01. go on the warpath, to
定义: 采取愤怒或敌对行动; 上征途, 作战.
例句: This is an ideal time to speak up about anything that's bothering you. Don't be shy about going on the warpath! (这是一个畅所欲言谈论任何让你困扰事情的理想时刻. 别怕得罪人!)
02. go on to greater things, to
定义: 成就大事, 功成名就.
例句: He had since gone on to greater things, and now ran an big corporation comparable to Nike. (从此他功成名就, 此时他经营一家与耐克一般规模的大公司)
03. go on with one's life, to
定义: (经常用于碰到挫折, 失败或丧失亲人之后)将挫折感或痛苦抛诸脑后, 恢复平常心, 过平静的日子.
例句: Losing her hurts me so much, I just wish I'll be able to forget her and go on with my life. (失去她使我心灵受到重创, 我只希望我能够忘掉她, 过我平静的日子)
04. go on with you!
定义: [英国]我才不相信你!
例句: "Wow, don't you look nice!" "Go on with you!" ("哇, 你看起来真漂亮!" "少来了, 我才不相信你!")
05. go on, to
定义: 继续不停, 不中断; 继续进行; 发生; 滔滔不绝地说话.
例句: The party went on for about an hour after I left. (这个派对在我离开之后又持续了大约一个钟头)
06. go one better, to
定义: 出奇招, 再加码, 胜人一筹. (注: 意指两方或多方在某项竞争上各展奇招以求胜过对手)
例句: The restaurant has decided to go one better than its rivals by offering guests free drinks when they order full meals. (为了胜过对手, 这家餐厅决定再出奇招提供给点全餐客人免费饮料)
07. go one's own way, to
定义: 走自己的路, 特立独行; 一意孤行; 按自己意思做, 想要怎样就怎样.
例句: He has decided to go his own way and will start his own business next year. (他决定走自己的路, 明年将开创自己的事业)
08. go out for, to
定义: 寻求加入; 出去吃饭; 出去活动.
例句: In the past, I used to go out for a drive with no destination in mind but I stopped doing that ever since the gas prices shot up. (在过去, 我经常漫无目的地开车兜风但自从汽油价格狂升之后我不再出去兜风了)
09. go out like a light, to
定义: 迅速地昏迷不醒, 睡着了.
例句: I was out like a light when I went to bed last night. (昨晚我上床之后没多久就沉睡不醒)
10. go out of fashion, to
定义: 不时髦, 退流行, 过气的.
例句: Along with natural silk, which never went out of fashion, cotton improved its status to become the fabric extensively used by Chanel and other prestigious designers. (除了永不退流行的天然丝之外, 棉织物提高自己的重要性成为香奈尔及其他受尊崇服装设计师广泛地使用的布料)
11. go out of one's mind, to
定义: 失去理智, 发疯.
例句: Please don't start a conversation with you imaginary friends, otherwise people will think you have gone out of your mind. (请你别跟你假想的朋友聊天谈话, 否则别人会认为你发疯了)
12. go out of one's way, to
定义: 不计较麻烦或辛苦的做某事. (注: 常用于热心地帮助别人)
例句: Thank you for going out of your way to find an affordable auto insurance for me. (谢谢你不计麻烦帮我找了一个我能付得起的汽车保险)
13. go out of print, to
定义: 绝版的, 不再被印刷/发行的(书籍).
例句: Dickens was very popular in his day and his work has never gone out of print. (狄更斯在世的时候非常受欢迎而他的作品至今仍旧被发行)
14. go out of style, to
定义: 不时髦, 退流行, 过时, 过气.
例句: Thank-you notes have not gone out of style for me. I write them, and make my children write them for gifts or acts of kindness shown to them. (对我来说感谢卡并没过时. 我写它们而且也要求我的儿女也写它们给那些送礼或好心帮助他们的人)
感谢卡
15. go out of the world, to
定义: 离世, 死亡, 晕倒.
例句: It is amazing to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves, and of the world they have lived in. (令人惊奇的是想到世上数以百万计的人们来到然后又离开这个世间居然不了解他们自己也不了解他们所生活的世界)
16. go out of use, to
定义: 过时, 不再被使用, 被废弃.
例句: The old English word strait meant 'tight or narrow' but when it went out of use the phrase changed to 'straight and narrow.' (古英文字strait原本意义是'紧或窄'但当它不再被使用之后这个片语被改为'直并且窄.')
17. go out on a date, to
定义: 出去赴异性友人约会.
例句: I heard you went out on a date last night. (我听说你昨晚跟人约会)
18. go out on a limb, to
定义: 冒险; 斗胆/没把握地猜测; 独排众议; 冒风险地帮助某人或某事.
例句: Although Mr. Zhang appears to be going out on a limb with his prediction, no one anticipated 15 per cent growth at this time last year. (虽然张先生看起来不是很有把握地做出了他的预言, 但是去年这个时候没有人会预料到百分之十五的成长)
19. go out on strike, to
定义: 罢工.
例句: If we don't have a contract by noon tomorrow, we'll go out on strike. (如果我们在明天中午之前没有取得协议的话, 我们将会罢工)
20. go out on top, to
定义: 在比赛中占优势, 看好.
例句: After a disappointing loss in the MAC title game, Lynch shouldn't be hurting for motivation as he looks to go out on top against the Aggies. (经过一次美国中部联盟令人失望的失败之后, 这对林奇寄望跟德州农工大学的比赛取得优势来说应该是有帮助的激励)