老外最常用的英文短语 第630期:check on

 　　check on  确认

　　I called my apartment and checked on my grandma. 我给家里打了电话，问奶奶情况怎么样。

　　Jack¹ ran forward to check on what was going on. 杰克急忙跑了过去，确认一下出了什么事。

　　I checked on her but she's a little unstable² today. 我今天看了看她，发现她情绪有点不稳定。

　　Hold on. Let me just check on the baby! 稍等，我来看看孩子的情况！

　　Where did Steve and Adrian go? 史蒂夫和阿德里安去哪了？

　　They had to check on their kids.  他们去看孩子有没有事。

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 unstable   

adj.不稳定的，易变的

参考例句：

• This bookcase is too unstable to hold so many books.这书橱很不结实，装不了这么多书。
• The patient's condition was unstable.那患者的病情不稳定。