo - it might come in handy someday.• My knowledge of Spanishcame in handy when the car broke down near Madrid.
have ... handy• Laturno and Goldman always have travel itineraries handy.• Neither oor Joy nor me have ever been handy.• You would have come in handy.• The fans would have come in handy during the humid weather over the last few days.• The water is likely to be spilled, have a cloth handy to wipe up any mess.
1 (informal) useful有用VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be有用▸➤come in派得上用場◇I advise you to buy one-it may come in handy one day.我建議你買一個,不定哪天就能派上用場。ADVERB➤extremely, really, very極為/頗為/非常合手▸➤quite相當方便PREPOSITION➤for對⋯方便◇The arrangement was handy for both of us.這樣安排對我們兩人都很方便。handy
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2 (informal) nearby附近VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be在手邊▸➤have sth手邊有⋯▸➤keep sth把某物放在手邊◇Always keep a cloth handy to wipe up any mess.手邊要常備一塊布隨時擦拭污漬。ADVERB➤quite, very (both BrE) 相當/非常近便PREPOSITION➤for (BrE) 於⋯近便◇My new house is very handy for the station.我的新家離車站很近。handy
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3 (informal) good at using sth善於使用VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be手巧ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/頗為/非常在行PREPOSITION➤at善於⋯◇'I'm pretty handy at giving out advice,' claimed Mark.馬克宣稱:“我很善於出謀劃策。”➤with善於使用⋯◇Lucy is very handy with a drill.露西用起鑽機來相當得心應手。