to make sure that someone does something or that something happens 以确保某人会去做某事或者某事能够发生 I. EXAMPLES: See that the door is locked before you leave. 你离开前要确保门是锁着的。 See that you have enough sleep every day. 要确保你每天有足够的睡眠。 See that you go to see your parents often. 要确保你经常去看望你的父母。 II. DIALOGUES: Employer: You were late to work again this morning. 雇主：你今天早上又迟到了。 Employee: Yes, I’m sorry but I had to help my mother go to the hospital. She was sick. 雇员：是的，很抱歉，但我得送我妈妈去医院。她生病了。 Employer: I don’t care what you had to do. You’re supposed to be on time. See that you’re not late again. 雇主：我不管你必须做什么。你应该准时到。确保别再迟到了。 Employee: But this was an emergency. 雇员：但这是紧急情况啊。 Employer: It’s your third emergency this month. 雇主：这已经是你这个月第三次 “紧急情况” 了。 Employee: Yeah well, my mother gets sick a lot. 雇员：嗯，我妈妈经常生病。