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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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go1 /ɡəʊ $ ɡoʊ/ S1 W1 verb (past tensepst went /went/, past participlepp gone /ɡɒn $ ɡɒːn/, third person singular3rd goes /ɡəʊz $ ɡoʊz/)

1 move/travel 移动/旅行

a) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] (also been) to travel or move to a place that is away from where you are or where you live 走，去 → come

There’s nothing more we can do here. Let’s go home.

这里没有我们的事了，咱们回家吧。

Have you ever been to (=have you ever travelled to) Japan?

你去过日本吗？

I have been to (=have travelled to) Germany several times.

我去过德国几次。

Where are you going?

你要去哪儿？

We’re going to Canada in the summer.

我们夏天要去加拿大。

Dinah went into the kitchen.

黛娜走进厨房。

She went over and put her arm around him.

她走过去伸手搂住他。

I’m going round to her house to find out what’s wrong.

我准备到她家去看看出什么事了。

I’ll just go up (=go upstairs) and ask him what he wants.

我这就上楼去问问他要什么。

b) [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to move or travel in a particular way or for a particular distance 行走，旅行

It took us over an hour to go ten miles.

十英里路我们用了一个多小时。

The car was going much too fast.

这车开得太快了。

We went a different way from usual that day.

那天我们走的是和平常不同的路。

go by bus/train/car etc

It’ll be quicker to go by train.

乘火车会快一些。

c) go and do something (also go do something American EnglishAmE) [not in past tenses] to move to a particular place in order to do something 去做某事

Go wash your hands.

洗手去。

I went and spoke to the manager.

我去找经理谈过了。

► see thesaurus at travel

2 go flying/laughing/rushing etc FALLto move in a particular way, or to do something as you are moving 飞过/边走边笑/奔过去等

The plate went crashing to the floor.

盘子哗啦一声掉在地板上。

The bullet went flying over my head.

子弹从我头顶飞过。

John went rushing off down the corridor.

约翰沿走廊飞奔而去。

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go flying/laughing/rushing etc• Bodies not strapped in by seat belts go flying.• The next member of the team took his place at the stumps only to see both bails go flying.• The doll and blanket went flying, bounced off the far end of the block, and fell into the make-believe river.• It tripped on a book and almost went flying, but it just succeeded in remaining upright.• Any minute I expected the poor little madman to go flying in the night, dead.• So why had she gone rushing north from Lima to see this half-brother of hers?• But shouldn't you try and find out some more about him before you go rushing off?• Spit went flying, seen by millions.

3 attend 参加

a) [intransitiveI] to be at a concert, party, meeting etc 参加〔音乐会、聚会、会议等〕

go to

Are you going to Manuela’s party?

你去参加曼纽拉的派对吗？

I first went to a rock concert when I was 15.

我15岁时第一次去听了摇滚音乐会。

b) go to school/church/work etc to regularly attend school, a church etc 上学/去做礼拜/上班等

He doesn’t go to the synagogue these days.

他最近不去犹太教堂做礼拜了。

4 leave 离开 [intransitiveI]LEAVE A PLACE to leave a place 离开，出发

5 do a particular activity 从事某种活动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to leave the place where you are, in order to do something 去做，去从事

6 be going to do something

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be going to do something• I'm going to go to the hospital tomorrow.• It looks like it's going to rain.• Nancy's going to meet us at the airport.• We are going to analyse responses to people and ideas.• Once you have decided where the mounting pillars are going to be inserted you are nearly done.• You know Ringwald is going to be trouble for McGaw from the moment they meet at a party.• If the bad news is all that you can see, then change is going to be your enemy.• The committee is going to have several meetings to get student input.• Furthermore, if the views are going to last, they will probably end up in a White Paper.• Ruth and Al are going to move to Seattle.• I was going to sit with a big book of wallpaper in my lap while she and Adler looked over my shoulder.• There were clear expectations that he was going to step in.• We were going to visit my aunt and uncle who have lived there for the past five years.

7 change 变化 [linking verb]BECOME to change in some way, especially by becoming worse than before 变得，变成，变为〔尤指变坏〕

8 happen 发生 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]HAPPEN to happen or develop in a particular way 进行，进展

9 how are things going?/how’s it going?/how goes it? spoken used to ask someone what is happening in their life, especially used as a greeting 怎么样？好吗？〔尤用作问候语〕

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how are things going?/how’s it going?/how goes it?• "Hey, Al, how's it going?" "Fine."

10 reach 到达 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]REACH to reach as far as a particular place or to lead to a particular place 通往，通向

11 usual position 通常的位置 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, not in progressive]PLACE if something goes somewhere, that is its usual position 放在〔通常的位置上〕

12 fit 合适 [intransitiveI]FIT/BE THE RIGHT SIZE to be the right size, shape, or amount for a particular space 放进〔某个空间〕，装得进，装得下

13 be sent 被送出 [intransitiveI]SEND to be sent or passed on 被寄出，被传递

14 be in a particular state/condition 处于某种状态/状况 [linking verb]BE to be in a particular state or condition, especially a bad one 处于〔尤指不好的状态〕

15 go unanswered/unnoticed/unrewarded etc to not be answered, noticed etc 没有得到回复/注意/奖励等

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go unanswered/unnoticed/unrewarded etc• And then it was dark and their entry into camp had gone unnoticed.• Feeding soldiers is not a glamorous business; for the most part it is an administrative function that goes unnoticed.• He had been humiliated Wednesday night and that could not go unanswered.• This attempt to confuse the issue went unanswered, and Santa Anna continued his preparations to advance on the capital.• The success of the tests had not gone unnoticed at the Air Ministry.• It might have gone unnoticed except that the dictionary is quite unequivocal about it.• That despite a troublesome physical problem: a wrist fracture incurred on his last tour that went unnoticed for months.• Underscoring this notion is the fact that other diseases continue to go unnoticed under the very nose of modern medicine.

16 start 开始 [intransitiveI]START DOING something to start doing something 开始做某事

17 work well 运转良好 [intransitiveI]WORKING/NOT BROKEN if a clock, watch, or machine goes, it moves and works as it should do 运转，运行，工作

18 make movement 做出动作 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]MOVE something OR somebody used when you are telling someone about what movement someone or something made 做动作

19 say 说 [transitiveT] spoken informalSAY/STATE to say something 说

20 make a sound 发出声音 [transitiveT] to make a particular sound 发出〔某种声音〕

21 don’t go doing something spokenNOT DO something used to tell someone not to do something, especially something that is wrong or bad 不要做某事〔用来告诫某人不要做某事，尤指错事或坏事〕

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don’t go doing something• It's a secret, so don't go telling everyone.

22 have gone and done something spokenSURPRISED used when you are surprised or annoyed by what someone has done 居然做了某事，真的做了某事〔表示惊讶或恼火〕

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have gone and done something• Kay's gone and lost the car keys!

23 to go

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to go• Only another mile to go!• We still have five more miles to go.• We've got another couple of hours to go before finishing.• We have only two weeks to go before our trip to Hawaii!• Evans scored with only two minutes to go in the game.• I'll have a burger and fries to go, please.• I have ten more pages to go until I'm finished with the book.

24 don’t go there spoken informal used to say that you do not want to think or talk about something 别想这事；别说这事

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Don’t even go there• "What if the two of them actually..." " Don't even go there."

25 story/discussion/song etc 故事/讨论/歌曲等 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]XX used to talk about what something such as a story or song consists of 〔故事、歌词等〕内容是

26 whistle/bell etc 哨子/铃等 [intransitiveI]WARN to make a noise as a warning or signal 响起，鸣响〔作为警告或信号〕

27 here/there somebody goes again spokenANNOY used when someone has annoyed you by doing something they know you do not like 某人又来了〔表示某人又在做令人讨厌的事〕

28 disappear 消失 [intransitiveI]DISAPPEAR to no longer exist or no longer be in the same place 消失，不见 SYN disappear

29 get into worse condition 情况变得更糟 [intransitiveI]WORSE if one of your senses such as sight, hearing etc is going, it is getting worse 〔视力、听力等〕变坏，损坏

30 to be obeyed 被服从 [intransitiveI] if what someone says goes, that person is in authority and what they say should be obeyed 〔某人的话〕算数

31 be damaged 损坏 [intransitiveI]DAMAGE to become weak, damaged etc, or stop working properly 损坏，停止正常运转

32 die 死 [intransitiveI]DIE to die – use this when you want to avoid saying the word ‘die’ 没了，走了〔指人死，委婉说法〕

33 be spent 被花掉 [intransitiveI]SPEND MONEY to be spent 被花掉，用完

34 be sold 被卖掉 [intransitiveI]SELL to be sold 出售

35 pay money 付钱 [intransitiveI] to offer a particular amount of money for something 出价购买

36. going, going, gone!going, gone! going spoken used to say that something has been sold at an auction 要卖了，要卖了，卖了！〔拍卖用语〕

37 time 时间 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]PASS/GO PAST used to say how quickly or slowly time passes 〔时间〕流逝，过去

38 there/bang goes something spokenDISAPPOINTED used to say that you are disappointed because something has stopped you doing or getting what you wanted 某事泡汤了〔表示失望〕

39 go to show/prove/indicate etc something HELPto help to prove something 说明/证明/表明某事

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go to show/prove/indicate etc something• But Rat, I am going to show you the World.• It goes to show you the gap between reality and virtual reality in military thinking.• It just goes to show you.• James Prior said unemployment levels were intolerable and Norman Tebbit said that he was going to prove that the problem was soluble.• Leese was going to show me another trick.• Which goes to show that the smart guys were right about something.• Which all goes to show what can actually be achieved when an analogue master tape is lovingly transferred to compact disc.• Which just goes to prove, you do have to be a somebody to get ahead in this town!

40 be going informalAVAILABLE to be available 有，可得到

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be going• Is there any more wine going?• The clock stopped during the night, but it's going again now.• The washing machine's going, I can hear it.• There aren't many jobs going in this part of the country.• Although he says he supports creation of such sanctuaries, Pavin insists that authorities are going about it all wrong.• The Category Romance offers consistency; the readers basically know what they are going to get before they open the book.• His sister Wil was going to Haarlem, and then to Amsterdam.• It is too hushed, something improper is going to happen.• Nothing was going to spoil a divine day for a Saturday hike.• Who was going to stop and talk to a young girl like me?• He was eighteen years old, and he was going to the Royal Academy in London to learn to be an artist.

41 colours/styles/tastes 颜色/风格/味道 [intransitiveI] if colours, tastes, styles etc go, they look, taste etc good together 〔颜色、味道、风格等〕相配，相称

42 as somebody/something goes COMPAREused for comparing someone or something with the average person or thing of that type 就某人/某事物而言

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as somebody/something goes• $40 a ticket isn't bad as football tickets go.• He's not bad, as politicians go.

43 go all out to try very hard to do or get something 全力以赴，竭尽全力

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go all out• On my last day as head of the mess Sanborn and his staff went all out.• The Bordeaux exhibition goes all out for an abundance of images.• The poplars and fireweed have gone all out for flight, compromises be damned.• Well, you have to go all out for it.• Marketers go all out for these events.• If Hal went all out, he could win any one of them; but that would be bad for morale.• If Lynne Perrie wants something she believes in going all out to get it.• Three, you went all out to persuade me to call Sandy to break the news about Ed's murder.

44 have nothing/not much/a lot etc going for somebody/something used to talk about how many advantages and good qualities someone or something has 某人/某事物没有有利条件/有利条件不多/有利条件很多等

45 where does somebody/something go from here? spoken used to ask what should be done next, especially when there is a problem 接下去某人/某事该怎么办呢？

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where does somebody/something go from here?• He has just turned 25 years old and the question is: Where does he go from here?• So where does Dirk go from here?• The question now is, where does UMass go from here?

46 going forward in the future – used especially in business 将来，今后〔尤为商业用语〕

47 leave a job 辞职 [intransitiveI] to leave your job, especially because you are forced to 〔尤指被迫〕离职

48 get rid of STH 废弃某物 [intransitiveI] if something goes, someone gets rid of it 被废掉，被废弃

49. toilet 厕所 [intransitiveI] informal to make waste come out of your body 解手，上厕所

PHRASAL VERBS

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go• I've packed all my bags, and I'm ready to go.• I can't get the lawnmower to go.• I don't exactly remember how the song goes.• I dropped my watch, but it's still going.• Come on, Joe, it's time to go.• Do you know what time the next bus goes?• Do you think this goes?• Her face went bright red with embarrassment.• Don't go just yet - it's not that late!• How many of you actually went last week?• "How are your exams going, Luke?" "Fine, thanks."• Cats go "meow."• Fiona says that her new teaching job is going really well.• As soon as the band started playing, the crowd went silent.• I'll have to go soon - was there anything else you wanted to talk about?• How's the job going these days?• Did you go to the baseball game last weekend?• How far have we gone today?• Did the party go well?

be/get going• It's late - I should be going.• Fundamental arguments will be found to support a boom if one gets going.• Stillman never seemed to be going anywhere in particular, nor did he seem to know where he was.• I still felt grumpy, but as the preacher got going I also discovered that somehow I wanted him to do well.• Incidentally, he seemed to be going long in avocados.• She is very brave, which is plenty to be going on with.• If you are known to be seeing a shrink you are deemed to be going round the bend.• So whichever you happen to be going to.

go for a walk/swim etc• I decided to go for a walk.• I thanked him, went for a walk by myself and sobbed.• So if you go for a walk in the desert in a few years time and a plane flies overhead, hide.• I laced up the Docs and went for a walk in the hills behind Gallanach.• I go for walks, sometimes, when I have time.• Constance and Will loved going for walks together.• Tonight when supper was over she said she wanted him to go for a walk with her.

go bad/sour etc• In 1993, a wage garnishment was filed against him stemming from a diamond sale gone sour.• There is a difference between a project which never gets off the ground and one which suddenly goes bad.• Why then do inspectors go bad?• The deal went sour and Coles lost A $ 18 million.• The whole place is always going bad, marching relentlessly towards the sell-by date.• The taste of manna has gone sour on them.• Too often relationships go sour or become impoverished through lack of attention.• What items would go bad quickly and should be eaten first?

go well/smoothly/fine etc• All seemed to be going well.• At a full council meeting in Darlington members heard the appeal is going well.• That is a hope that goes well beyond the findings of the sciences at the present time.• But complaints go well beyond the present campaign.• He was given an ultimatum by Murphy to prove his fitness by Friday but went well in training on Monday.• At the same time I think some people are going well over the top in slagging off Wilko.• When things go well, pat yourself on the back and tell at least one other person.• If the group review process goes well, the next step may include some experimentation, market research, or prototype development.

go in/under/inside etc• The first crop of experienced lawmakers was eliminated in November and a second crop will go in 2002.• Because it was attached to the straw and the string, it went in a straight line.• All 2,060 workers will go in a town which is already an unemployment blackspot.• When I went in, everyone laughed.• Lilya would go in her car, and I would go in mine.• When the imitation worked and the ball went in, I could barely contain myself.• Few people went in or out to gossip with her.• If the problem is one of bedwetting then the chart should go in the child's bedroom.

go by/through/to etc• But the other night they went to a carnival at Amphi and each won some goldfish.• The younger boys go to bed at nine o'clock.• But they can not walk from reserve to reserve without going through cities.• Anyway, we went out to dinner and then went to a speakeasy.• His place at No. 3 goes to Gary Harrington.• What is he going to put in new bathrooms for?• One thousand cars went to the cemetery.• Jasper and I went to the limousine, and Jasper asked the better-looking bartender for two glasses of red wine.

go hungry• Without welfare benefits, many may become homeless, others will go hungry.• Frankie had learned to prepare in advance for those days and nights when he might otherwise go hungry.• Most of the 300,000 people live off the land and no one has gone hungry.• No-one is allowed to go hungry.• It was a compulsion I'd starved for, and even if I never went hungry again I would feel that compulsion for ever.• Thousands of families go hungry every day.• Many people had lost everything they owned in the floods and many were now going hungry, he said.• Families went hungry, lost nine months of income, and for what, really?• She has never gone hungry, suffered horrible illness or seen some one she loves die.• The mother bird will often go hungry to keep her babies alive.

get going• The impish Forrester scribbles pedagogic remarks all over Jamal's unformed jottings and a sparky, mutually nurturing relationship gets going.• Then Tam would come out and we could get going.• We've got so much to do - let's get going.• Could a form of cumulative selection get going?• I know I need to get up and get going.• The coach was supposed to leave at 10:30 but we eventually got going at 3 o'clock.• Everyone wanted to get going but no one was confident about how.• Let's get going now or we'll miss the train.• Races could only get going on a majority vote of the Student Union, and then only if it was quorate.• They were sharp and deadly and able to cut off anything that the Sparks tried to get going on offense.• You need to get going on that report. It's due tomorrow.• Once he gets going, there is no stopping this longtime Chicago talk-show host, sports commentator, actor, professional raconteur.• Get going, you two! Didn't you hear the school bell?

get ... going• Fundamental arguments will be found to support a boom if one gets going.• I know I need to get up and get going.• It kind of got us going.• Magnus could have made one of his rude jokes which would really have got Claire going.• Dave gets the conversation going again, explaining how courting and nailing down a prospect take some time.• Then my son-in-law managed to get her heart going again.• He actually got the adrenalin going, forced the pendulum which had almost stopped to swing again.• Things were just getting going when a neighbour appeared.

go on• Occasionally he would stop writing, read through what he had written, and then go on.• It has to do with not knowing what is going on.• Marlon: What's going on?• Their remit is not to charge or discipline officers, but to uncover exactly what has gone on.• I wish you'd stop going on about how expensive everything is.• Mick went to have his hair cut just to stop his wife going on about it.• I wish you'd stop going on about work all the time.• He went on and on until we were all half asleep.• Mum was always going on at me to do something with my musical talent, but I was more interested in sport.• Look, I'll do the dishes when I've finished writing this letter. Just stop going on at me!• As part of the class, they go on company tours and job shadows organized by the business partners.• Go on, have another piece.• He went on in a soft voice, "I love you, Jane."• They were sharp and deadly and able to cut off anything that the Sparks tried to get going on offense.• If student reports are anything to go on, the system does appear to work at Thayer.• He went on to say that there would be times when she would be expected to attend evening or weekend meetings.• Once everyone was quiet, Michael went on with his story.• If you'd been with me, I might have stiffened myself and gone on with it.• Let's stop now. We'll go on with this tomorrow.• After a short break for coffee, they went on working until 3 o'clock.

go for/at• It is best to go for fabrics which are stretch- and fade-resistant as well as stain- and mildew-resistant.• There are obvious benefits in allowing each student to go at his own pace.• Your educated boys went at it a little more privately and gracefully, but sometimes destroyed more people in the long run.• A year of unprecedented success for a band that has been gone for more than a quarter-century.• So, the two golden rules when buying are to go for quality and buy the largest you can afford.• I go for walks, sometimes, when I have time.

go with• I think everybody just goes with a certain flow.• It's best to go with an organised group if you want to cycle or paddle your way through the area.• Years ago he persuaded me to go with him up to Tigouga, his home village, and the near-mystical Tichka Plateau above.• Emerson talks about listening to that inner voice and going with it, all voices to the contrary.• "What do you think of Jo's idea?" "I think we should go with it - I can't think of anything better."• We considered all the options and decided to go with John's original proposal.• In the end the Chairman of Governors went with me.• I love that pale blue wallpaper, but I don't think it would go with the carpet.• It was agreed that I would go with them under the aegis of Bhopal ji who immediately understood photographic requirements.• When they're excluded, a great many calories will go with them!• If you want an on-line service, go with them.• That jacket will go really well with your blue skirt.• I'm not sure that those earrings will go with your dress.

go2 S1 noun (plural goes)

1 try 尝试 [countableC]TRY TO DO OR GET something an attempt to do something 尝试

2 your turn 轮到你的机会 [countableC]PLAY A GAME OR SPORT someone’s turn in a game or someone’s turn to use something 轮到的机会

3 make a go of something informalSUCCEED IN DOING something to make something succeed, especially a business or marriage 使某事〔尤指生意或婚姻〕成功

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make a go of something• I keep expecting to hear you and Cora-Beth are making a go of it?• Carol found herself wishing that Fred could make a go of something.• She just knew she could make a go of it!• Discs realised maybe they could make a go of it.• So he made a go of permanently avoiding the issue.• The rest of the story is that my great-grandfather could never really make a go of his life after that.• Now she was set to make a go of her programming business, and nothing was going to stop her.• They both want to make a go of their relationship.• He persuaded creditors to give him three years to make a go of the garden.

4 £3/$50 etc a go informal used for saying how much it costs to do something or buy something 3英镑/50美元等一回[一个]

5 on the go informal

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on the go• My kids keep me always on the go.• We were always on the go.• I've been on the go all day.• She is constantly on the go, running around, pushing other kids, throwing toys.• I have three or four on the go at once.• Some of these blokes have eight or nine houses on the go.• Room temperature exerted a powerful influence on the going rate of any timekeeper.• Here's the lowdown on these tasty treats: Wraps are the ideal meal for people on the go.• Make a point of always having more than one project on the go.

6 something is a go American EnglishAmE spoken used to say that things are working correctly or that you have permission to do something 某事顺利进行；某事获得同意

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something is a go• The village church is gone, the orphanage is still standing, though one wing of it has been gutted by fire.• Congress is going to take it out.• Even the sweetest guy in the world eventually is going to make you angry, likely by Feb. 15.• There is a commotion behind me, some one motions him to leave, there is a brief scuffle and he is gone.• Vision - creating a sense of what the organisation is about and where it is going. 2.• I just got word from our boss, and the trip to London is a go.• Clearly, a character wearing a mask is going to have a tricky time with some Fel tests.• Now the waiting is over: nobody is going back.• For Information Technology is going to transform all our lives - we have hardly seen anything yet.

7 something is (a) no go spokenNO used to say that something is not allowed or will not happen 某事是不允许的；某事是不可能的

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something is (a) no go• I asked for a raise but it was a no go.• One mistake and there is no going back.

8 it’s all go British EnglishBrE spokenBUSY PLACE it is very busy 非常忙碌

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it’s all go• It's all gone very quiet over there!• Better to accept it's all gone.• But now they're here it's all going splendidly.• Now it's all gone quiet.• It can't be helped ... Together for an instant and then smash it's all gone still its worth it.• So it's all going to go ahead as per the script.• But it is starting to look as though it's all going sour.• Yes, it's all go on the rumour exchange and let me stress that these are but a few of the juiciest.

9 have a go British EnglishBrE spoken

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have a go• So stay with me and have a go.• Mrs James will certainly have gone home, but Gerard will still be up until after the last guest has gone.• The finish could have gone either way.• He says that when burning oak powder it's possible that a spark could have gone astray.• Presidential families have gone to great lengths before to preserve the privacy of their personal correspondence.• David kept saying she should simply not have gone up there ... but how could she not have gone, being Harriet?• Since then, scientists have gone back to the lab and improved it.• Maybe he should have gone to work for a firm.

10 energy 活力 [uncountableU] British EnglishBrEENERGETIC energy and a desire to do things 活力；热情；干劲

11. all the go old-fashionedFASHIONABLE very fashionable 十分流行的

Examples from the Corpus

go• In the end I had to have a go!• You told me you're good at most sports, so you'd better just try and give it a go.• The rest of the story is that my great-grandfather could never really make a go of his life after that.

have a go• So stay with me and have a go.• I'm not sure I'll be able to persuade him, but I'll certainly have a go.• Mrs James will certainly have gone home, but Gerard will still be up until after the last guest has gone.• The finish could have gone either way.• He says that when burning oak powder it's possible that a spark could have gone astray.• Presidential families have gone to great lengths before to preserve the privacy of their personal correspondence.• I'll have a go at repairing the roof myself.• David kept saying she should simply not have gone up there ... but how could she not have gone, being Harriet?• Since then, scientists have gone back to the lab and improved it.• Maybe he should have gone to work for a firm.

have a go on• Meanwhile tens of thousands of Marvs have gone on sale since June.• Students have gone on strike and then failed to make up the days lost.• He was the kind of man Nigel would have liked to have gone on the pick-up with.• Her knees seemed to have gone on strike.• The good life might well have gone on indefinitely.• Out of that initial group, five women have gone on to obtain college degrees, McKenzie said.• The Sergeant was a very good piper and would have gone on all night.

From Longman Business Dictionary

gogo /gəʊgoʊ/ verb (past tensepst went /went/, past participlepp gone /gɒngɒːn/) [intransitiveI]

1to be sold for a particular amount or to a particular person

go for something

He believes GM shares will fetch $45 by the year-end, while Ford will go for 40.

go to somebody

Government spending in the area doubled, but most of it went to the oil industry.

2COMMERCE go it alone to do something on your own, for example to start a new business

Unless an entrepreneur wants to go it alone and has the necessary money and talents, he or she may have to take on a partner.

3used before an adjective or adjectival phrase to mean that something has happened or been done in a particular way. For example, if someone goes BANKRUPT, they become bankrupt; if a company goes GLOBAL, it starts doing business all over the world

→ go after

→ go back on something

→ go down

→ go under

→ go with something

Origin go1

Old English gan