| 词组 | go on |
| 释义 | go on 1. go on to continue to happen or exist, especially for a long time or for a particular period of time: ▪ The party went on until four in the morning. + for ▪ The negotiations are expected to go on for several weeks. ▪ How long has this been going on for? go on and on (=continue for a very long time) ▪ The meeting went on and on, until Pauline and I were practically falling asleep. ongoing adj used to emphasize that something continues to happen and does not stop: ▪ Learning is an ongoing process - it doesn't stop when you leave school. 2. go on to continue doing something without stopping or changing go on doing sth ▪ Philip completely ignored what I said and went on eating. ▪ It could go on raining like this all day. ▪ I was beginning to feel that I couldn't go on with my work any more. ▪ You just have to try and forget what happened and go on with your life. go on ▪ If you go on like this, you'll end up in hospital. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑carry on 3. go on usually progressive if something is going on, it is happening, especially something strange, unusual, or confusing: ▪ It was obvious that something very suspicious was going on. what's going on ▪ There seems to be a lot of noise - what's going on in there? ▪ Nobody in the office seemed to know what was going on. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑happen goings-on n plural events or activities that seem strange or that you disapprove of: ▪ There've been some strange goings-on in the house next door. 4. go on to do or achieve something, after you have finished doing something else + to do sth ▪ He went on to win an Olympic Gold medal in the 400 metres. ▪ Martin Landau and Dianne Wiest have both gone on to win Oscars. + to ▪ In 1980 fewer than 30% of girls went on to higher education. 5. go on to continue talking about something, especially after stopping for a short time or being interrupted by someone: ▪ "There's only one other possibility," Jed went on. ▪ Sorry to interrupt you, please go on. + with ▪ After a short pause, Maria went on with her story. ■ SIMILAR TO: continue 6. go on informal to talk too much in a boring way sb/sth does go on ▪ Pam's a really nice person but she does go on a bit! go on and on ▪ The speaker went on and on until we were all practically falling asleep. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑bang on BrE informal 7. go on usually progressive BrE informal to keep complaining about something, or asking someone to do something: ▪ I wish you'd stop going on, Mum! + about ▪ He's always going on about how much work he's got to do. go on at sb (to do sth) BrE ▪ I've been going on at Rick to tidy his room for weeks now. 8. go on to continue travelling or moving towards a particular place or in a particular direction, especially after stopping for a short time: ▪ They stopped at a small hotel and had a meal before going on again. + to ▪ The original plan was to drive down to Spain, but in the end we went on to Morocco. 9. go on BrE to go somewhere before the other people you are with: ▪ Bill and the girls went on in the car and the rest of us followed on foot. go on ahead ▪ Why don't you go on ahead - we'll catch up with you later. 10. go on if a type of land, a road etc goes on for a particular distance or in a particular direction, it continues for that distance or in that direction: ▪ In front of us, the desert went on as far as the eye could see. ▪ This road goes on to Utah, and we don't want to end up there. 11. go on! spoken used to encourage someone to do something: ▪ Go on, have another drink. ▪ Go on, James, tell us! ■ SIMILAR TO: come on! spoken 12. go on! spoken informal used to tell someone that you are very surprised by what someone has just told you, or that you do not believe it: ▪ Go on! She didn't really go out with him, did she? ■ SIMILAR TO: get away! BrE spoken informal, come off it! spoken informal 13. go on (then) BrE spoken informal used to tell someone that you will agree to something that you had refused to agree to before: ▪ "Don't you think I could borrow the car, just for once?" "Oh, go on then." 14. go on sth to base your opinion or judgement on the information that is available: ▪ I can only go on the information that I've got in this report. not have much/anything to go on (=not have much or any information on which to base an opinion or judgement) ▪ The police didn't have much to go on as there were no witnesses. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go by 15. go on sth BrE if an amount of something, especially money, goes on a particular thing, it is spent on or used for that thing: ▪ A large proportion of my salary goes on our mortgage. go on doing sth ▪ The money we raised went on rebuilding the church tower. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑go towards/toward 16. go on if a light, machine, or piece of equipment goes on, it starts working: ▪ The inside light goes on automatically when you open the door. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come on ■ OPPOSITE: go off 17. as time/the day/the years etc go on used to describe what happens while time passes: ▪ As time went on, we no longer seemed to have much in common. ▪ I feel fine in the morning, but I tend to get worse as the day goes on. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑wear on 18. be going on for 18/60 etc BrE/be going on 18/60 etc AmE informal to be almost a particular age: ▪ "How old's Michael?" "He must be going on for 50 by now." 17 going on 18/35 going on 40 etc ▪ She must be about seventeen, going on eighteen. 19. go on sth to start taking a type of medical drug: ▪ I don't want to go on sleeping pills, if I can possibly avoid it. go on the pill (=start taking the pill that prevents you from having a baby) ▪ During the 1960s, a lot of women started to go on the pill. |
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