a)illness 疾病 get over something to become well again after an illness 从〔疾病〕中康复过来
It’s taken me ages to get over the flu.
我得了流感,很久才好起来。
b)unpleasant experience 不愉快的经历 get over something to begin to feel better after a very upsetting experience 从〔不愉快的经历〕中恢复
She never got over the death of her son.
关于儿子的死,她一直没有想开。
c)ideas/information 想法/信息 get something ↔ overEXPRESS to succeed in communicating ideas or information to other people 把某事说清楚
get something ↔ over to
It’s important that we get this message over to young people.
我们一定要让年轻人明白这个道理。
d)finish STH 完成某事 get something over (also get something over with)FINISH DOING something to do and finish something difficult that you have to do 完成某事〔指必须做的难事〕
I’ll be in touch once I’ve got my exams over.
我考完试后马上和你联系。
I can’t wait to get the interview over with.
我巴不得面试早点结束。
e)problem/difficulty 问题/困难 get over somethingDEAL WITH to successfully deal with a problem or difficulty 解决〔问题〕;克服〔困难〕
I don’t know how we’re going to get over this problem.
我不知道我们该怎样解决这个问题。
Once we’ve got over the first few months, we should be making a reasonable profit.
只要把头几个月应付过去,我们就应该能获得不错的利润。
f)can’t/couldn’t get over something spokenSHOCK used to say that you are very surprised, shocked, or amused by something 对某事十分惊讶
I can’t get over how well you look.
我很惊讶你的气色这么好。
ng)get over yourself informal to stop being so sensitive or proud
Get over yourself! Nobody cares if you’ve made a mistake.
Examples from the Corpus
get over• The school overcame the problem of funding by getting local firms to sponsor them.• The doctor told Mum it was only a stomach upset, not food poisoning, and she would get over it in a day or two.• I've had a nastycold, but I'm getting over it now.• It's perfectly normal to be a bitnervous. I'm sure you'll get over it once you start your presentation.• Don't worry about Henry - he'll soon get over it.• It took Joe quite a long time to get over the divorce.• Mark hasn't got over the flu yet. He still feels prettyweak.• Children seem to get over things very quickly.
get to• I've got to get over to a village out on the Bolognaroad and I can easily drive there via Fiesole.• Go on, get yourself over to May's and meet her company, whoever they are.• Shift him when you like but the sooner you get him over to me the better.• Get him over to the farm.• That should at least get the point over to the whiskybottleinteriordesigners.• When I got myself transferred over to your department, I discovered that you're well-known among the girls in the office.
get something over• Gina felt trapped and insecure but found it difficult to get this over to her husband.• I always try to get this idea over to my students.