go是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to move down to a lower level or place -- 下去，下降，下沉（到某种水平或某个地方）

  • He went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness. 他双膝跪倒请求原谅。

  • He first went down the mines when he was 17. 他第一次下矿井的时候是17岁。

  • The plane went down (= fell to the ground because of an accident, bomb, etc.) ten minutes after take-off. 飞机在起飞10分钟后就坠落了。

  • Everyone took to the lifeboats when the ship started to go down (= sink). 轮船开始下沉时，所有人都上了救生艇。

  • Could I have a glass of water to help these pills go down (= to help me swallow them)? 你能给我杯水让我把药丸吞服下去吗？

• 1 to reach or go as far as -- 到达；延伸到；伸展到

  • Its roots can go down three metres. 它的根可以扎到地下3米。

  • This path goes down to the river. 这条路一直通到河边。

  • Go down to (= read as far as) the bottom of the page. 一直读到这一页的最后一行。

• 2 When the sun goes down, it moves down in the sky until it cannot be seen any more. -- （太阳）落山，落到地平线以下

  • On summer evenings we would sit on the veranda and watch the sun go down. 在夏天的傍晚，我们常坐在游廊上看日落。

• 3 to be reduced in price, value, amount, quality, level, or size -- 下降，降低；减少；减弱

  • The temperature went down to minus ten last night. 昨晚气温降到了零下10度。

  • The company's shares went down 7p to 53p. 公司的股价下跌了7便士至53便士。

  • The swelling's gone down but there's still a lot of bruising. 肿消了，但青瘀还是很厉害。

  • He went down in my estimation when he started trying to be a singer as well as an actor. 除了做演员，他又开始试图当歌手，这使得我对他的看法不如以前了。

• 4 to be remembered or recorded in a particular way -- 被记住；被记下；载入

  • Hurricane Katrina will go down in the record books as the costliest storm ever faced by insurers. 飓风卡翠納是对保险公司造成损失最为严重的一次暴风雨，它将因此而被记录在册。

• 5 to be received in a particular way -- 引起某种反应

  • The joke didn't go down very well. 这个笑话效果不佳。

• 6 to lose or be defeated -- 输，被打败

  • England's unbeaten run of ten games ended last night when they went down 4–2 to France. 英格兰队昨晚未能延续一连十场不败的战绩，他们被法国队以4比2打败。

  • Dictators rarely go down without a fight. 不战斗几乎是不可能使独裁者垮台的。

• 7 If a football team goes down, it drops to a lower division (= group of teams who play each other). -- （足球队）降级

  • At the end of the season, the three teams at the bottom go down. 赛季结束时，有三支球队降级。

• 8 to be put in prison -- 坐牢，入狱

  • She went down for three years for her part in the robbery. 她因为参与抢劫坐了3年牢。

• 9 If a computer system goes down, it stops working. -- （计算机系统）出故障，死机

  • The battery should prevent the computer system from going down in the event of a power cut. 这块电池可以防止计算机系统在停电时停止运行。

• 10 If an event such as a crime or a deal goes down, it happens. -- 发生；进行

  • I tried to tell Tyrell what was going down, but he wouldn't listen. 我试图将所发生的一切告诉蒂雷尔，可他就是不听。

• 11 If you go down from a college or university, especially Oxford University or Cambridge University, you leave either permanently or on holiday. -- （尤指从牛津大学或剑桥大学毕业或上学期间放假时）离校