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fill in

/fil-in/US // ˈfɪlˌɪn //

填入,填写,填补,填充

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that fills in, as a substitute, replacement, or insertion: The company used a fill-in for workers on vacation.
    • : a brief, informative summary; a rundown.

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Examples

  • This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.

  • Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

  • Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”

  • The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.

  • But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.

  • To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.

  • Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!

  • It was not an exalted niche to fill in life, but at least she had learned to fill it to perfection, and her ambitions were modest.

  • The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.

  • So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.