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go back on a promise v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (break your word) | 不遵守诺言,打破承诺
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| | 背信弃义 bèi xìn qì yì |
| I can't believe that you, my own brother, would go back on your promise to loan me the money. |
go back on your word v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (not keep a promise) | 食言 shí yán |
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| Janice went back on her word to help me with the cooking. |
go easy on vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | informal (use sparingly) (非正式用语) | 节约使用…,有节制地使用…
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| If you want to lose weight you should probably go easy on the fatty foods. |
go easy on vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | informal (be lenient with) (非正式用语) | 温和对待…,宽大对待…
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| Go easy on the new students. |
go off on a tangent, also UK: go off at a tangent v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (digress, change subject) | 忽然离题
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| | 忽然转换话题
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go on a date viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (go out with [sb] romantically) | 去约会 qù yuē huì |
| Want to go on a date this Friday night? I'll pick you up at eight. |
go on a diet v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (start eating less to lose weight) (为了减肥) | 节食 jié shí |
go on a fishing expedition v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (search for evidence of unspecified crime) | 盘问 pán wèn |
| | 摸底 mō dǐ |
| In the US, police are not allowed to go on a fishing expedition in your house without a search warrant. |
go on a journey viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (travel somewhere) | 去旅行 qù lǚ xíng |
| | 去旅游 qù lǚ yóu |
| The fortune teller said that I would be going on a journey soon - not difficult to predict since I was wearing my airline pilot's uniform. |
go on a trip viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | UK (take a short journey) | 去短途旅行 qù duǎn tú lǚ xíng |
| | 去短距离旅游 qù duǎn jù lí lǚ yóu |
| This weekend we are going on a trip to the countryside. |
go on a trip | US (travel) | 去旅行 qù lǚ xíng |
| | 去旅游 qù lǚ yóu |
| Last summer I went on a trip to Rome to see the Coliseum. |
go on about vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | slang (talk incessantly about) (俚语) | 喋喋不休地说…,不休止地说… dié dié bù xiū de shuō bù xiū zhǐ de shuō |
| The teacher went on about the topic he had chosen regardless of the fact that many students were asleep. |
go on about vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | slang (talk unintelligibly about) (俚语) | 嘟囔…,含糊不清地说…
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| An elderly person may go on about the past. |
go on and on about vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | slang (talk incessantly about) (俚语) | 喋喋不休地说…,不休止地说… dié dié bù xiū de shuō bù xiū zhǐ de shuō |
| She went on and on about the various celebrities she had met. |
go on forever v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (never end) | 永远继续 yǒng yuǎn jì xù |
| | 永无休止 yǒng wú xiū zhǐ |
| Everyone thought the couple's relationship would go on forever. |
go on forever v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (seem unending) | 似乎永无尽头
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| | 似乎要永远持续下去
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| It felt like the train journey went on forever. |
go on leave v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (be absent from job) | 休假 xiū jià |
| The soldier will go on leave next week to visit his family. |
go on stage viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (perform, act publicly) | 登台演出 dēng tái yǎn chū |
| | 上台表演 shàng tái biǎo yǎn |
| | 上场 shàng chǎng |
| You are such a comedian, you should go on stage. |
go on stage viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (become performer) | 当演员 dāng yǎn yuán |
| John went on stage when he was barely 12 years old. |
go on strike v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (stop work) | 罢工 bà gōng |
| The workers went on strike to protest against a decrease in their wages. |
go on the fritz v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (break, malfunction) | 损坏,出毛病
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| | 发生故障 fā shēng gù zhàng |
go on vacation (US), go on holiday (UK) v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (take a break away from home) | 度假 dù jià |
go out on a limb v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | figurative (say [sth] daring) (习语) | (观点、做法等)孤立无缘,无人支持
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| He went out on a limb when he asked his boss for a raise. |
go straight on viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (continue directly ahead) | 径直往前走 jìng zhí wǎng qián zǒu |
| | 一直向前走 yì zhí xiàng qián zǒu |
| Go straight on this highway until you reach the exit for the airport. |
go straight on viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | informal (continue to do [sth]) (非正式用语) | 继续做… jì xù zuò |
on the go advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | informal (moving) | 忙忙碌碌 máng máng lù lù |
| My children never sit still! They're always on the go. I'm so busy all day; I'm on the go from sun up to sun down. |