1be somebody’s (own) doingDO something/TAKE ACTIONif something bad is someone’s doing, they did or caused it 是某人(自己)干的坏事
If you fall into this trap, it will be all your own doing.
如果你中了这个圈套,那是你自找的。
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be somebody’s (own) doing• Nixon may blame others, but the scandal was his own doing.• Am I really doing him a disservice if I leave it as one big C: drive?• If column 3 exceeds column 2, the Jones Enterprise would be better off doing something else with its resources.• Sony and Disney are not doing this for charity.• Then what on earthis she doing here?• Claudia ... what the hellare you doing?• What is your country doing to preventPolPot and the Khmer Rougereturning to power?• What was the Army doing there?• And however much men seem to be involved in the movie versions, women are the ones doing it.
2take some doinginformalWORK HARD to be hard work 得费劲,得花功夫
We had to be on the parade ground for 5.30 a.m. and that took some doing.
我们得在清晨5点半到阅兵场上集合,那可不是件轻松的事。
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take some doing• Winning 3 goldmedals in the Olympic Games takes some doing.• It took some doing, but I finally persuaded Jim to give me a few more days off.• It takes some doing for a couple to counter the opposition of either family.• It took some doing, but I was out the next day.• So I have to prise off the foe unassisted, which, believe me, takes some doing.• Whew, that took some doing, I can tell you.• This took some doing, as they seemed prepared to stay all night.• Getting this old car to run is going to take some doing.• Catching up four goals will take some doing.• This Series can be saved, but it will take some doing.
3doings[plural]events, activities etc that someone is involved in 参与的事,所做的事
Supper is a family get-together, where the doings of the day are talked about.
doing• Laurie had a warmth of personality in all his doings with people and politics.• Mrs Archer was a shy woman and shrank from society; but she liked to be well-informed as to its doings.