kick in
參見：kickin'
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[编辑]kick in (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 kicks in，現在分詞 kicking in，一般過去時及過去分詞 kicked in)
- (及物) 踢倒，朝里踢
- Upon hearing residents in the burning house, the passerby kicked in the front door and yelled to those inside.
- 听到起火的房子里有居民，路人踢开了前门，朝里面的人大喊。
- (及物，俚語) 踢；暴打
- (不及物，俗語，尤指突然间) 起效；出现；启动；开始
- 2013，Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke，Before Midnight (motion picture), Julie Delpy (actor):
- People expect women [when they give birth] to have this instinct that kicks in.
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- 2005，Sean Dooley，The Big Twitch，Sydney: Allen and Unwin，頁 289:
- Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth.]
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- You have to push the switch hard to get the heater to kick in.
- 你要用力推开关，才能把暖气打开。
- I took my medication an hour ago, and it hasn't kicked in yet.
- 我一小时前服的药，现在还没见效。
- (及物和不及物，俗語) 贡献，交 （到某个筹款活动）
- For the year-end party, we're asking each employee to kick in twenty dollars.
- 我们要求每个员工给年末聚会交20美元。
- This is a worthy charity, so everyone should kick in.
- 这个慈善活动很有意义，每个人都应该捐点钱。