“Take in”, “take someone in”,是个常见的动词短语,其字面意思是:带入,领某人进入。
但在美式口语中,take someone in还可以表示:Accommodate someone as a lodger or because they are homeless or in difficulties.(OxfordDictionaries, 见参考链接(1))即,容留某人,因为对方是房客,或由于对方无家可归或是处境艰难。在中文里,take (someone) in可以翻译为:(出于好心、善心)收留某人。
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参考英文例句:I would’ve been dead at 15 if you hadn’t taken me in.(当初若不是你收留我,我15岁时就已死了)
参考链接:
(1) https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/take_someone_in