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getting on

/get/US // gɛt //UK // (ɡɛt) //

渐入佳境,越来越好,越来越多的,渐渐地

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v.有主动词 verb
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    got or gat;got or got·ten;get·ting.

    • : to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
    • : to cause to be in one's possession or succeed in having available for one's use or enjoyment; obtain; acquire: to get a good price after bargaining; to get oil by drilling; to get information.
    • : to go after, take hold of, and bring for one's own or for another's purposes; fetch: Would you get the milk from the refrigerator for me?
    • : to cause or cause to become, to do, to move, etc., as specified; effect: to get one's hair cut; to get a person drunk; to get a fire to burn; to get a dog out of a room.
    • : to communicate or establish communication with over a distance; reach: You can always get me by telephone.
    • : to hear or hear clearly: I didn't get your last name.
    • : to acquire a mental grasp or command of; learn: to get a lesson.
    • : to capture; seize: Get him before he escapes!
    • : to receive as a punishment or sentence: to get a spanking; to get 20 years in jail.
    • : to prevail on; influence or persuade: We'll get him to go with us.
    • : to prepare; make ready: to get dinner.
    • : to beget.
    • : Informal. to affect emotionally: Her pleas got me.
    • : to hit, strike, or wound: The bullet got him in the leg.
    • : Informal. to kill.
    • : Informal. to take vengeance on: I'll get you yet!
    • : to catch or be afflicted with; come down with or suffer from: He got malaria while living in the tropics. She gets butterflies before every performance.
    • : Informal. to puzzle; irritate; annoy: Their silly remarks get me.
    • : Informal. to understand; comprehend: I don't get the joke. This report may be crystal-clear to a scientist, but I don't get it.
v.无主动词 verb
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    got or gat;got or got·ten;get·ting.

    • : to come to a specified place; arrive; reach: to get home late.
    • : to succeed, become enabled, or be permitted: You get to meet a lot of interesting people.
    • : to become or to cause oneself to become as specified; reach a certain condition: to get angry; to get sick.
    • : : to get married; to get elected; to get hit by a car.
    • : to succeed in coming, going, arriving at, visiting, etc.: I don't get into town very often.
    • : to bear, endure, or survive: Can he get through another bad winter?
    • : to earn money; gain.
    • : Informal. to leave promptly; scram: He told us to get.
    • : to start or enter upon the action of: to get moving; Get rolling.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
    • : a return of a ball, as in tennis, that would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.
    • : British Slang. something earned, as salary, profits, etc.: What's your week's get?a child born out of wedlock.
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    • : get about, to move about; be active: He gets about with difficulty since his illness.to become known; spread: It was supposed to be a secret, but somehow it got about.to be socially active: She's been getting about much more since her family moved to the city.Also get around .
    • : get across, to make or become understandable; communicate: to get a lesson across to students.to be convincing about; impress upon others: The fire chief got across forcefully the fact that turning in a false alarm is a serious offense.
    • : get ahead, to be successful, as in business or society: She got ahead by sheer determination.
    • : get ahead of, to move forward of, as in traveling: The taxi got ahead of her after the light changed.to surpass; outdo: He refused to let anyone get ahead of him in business.
    • : get along, to go away; leave.get on.
    • : get around, to circumvent; outwit.to ingratiate oneself with through flattery or cajolery.to travel from place to place; circulate: I don't get around much anymore.get about.
    • : get at, to reach; touch: to stretch in order to get at a top shelf.to suggest, hint at, or imply; intimate: What are you getting at?to discover; determine: to get at the root of a problem.Informal.to influence by surreptitious or illegal means; bribe: The gangsters couldn't get at the mayor.
    • : get away, to escape; flee: He tried to get away, but the crowd was too dense.to start out; leave: The racehorses got away from the starting gate.
    • : get away with, to perpetrate or accomplish without detection or punishment: Some people lie and cheat and always seem to get away with it.
    • : get by, to succeed in going past: to get by a police barricade.to manage to exist, survive, continue in business, etc., in spite of difficulties.to evade the notice of: He doesn't let much get by him.
    • : get down, to bring or come down; descend: The kitten climbed the tree, but then couldn't get down again.to concentrate; attend: to get down to the matter at hand.to depress; discourage; fatigue: Nothing gets me down so much as a rainy day.to swallow: The pill was so large that he couldn't get it down.to relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment: getting down with a bunch of old friends.
    • : get in, to go into a place; enter: He forgot his key and couldn't get in.to arrive; come: They both got in on the same train.to become associated with: He got in with a bad crowd.to be chosen or accepted, as for office, membership, etc.: As secretary of the club, his friend made sure that he got in.to become implicated in: By embezzling money to pay his gambling debts quickly, he was getting in further and further.
    • : get off, to escape the consequences of or punishment for one's actions.to help escape punishment: A good lawyer might get you off.to begin a journey; leave: He got off on the noon flight.to leave; dismount from; alight.to tell; express: The comedian got off a couple of good ones.Informal.to have the effrontery: Where does he get off telling me how to behave?Slang: Vulgar.to experience orgasm.to experience or cause to experience a high from or as if from a drug.to cause to feel pleasure, enthusiasm, or excitement: a new rock group that gets everyone off.
    • : get on / along to make progress; proceed; advance.to have sufficient means to manage, survive, or fare.to be on good terms; agree: She simply can't get on with her brothers.to advance in age: He is getting on in years.
    • : get out, to leave: Get out of here! We had to get out of the bus at San Antonio.to become publicly known: We mustn't let this story get out.to withdraw or retire: He decided to get out of the dry goods business.to produce or complete: Let's get this work out!
    • : get over, to recover from: to get over an illness.get across.
    • : get through, to succeed, as in meeting, reaching, or contacting by telephone: I tried to call you last night, but I couldn't get through.to complete; finish: How he ever got through college is a mystery.to make oneself understood: One simply cannot get through to her.
    • : get to, to get in touch or into communication with; contact: It was too late by the time he got to the authorities.Informal.to make an impression on; affect: This music really gets to you.to begin: When he gets to telling stories about the war, there's no stopping him.

Phrases

  • get a bang out of
  • get about
  • get a break
  • get a charge
  • get across
  • get a dirty look
  • get a fix
  • get a fix on
  • get a free hand
  • get after
  • get a grip on
  • get a hand
  • get a handle on
  • get ahead
  • get a head start
  • get a kick out of
  • get a life
  • get a line on
  • get a load of
  • get along
  • get a move on
  • get an in with
  • get another guess
  • get a rise out of
  • get around
  • get at
  • get a thing about
  • get away
  • get away with
  • get a word in edgewise
  • get back
  • get back at
  • get back to
  • get behind
  • get better
  • get busy
  • get by
  • get cracking
  • get credit for
  • get down
  • get down to brass tacks
  • get going
  • get goose pimples
  • get gray hair from
  • get hold of
  • get in
  • get in a snit
  • get in a stew
  • get in bad with
  • get in on
  • get in one's hair
  • get in someone's face
  • get in the way
  • get into
  • get into bed with
  • get into hot water
  • get into one's head
  • get into the act
  • get into the swing of things
  • get into trouble
  • get in touch
  • get involved
  • get in with
  • get it
  • get it on
  • get lost
  • get mileage out of
  • get nowhere
  • get off
  • get off on
  • get off one's chest
  • get off one's tail
  • get off on the wrong foot
  • get off scot-free
  • get off someone's back
  • get off the dime
  • get off the ground
  • get off the hook
  • get on
  • get one down
  • get one's
  • get one's
  • get one's act together
  • get one's bearings
  • get one's comeuppance
  • get one's ducks in a row
  • get one's feet on the ground
  • get one's feet wet
  • get one's fill
  • get one's hands dirty
  • get one's hands on
  • get one's head examined
  • get one's money's worth
  • get one's own back
  • get one's teeth into
  • get one's walking papers
  • get one's way
  • get one's wires crossed
  • get on someone's good side
  • get on someone's nerves
  • get on the bandwagon
  • get on the stick
  • get on with it
  • get out
  • get out from under
  • get out of
  • get out of one's face
  • get out of one's system
  • get out of someone's sight
  • get out of the way
  • get out while the getting is good
  • get over
  • get physical
  • get ready
  • get real
  • get religion
  • get rid of
  • get right
  • get rolling
  • get round
  • get set
  • get sick
  • get someone's back up
  • get someone's goat
  • get someone's number
  • get someone wrong
  • get something into one's head
  • get something on someone
  • get somewhere
  • get straight
  • get stuffed
  • get the advantage of
  • get the air
  • get the ax
  • get the ball rolling
  • get the better of
  • get the business
  • get the can
  • get the drift
  • get the drop on
  • get the feel of
  • get the goods on
  • get the hang of
  • get theirs
  • get the jump on
  • get the lead out
  • get the message
  • get the most out of
  • get the nod
  • get the picture
  • get there
  • get the runaround
  • get the sack
  • get the show on the road
  • get the upper hand
  • get the worst of it
  • get through
  • get through one's head
  • get through to
  • get to
  • get to first base
  • get together
  • get to one's feet
  • get to the bottom of
  • get to the heart of
  • get to the point
  • get tough with
  • get under someone's skin
  • get up
  • get up one's nerve
  • get up on the wrong side of bed
  • get up steam
  • get used to
  • get well
  • get what's coming to one
  • get wind of
  • get wise to
  • get with it
  • be (get) busted
  • come and get it
  • dip (get) one's toes into
  • early bird catches (gets) the worm
  • give as good as one gets
  • ground floor, get in on the
  • it takes getting used to
  • lay (get) one's hands on
  • marching orders, get one's
  • play hard to get
  • squeaky wheel gets the grease
  • tell someone where to get off
  • when the going gets tough
  • you get what you pay for

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • In this cockamamie get-rich scheme, would they all issue an apology if he cut a check?

  • The kids are out of school, Mom is out of get-up-and-go, Dad is out of work.

  • But while Yariv and Nakarin have had plenty of their friends over for dinner, this is no regular get-together.

  • So it's really a take-what-you-can-get kind of situation with him.

  • And so I knew from the get-go that they would have to add action, which they have.

  • The man called Shiv was driving Delancy's get-away car at a conservative pace so as not to excite suspicion.

  • Ten minutes later, Delancy drove the get-away car out of the service station.

  • It was in this room that Delancy's get-away car had changed paint jobs, and in about ten minutes.

  • But the exquisite was used to it; he would only have felt badly if they had ignored his new get-up.

  • There was some sort of a phonograph device under the cowl of that get-away car, and this was hooked up to the radio switch.