chime in

英 [tʃaɪm ɪn]

美 [tʃaɪm ɪn]

紧跟着说; 紧接着说

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 紧跟着说;紧接着说
  If youchime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
  1. 'Why?' Pete asked impatiently. — 'Yes, why?' Bob chimed in. 'It seems like a good idea to me.'...
     “为什么？”皮特不耐烦地问。——“是啊，为什么呢？”鲍勃跟着问道，“我觉得这个主意不错啊。”
  2. At this, some of the others chime in with memories of prewar deprivations.
     听到这话，另外那些人中有几个开始加进来讲述他们对战前贫困生活的回忆。

英英释义

verb

• break into a conversation
  1. her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation
  Synonym:cut input inbutt inchisel inbarge inbreak in

双语例句

• When a birthday cake came out and "Happy Birthday" was sung for one of the family members, I couldn't help but chime in.
  在我旁边的一张桌子旁坐下了。生日蛋糕拿出来了，大家开始为一个家人唱“生日快乐”。这时，我禁不住一起哼了起来。
• Chime in a dream.
  像梦里的一声钟。
• These let him chime in on all the issues of the day.
  所有这些都是他能对目前所有的问题发表意见。
• He is always ready to chime in with his opinion.
  他老是要打断别人的谈话发表自己的看法。
• I hope somebody can chime in here and help me understand what's going on.
  我希望这里有人能告诉我这究竟是怎么一回事。
• Our dark side also tends to chime in and we exhibit some schadenfreude when the more pompous leaders in a field are snubbed and some of us also salaciously look forward to another Nobel scandal.
  我们黑暗的一面也趋于附和，当一个领域中自以为是的带头人落选时我们表现出幸灾乐祸，并且我们中的一些人也不怀好意的望向另一个诺贝尔奖丑闻。
• The agent and the auditor with ulterior motives are chime in easily, and agree with each other on the audit collusion.
  动机不纯容易使代理人和审计人员一拍即合，达成审计合谋的共识。
• I'm taking a brief hiatus from this series to allow other contributors an opportunity to chime in with their areas of expertise.
  我在此系列中做个简短的中断，让别人能加入分享他们各自领域的专业经验。
• The man's will was to do right, sure enough, but his heart did not chime in.
  这个人是想正经的，这是毫无问题的，可是他的心却不听话。
• Facebook Inc. is likely to get a bunch of new friends on Wall Street on Wednesday, when about two dozen analysts will be free to chime in publicly on its prospects.
  本周三，二十余名分析师将自由表达对FacebookInc.公司前景的预期，Facebook很可能因此吸引到一些华尔街的新朋友。