log in
log in — phrasal verb
- log inbase form
- logs in3rd person singular
- logging in-ing form
- logged inpast simple
1. to type your name and secret word into a computer or website so that you can sta
to type your name and secret word into a computer or website so that you can start using it
Darius could not log in because he had forgotten his password again.
log in (intransitive, no object)
Please log in to the school website before you start the maths test.
log in to + [system/account]
Valentina logs in every morning to check her work email at the office.
The students were told to log in with their own usernames, not a shared one.
Nikhil tried to log in three times, but the app kept showing an error.
- log out
to stop using the system and close your session
文法句型
log in
log in to + [system/account]
用法筆記
Almost always followed by 'to' when the system or account is named ('log in to the app'). Without 'to', it stands alone ('I can't log in'). Distinguish from sense 2, which takes an object person.
常見錯誤
2. to do the steps that let another person start using a computer or account, usual
to do the steps that let another person start using a computer or account, usually by entering their details for them
The nurse logged the new doctor in so she could read the patient files.
log + [somebody] + in (object between the verb)
Kasia logged her grandfather in because he found the keyboard hard to use.
log + [somebody] + in
Our manager logged us in to the new system during the morning training.
The teacher logged each child in before the reading lesson began.
- sign in
can also be used transitively: sign someone in
- log out
to end someone's session; 'log somebody out'
文法句型
log + [somebody] + in
用法筆記
Object goes between 'log' and 'in' (log him in), never after (not 'log in him'). Subject is usually a helper or system doing it for someone else, unlike sense 1 where you do it yourself.