go around (also go round British EnglishBrE) phrasal verbphr v a) dress/behave 衣着/行爲 (also go about British EnglishBrE)OFTEN to behave or dress in a particular way 習慣於〔某種行爲或穿着〕go around doing somethingYou can’t go around accusing people like that. 你不能老是那樣随便指責别人。
He goes around in a T-shirt even in winter. 哪怕是冬天他也只穿一件T恤。
b) illness 疾病 go around (something) (also go about (something) British EnglishBrE)SPREAD if an illness is going around, a lot of people get it 〔疾病〕(在某處)傳播,流行He had a bad dose of the flu virus that was going around. 流感病毒在傳播,他也染上了,而且很嚴重。
There are a lot of nasty bugs going around the school. 學校裏有很多討厭的病菌在傳播。
c) news/story 新聞/報道 go around (something) (also go about (something) British EnglishBrE) if news, a story, a joke etc is going around, a lot of people hear it and are talking about it 〔消息等〕(在某處)流傳,傳播A rumour was going around that I was having an affair with my boss. 謠言四起,說我和老板有染。
There was a lot of gossip going around the village. 村子裏流言蜚語很多。
d) go around with somebody/go around together (also go about with somebody British EnglishBrE)SPEND TIME to meet someone often and spend a lot of time with them 常與某人外出/常一起外出I used to go around with a bad crowd. 我過去常和一夥不三不四的人在外面鬼混。
e) ENOUGH enough/plenty to go around enough for each person 足夠分給每個人Is there enough ice cream to go around? 冰激淩夠分嗎?
There were never enough textbooks to go around. 教科書從來都不夠用。
f) what goes around comes aroundWAIT used to say that if someone does bad things now, bad things will happen to them in the future 惡有惡報 g) go around in your headCONTINUE/NOT STOP if words, sounds etc go around in your head, you keep remembering them for a long time 在腦海裏回響That stupid song kept going around in my head. 那首愚蠢的歌曲一直萦繞在我的腦海裏。
→ go around/round in circles at circle1(5)go around (something)• The city was rife with forlorn single women, and there was plenty of blame to go around.• There is plenty of fault to go around!• She said she would wait on the steps while Tom went around and opened the street door.• Used to go around as a foursome.• I can't go around my friends begging for a home, can l?• The changes of angle the belt makes as it goes around the pelvis allow much greater freedom of movement.• We went around the room to get them to say a declarative sentence.• In pursuit of material he went around the world six times and gave over 8,000 illustrated talks.
go around (something)• The city was rife with forlorn single women, and there was plenty of blame to go around.• There is plenty of fault to go around!• She said she would wait on the steps while Tom went around and opened the street door.• Used to go around as a foursome.• I can't go around my friends begging for a home, can l?• The changes of angle the belt makes as it goes around the pelvis allow much greater freedom of movement.• We went around the room to get them to say a declarative sentence.• In pursuit of material he went around the world six times and gave over 8,000 illustrated talks.
enough/plenty to go around• There are community therapists, but not enough to go around.• Plenty enough to go around for any city. what goes around comes around• But, as the saying goes, what goes around comes around.