| 词组 | get around |
| 释义 | get around 1. get around • get around sth to travel around a city or area: ▪ One of the best ways to get around Amsterdam is by boat. ▪ If we hired a car, we'd be able to get around and see more. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get about BrE get around to be able to move around places without much difficulty - use this about people who are old, ill, or injured: ▪ Even though she's over 90 and nearly blind, she still gets around with a little help. ▪ The Capitol building has ramps and elevators so that wheelchair users can get around. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get about BrE 2. get around sth if you get around a problem, you find a way of dealing with it, especially by avoiding it: ▪ There's no way your mother can stay here - we'll just have to get around it somehow. ▪ When the train drivers held a one-day strike many commuters got around the problem by taking the day off. ▪ Stores introduce new security systems, but experienced shoplifters always find ways to get around them. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get round BrE, ↑get over 3. get around sth if you get around a law or rule, you find a legal way of doing something which the law or rule was intended to prevent: ▪ Most companies are looking for ways to get around the tax laws. ▪ smart lawyers who offer advice on how to get around the new restrictions on share dealing 4. get around if news or information gets around, a lot of people hear about it - use this especially about information that should be secret: ▪ The rumours are already starting to get around. ▪ Surkov put a twenty pound note in his hand. "We don't want this to get around if we can possibly avoid it." word gets around (=many people hear about something) ▪ Word must have got around that the band was staying there, and by evening the hotel was surrounded by screaming fans. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get about BrE, ↑get round BrE 5. get around sb not passive BrE to gently persuade someone to do what you want by being friendly to them: ▪ "Won't your dad mind?" "Don't worry - I know how to get around him." ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get round BrE 6. get around to travel to a lot of different places: ▪ Steve's just come back from Hong Kong - he certainly gets around. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get about BrE spoken 7. there's no getting around sth especially spoken used when you are mentioning an unpleasant fact that cannot be changed or ignored: ▪ There's just no getting around the fact that people will have to pay more tax or services will have to be cut. ▪ He didn't love his wife anymore. There was no getting around it. ■ SIMILAR TO: there's not getting away from sth, there's no getting round sth BrE 8. get around spoken to have sexual relationships with a lot of different people: ▪ She gets around, you know - she was well known for it at school. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get about BrE spoken |
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