仔細調查問題或情況，以找出事實或原因
寫作用途
investigate a problem carefully to discover the facts
The student council looked into repeated complaints about the crowded lunch line.
學生會調查了大家對午餐排隊過度擁擠的反覆抱怨。
寫作技巧
Use look into for careful investigation. Keep the words together and put the issue after into. This does not mean looking inside.
即使遇到阻礙，活動或行動仍繼續進行
寫作用途
continue despite a pause, problem, or difficult condition
Despite the rain, rehearsal went on after the move indoors.
儘管下雨，移到室內後，排練仍繼續進行。
寫作技巧
Here, go on means to continue. Change go to went for the past. The meaning of happening, as in what is going on, is outside this item.
把決定或討論延後到稍後時間再處理
寫作用途
delay a decision or discussion until a later time
The budget vote was held over until every class could comment.
預算表決延後到每個班級都能提出意見之後。
寫作技巧
Hold over often appears in the passive: the vote was held over. Held is both the past form and past participle of hold.
停止抗拒，接受他人的要求、立場或折衷方案
寫作用途
stop resisting and accept another position or request
After hearing both sides, Leo gave in and accepted the quieter rehearsal plan.
聽完雙方意見後，Leo 讓步並接受了較安靜的排練方案。
寫作技巧
Use give in alone or give in to before a request or pressure. Past: gave in. It does not mean submitting something.
沒有延遲地立刻採取行動
寫作用途
immediately and without any delay
When the alarm sounded, the lab team shut off the burner at once.
警報響起時，實驗小組立刻關掉了爐火。
寫作技巧
Here, at once means immediately. It can follow an urgent action or begin a command. The simultaneous meaning is not taught here.
某個動作即將發生，常在臨界點被另一件事打斷
寫作用途
be ready to do something in the next moment
I was about to submit the form when the power went out.
我正要送出表單時，電源突然中斷了。
寫作技巧
Match be to the subject and tense, then use the base verb. Was about to ... when ... shows a last-moment interruption.
撞擊或重擊使某人失去意識
寫作用途
make someone unconscious through a hit or collision
A hard fall knocked the cyclist out, so race staff called for help.
一次重摔讓自行車手失去意識，因此賽事人員立即求助。
寫作技巧
Put the person between knock and out. Use it only for loss of consciousness. Competition-elimination and surprise are excluded.