:to be considered generally or usually: He's short, as basketball players go.
:to serve as a means: This only goes to prove the point.
:to result or end; turn out: How did the game go?
:to belong; have a place: This book goes on the top shelf.
: to harmonize; be compatible; be suited: Your tweed jacket would go well with these pants.
:to fit around or into; be able to be extended, contained, inserted, etc.: This belt won't go around my waist.
:to be or become consumed, spent, finished, etc.: The cake went fast.
:to be or become discarded, dismissed, put aside, forgotten, etc.: Those practical jokes of yours have got to go!
:to develop, progress, or proceed, especially with reference to success or satisfaction: How is your new job going?
:to move or proceed with remarkable speed or energy: Look at that airplane go!
:to make a certain sound: The gun goes bang.
:to be phrased, written, or composed: How does that song go?
:to seek or have recourse for a decision, verdict, corroboration, defense, etc.; resort: to go to court.
:to become worn-out, weakened, ineffective, etc.: His eyesight is beginning to go.
:to die: The old man went peacefully at 3 a.m.
:to fail, break, or give way: The dike might go any minute.
:to come into action; begin: Go when you hear the bell.
:to make up a quantity or content; be requisite: Sixteen ounces go to the pound.
:to be able to be divided; be contained as a mathematical element: Three goes into fifteen five times.
:to contribute to an end result: the items that go to make up the total.
:to have as one's goal; intend: Their daughter is going to be a doctor.
:to be permitted, approved, or the like: Around here, anything goes.
:to be authoritative; be the final word: This is my house, and what I say goes!
:to subject oneself: Don't go to any trouble.
:: He finally had to go ask for a loan.
:Informal. to urinate or defecate.
v.有主动词 verb
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went, gone, go·ing.
:Informal. to risk, pay, afford, bet, or bid: I'll go fifty dollars for a ticket, but no more.
:to move or proceed with or according to: Going my way?
:to share or participate in to the extent of: to go halves.
:to yield, produce, weigh as a usable amount, or grow to: This field will go two bales of cotton.
:to assume the obligation, responsibility, or function of: His father went bail for him.
:Informal. to enjoy, appreciate, desire, or want: I could go a big steak dinner right now.
:Informal. to say, declare, think, or feel: I asked the clerk for my receipt, and he goes, “You don't need it.”
:Informal. to endure or tolerate: I can't go his preaching.
n.名词 noun
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plural goes.
:the act of going: the come and go of the seasons.
:energy, spirit, or animation: a man with a lot of go.
:a try at something; attempt: to have a go at winning the prize.
:a successful accomplishment; success: to make a go of a new business.
:Informal. approval or permission, as to undertake or begin something: The boss gave us the go on the new project.
:Informal. a business agreement; deal; bargain: Thirty dollars? It's a go.
:Boxing. a bout: the main go.
interj.感叹词 interjection
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: start the race; leave the starting line: On your mark! Get set! Go!
adj.形容词 adjective
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:functioning properly and ready: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.
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:go about, to occupy oneself with; perform: The shoemaker goes about his work with a smile.Nautical.to change course by tacking or wearing.
:go after, to attempt to obtain; strive for: You'll never get what you want if you don't go after it energetically.
:go against, to be in conflict with or opposed to: It goes against the company's policy.
:go ahead, to proceed without hesitation or delay: If you want to use my car, go ahead.
:go along, to move or proceed.to accompany in travel.to agree; concur: I can't go along with you on that idea.
:go around, to be often in company: to go around with a bad crowd.to be sufficient for all: Is there enough food to go around?to pass or circulate, as in transmission or communication: The rumor is going around that he was forced to resign.
:go at, to assault; attack.to begin or proceed vigorously: to go at one's work with a will.
:go back on. back.
:go by, to be disregarded or not taken advantage of: Don't let this chance go by.to be guided by or to rely upon: Don't go by what she says.
:go down, to decrease or subside, as in amount or size: Prices went down. The swelling is going down.to descend or sink: When does the sun go down?to suffer defeat: to go down fighting.to be accepted or believed: This nonsense goes down as truth with many persons.to admit of being consumed: This food goes down easily.to be remembered in history or by posterity.Slang.to happen; occur: What's been going down since I've been away?British.to leave a university, permanently or at the end of a term.Bridge.to fall short of making one's contract.Slang: Vulgar.to perform fellatio or cunnilingus.
:go for, to make an attempt at; try for: He is going for the championship.to assault.to favor; like: It simply isn't the kind of life you would go for.to be used for the purpose of or be a substitute for: material that goes for silk.
:go in for, to adopt as one's particular interest; approve of; like.to occupy oneself with; engage in: Europeans in increasing numbers are going in for camping.
:go into, to discuss or investigate: Let's not go into the question of whose fault it was.to undertake as one's study or work: to go into medicine.
:go in with, to join in a partnership or union; combine with: He asked me to go in with him on the purchase of a boat.
:go off, to explode, fire, or perform or begin to function abruptly: A gun went off in the distance. to happen: The interview went off very badly.to leave, especially suddenly: She went off without saying goodbye.to die.to deteriorate.Slang.to experience orgasm.
:go on, to happen or take place: What's going on here?to continue: Go on working.to behave; act: Don't go on like that!to talk effusively; chatter.: Go on, you're kidding me.to appear onstage in a theatrical performance: I go on in the middle of the second act.
:go out, to come to an end, especially to fade in popularity: Silent movies went out as soon as the talkies were perfected.to cease or fail to function: The lights went out.to participate in a social activity: We usually go out drinking on Friday nights.Informal.to have a continuing romantic relationship: They went out for about a year before getting married.to take part in a strike: The printers went out yesterday in a contract dispute.Rummy.to dispose of the last card in one's hand by melding it on the table.Cards.to achieve a point score equal to or above the score necessary to win the game.
:go over, to repeat; review.to be effective or successful: The proposal went over very well with the trustees.to examine: The mechanic went over the car but found nothing wrong.to read; scan.
:go through, to bear; experience.to examine or search carefully: He went through all of his things but couldn't find the letter.to be successful; be accepted or approved: The proposed appropriation will never go through.to use up; spend completely: He went through his allowance in one day.
:go through with, to persevere with to the end; bring to completion: It was perhaps the biggest challenge of her life, and she resolved to go through with it.
:go under, to be overwhelmed or ruined; fail. to founder.
:go up, to be in the process of construction, as a building.to increase in cost, value, etc.to forget one's lines during a theatrical performance.British.to go to a university at the beginning of a term.
:go with, Informal. to have a continuing romantic relationship with; date: He went with her for two years.