被一个办入住的客人给绊住了
“by a guest checking in.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
结果当时
“but I got held up at the time”
被 一个 办入住 的客人 给 绊住 了
“by a guest checking in.”
我觉得
“I think...”
“Don't blame me for being late; a customer caught me and I couldn't get away.”
Phrasing delays with passive constructions like '被...绊住' frames the delay as an unavoidable external obstruction rather than personal negligence.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to check in (at a hotel)
The standard contemporary spoken term for handling hotel check-in procedures.
to be tied down / held back / delayed by something
Colloquially used when an unforeseen task or person prevents you from leaving on time.
Indicates the completion of the action and the resulting state of being detained.