| 词组 | get at |
| 释义 | get at 1. what sb is getting at what someone really means, when they are not saying it directly: ▪ I see what you're getting at, but I think you're wrong. what are you getting at? ▪ Come on, Sergeant, what are you getting at? Are you trying to suggest that I knew something about it? ■ SIMILAR TO: what sb is driving at 2. get at sth to succeed in reaching or getting something: ▪ When firemen tried to open the garage door to get at the fire, they found it welded shut. ▪ The book you want is up there. You'll have to stand on a chair to get at it. ▪ Software that enables you to get at the information you need more quickly. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑reach 3. get at the truth/the facts to discover the truth about a situation, especially when other people do not want you to discover it: ▪ Brian Cox plays a top government investigator determined to get at the truth when his friend disappears in mysterious circumstances. ▪ There's a great deal of secrecy in government departments, which makes it difficult for ordinary people to get at the real facts. 4. get at sb/sth to reach someone or something and attack or harm them: ▪ Plant the seedlings in a sheltered position where the frost can't get at them. ▪ An angry crowd surrounded a police van and pounded on the vehicle in an effort to get at the man who had been detained. ■ SIMILAR TO: attack 5. get at sb BrE informal to criticize someone in an unfair and annoying way: ▪ My Mum's always getting at me about my clothes. ▪ Rob feels as if he's being got at all the time. ▪ I'm not trying to get at you personally - I just think that we should all try to work more as a team. ■ SIMILAR TO: criticize, ↑pick at especially AmE 6. get at sb informal to threaten the people who decide whether someone is guilty in a court of law, in order to influence their decision: ▪ At least eight members of the jury had been got at. ■ SIMILAR TO: nobble BrE informal |
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