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词汇 phone in
释义
Phr V
phone in
phones, phoning, phoned
phone in
mainly British to telephone a radio or television station in order to express your opinion or ask a question during a programme that is being broadcast
Listeners who want to speak to the Health Minister should phone in with their questions.Over three hundred people phoned in to complain about the programme.
phone-in
noun mainly British
I always listen to the late-night phone-in on Radio 1.
used as adj
It's a radio phone-in show.
mainly British to telephone the place where you work in order to tell your employer something
You should phone in and tell Steve you're going to be late.Anna's just phoned in sick. (= telephoned to say she is ill and cannot come to work)
phrasephone in1. phone in BrE to telephone a television or radio company in order to talk during a programme or give your opinions about something: When 'Brookside' showed Barry Grant kicking a dog, hundreds of viewers phoned in to complain. SIMILAR TO: call in, ring in BrEphone-in/phone-in programme n C a radio or television programme in which people telephone the programme to give their opinions, or ask or answer questions: Julian is currently hosting his own phone-in programme, 'Intimate Contact With Julian Clary'. A gentleman from Peebles called our phone-in to ask for help with whitefly on his lettuces.2. phone in to telephone an organization such as the police, a hospital, or your place or work in order to report or ask about something: Someone phoned in to the hospital to report the accident. A man called Dario Carella phoned in claiming to have seen one of the suspected terrorists.phone in sick (=telephone your company to say that you are ill and cannot come to work) I felt awful, so I phoned in sick and went straight to bed. SIMILAR TO: call in, ring in BrE

phone (something) in

1. Literally, to make a telephone call in order to relay or transmit information to someone else. Make sure you phone the incident in immediately, or we could be held legally liable. We'll need to phone the order in at least two weeks in advance if we want to receive it on time.
2. To perform a role or duty in a halfhearted, disinterested, and unprofessional manner. Everyone phones it in on the morning after a staff party, so don't worry if you don't feel able to give this report your all. You can tell the actor is phoning it in—I'm sure he got a good paycheck for the voiceover, but you'd think he could try a little bit harder.

phone something in (to someone or something)

to transmit information to a central person or central point by telephone. I will phone this order in to the plant right away. I will phone in the order to my secretary right now. Don't worry. I'll phone it in.

phone in (to someone or something)

to call in by telephone to a central person or central point. I will phone in to my secretary and report the change in schedule. I have to phone in and report the changes.

phone in

v.
1. To relay some information by telephone: I phoned in my credit card number so the company could bill me directly. She couldn't go to the meeting, so she just phoned her report in using a speaker phone.
2. To perform something halfheartedly or carelessly without full concentration or passion: After playing the same role for a year, the actor started to phone in his performances.
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