get on phrasal verbphr v a) like SB 喜歡某人 especially British EnglishBrERELATIONSHIP if people get on, they like each other and have a friendly relationship with each other 友好相處 withI’ve always got on well with Henry. 我和亨利一向相處得很好。
The two boys get on well most of the time. 這兩個男孩大部分時間都相處得很好。
b) progress 進展PROGRESS to deal with a job or situation or to make progress 應付;進展How is George getting on at school? 喬治在學校裏怎麽樣?
withHow are you getting on with your essay? 你文章寫得怎麽樣了?
withoutI don’t know how we’ll get on without Michael. 我不知道沒有邁克爾我們該怎麽辦。
c) continue doing STH 繼續做某事CONTINUE/START AGAIN to continue doing something 繼續做 withBe quiet and get on with your work! 安靜,繼續幹你的事!
d) be successful 成功 to be successful in your job 〔工作上〕取得成功You’ll have to work hard if you want to get on. 如果你想取得成功,就得努力工作。
e) clothing 衣服 get something on to put a piece of clothing on 穿上〔衣物〕I can’t get my boots on! 我的靴子穿不上!
f) be getting on i. LATEif time is getting on, it is quite late 〔時間〕晚了Come on, it’s getting on and we ought to go home. 快點,天晚了,我們該回家了。
I realized that time was getting on and we would have to hurry. 我意識到時間不早了,我們得趕快了。
ii. informalOLD/NOT YOUNG if someone is getting on, they are quite old 〔人〕變老
g) getting on for 90/10 o’clock/2,000 etcTIME/AT A PARTICULAR TIME almost a particular age, time, number etc 快到90歲/10點鐘/2,000等Mrs McIntyre must be getting on for 90 by now. 麥金太爾夫人現在肯定都快90歲了。
The total cost was getting on for $100,000. 全部費用將近10萬美元。
h) get it on American EnglishAmE informalSEX/HAVE SEX WITH to have sex 發生性關系,性交 i) get on with it! spokenHURRY used to tell someone to hurry 快一點!Will you lot stop messing around and get on with it! 你們别磨蹭了,快一點啦!
j) let somebody get on with it informal to let someone do something on their own, and not help them or tell them what to do 讓某人自己去弄She wanted to decorate her room, so I just let her get on with it. 她想把自己的房間裝修一下,所以我就讓她自己去搞。
get on• Get on a number 73 bus at the corner. That will take you to Islington High Street.• She's old and needs help getting on and off the bus.• The train stopped in the middle of the night in Nogales. No one got on or off.• We got on the train at Lime Street station. get with• I am sure that I would have got on with both men, famously well.• But the seizures spread to affect the other side of the brain as well, preventing it from getting on with development.• You just get on with it.• Why, therefore, did congress not get on with the business of removing a patently guilty president?• Could we get on with the class, please?• Contestant, Fiona, says she's just eager to get on with the game as soon as possible.• They saw themselves as wanting to get on with the teaching of their subject.
get with• I am sure that I would have got on with both men, famously well.• But the seizures spread to affect the other side of the brain as well, preventing it from getting on with development.• You just get on with it.• Why, therefore, did congress not get on with the business of removing a patently guilty president?• Could we get on with the class, please?• Contestant, Fiona, says she's just eager to get on with the game as soon as possible.• They saw themselves as wanting to get on with the teaching of their subject.
be getting on• Ethel's getting on in years now -- she must be in her late 60s.• That evening her son returned and came to see how she was getting on.• Cal is getting on a bit and doesn't play much golf anymore.• She knew it was a stupid thing to say, but the presence of Magrat was getting on her nerves.• You may not want to risk breeding from such a mare, especially if she is getting on in years.• It was getting on midnight now, and cold.• This child was getting on my nerves.• After numerous attempts I was getting on quite well, managing to get right up on to the bike.• He wondered how she was getting on, she and Violet, and if she was happy in Mitford.• And you must be getting on with your exciting adventures. get it on• Do you think those two are ever going to get it on?• Only he's actually got it on a scooter.• The point was to get it on, and never mind the fusses and frills.• Be careful, though, not to get it on eyelashes.• Shoot, get it on, get it over with.• Now have you got it on the thing or have you got it on the bottom of the frame?• Should he continue getting it on, then go for her.• You get it on your hands.