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good

Word family 
good1 /ɡʊd/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp better /ˈbetə $ -ər/, superlativesupl best /best/)  
1  of a high standard 高标准的GOOD/EXCELLENT of a high standard or quality 好的，良好的 OPP bad, poor
 a good hotel
一家不错的宾馆
 good quality cloth
优质布料
 The train service is not very good.
火车服务不是很好。
 My French is better than my Spanish.
我的法语比西班牙语好。
 You’ll receive the best medical treatment.
你将得到最好的治疗。
 His qualifications aren’t good enough.
他的条件不够出色。
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2  skilful 熟练的GOOD AT able to do something well 能干的，擅长的
 She’s a very good player.
她是一名非常优秀的球员。
 Do you know a good builder?
你认识什么好的建筑商吗？
good at (doing) something
 Alex is very good at languages.
亚历克斯在语言方面很擅长。
 She’s good at making things.
她很会做东西。
good with
 As a politician, you need to be good with words (=skilful at using words).
当政治家要善于辞令。
 He’s very good with people (=skilful at dealing with people).
他很会和人打交道。
do/make a good job (of doing something) (=do something well) （某事）做得很好
 Mike’s done a good job of painting the windows.
迈克把窗户漆得很好。
3  what you want 你想要的东西GOOD/EXCELLENT used about something that is what you want or happens in the way that you want 好的，符合心愿的 OPP bad
 That’s good news!
那是好消息啊！
 I need a bit of good luck.
我需要点好运。
4  pleasant/enjoyable 令人愉快的ENJOY/LIKE DOING something pleasant and enjoyable 令人愉快的，合意的
it’s good to do something
 It’s good to see you again.
很高兴再次见到你。
have a good time/day/weekend etc
 Did you have a good vacation?
你假期里玩得开心吗？
 That was good fun.
那很好玩。
5  successful/correct 成功的/正确的GOOD/EXCELLENT likely to be successful or correct 好的，可能会成功的；可能正确的
 She’s full of good ideas.
她满脑子都是好主意。
 Well, can you think of a better plan?
那么，你能想出更好的计划吗？
 What’s the best way to deal with this?
这件事怎样处理最好呢？
 The police have a pretty good idea who did it.
警方很清楚这是谁干的。
 I’m not sure, but I could make a good guess.
我不能确定，但是差不多猜得出来。
6  suitable 合适的 suitable or convenient 合适的，方便的
7  useful 有用的 useful or helpful 有用的；有帮助的 OPP bad
8  behaving well 表现好的POLITE behaving well and not causing any trouble – used especially about a child 表现好的，乖的〔尤指小孩〕 SYN well-behaved OPP naughty
9  making you healthy 有益健康 likely to make you healthy, either physically or mentally 好的，有益健康的 OPP bad
10  improving STH 改善某物 likely to improve the condition of something 有帮助的，有益的 OPP bad
11  physically well 身体健康的 [used especially in negatives and comparatives]HEALTHY healthy or well 健康的，身体好的
12  not damaged or weak 没有损坏的；不虚弱的GOOD/EXCELLENT if the condition of something is good, it is not damaged or weak 状况好的
13  kind 好心的KIND kind and understanding about what other people need or want 好心的，善良的
14  morally right 有道德的GOOD/MORAL behaving correctly or being right according to accepted moral standards 符合道德的，正派的 OPP bad
15  large 大的LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT large in amount, size, range etc 〔数量、面积、范围等〕大的 → goodish
16  reasonable price 合理的价格 a good price is reasonable and not expensive 〔价格〕公道的，合理的
17  completely/thoroughly 完全/彻底COMPLETE [only before noun] doing something for a long time, so that you do it completely and thoroughly 彻底的，痛快的
18  a good deal LOT/VERY MUCHa lot 大量，许多
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a good deal• Cowpland said he was willing to buy the company if he got a good deal.• Strength in numbers will allow us to give customers a better deal.• The price of the holiday includes free use of the tennis courts, the pool, and the gym. It's a very good deal.• Yes, Sammler knew a good deal about Wharton Horricker.• The lower rates may be a better deal for most employers, but health coverage could be cut back too.• In the United States the courts exercise a good deal of influence quite independently of the other branches of government.• It is based on a good deal of research and contains many valid insights.• I am afraid there will be a good deal of suffering among the poor this winter.• It took a good deal of time for me and it to get together.• I've spent a good deal of time preparing this report.• They gave me a really good deal on my camera.• I got a really good deal on my car.
19  good value (for money) British EnglishBrE something that is good value is not expensive, or is worth what you pay for it 物有所值
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good value (for money)• The best values are the credit-card companies, and I like them all.• All are good value at under £4.• Highly recommended and also good value for the region.• And I think I received good values from the church.• Political scribblers were usually better value than politicians, most of them being irreverent and much better informed.• Vague objectives might include maintaining a market share or keeping up with technology or offering good value to the customer.
20  good for something 
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good for something• Not much good for anything else.• So Princeton looked good for college until I met their pretentious admissions rep.• Life in Solano County had been good for him and Annette, he said.• This was good for his journalism.• The buffalo robes were good for keeping warm in carriages in northern cities.• The more physical the better for me.• Armed with inadequate information he usually fails to see why one moment is better for putting in a tack than any other.• She lost the first two babies, you know that, and she's always done her best for you.
21  a good three miles/ten years etc MORE THAN A NUMBER OR AMOUNTat least three miles, ten years etc, and probably more 至少三英里/十年等
22  as good as ALMOSTalmost 几乎，差不多
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as good as• And, worse yet, not as good as himself just a few years back.• Are the Cowboys as good as they are going to get?• It was not of museum quality, but it was as good as it needed to be.• Montana may not be as good as it was 20 years ago.• Now she proved to be as good as, or even better than, her word!• Second, I am learned in letters, as good as any man.• Seen through 9-year-old eyes, that's as good as an invitation.• The bacon sandwiches are as good as ever, but Sokha's smile is missing.
23  a good few/many LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTa fairly large number of things or people 许多，大量
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a good few/many• In time she came to know a good many faces, but none of them were people.• She solved some problems, but she created a good few more-many of which Britain is still dealing with today.• We shared this house all the years of my childhood, and a good many summers afterward.• It was no accident that a good many towns were sited on the borderline between arable farming and pastoral regions.• It is likely that a good many valuable stones were destroyed in this way because Pliny was muddling up hardness and toughness.• There are a good many variables that may intervene in just this manner.• Overall, it took a good many years for the primaries to wrest control from the bosses.• It had been a good few years.
24  too good to be true/to last UNTRUE informal so good that you cannot believe it is real, or you expect something bad to happen 好得令人难以置信/让人觉得难以持久
25  somebody’s too good for somebody used to say that you think the second person does not deserve to have a relationship with the first 某人好得让另一人配不上
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somebody’s too good for somebody• But dying by my own hand is too good for me.• He was too good for you, Hilda Machin, and that's what you hadn't got the brains to understand.• I was too good for my class.• Much too good for Gary, he thought.• She was too good for him.• The best was not too good for her.• The role he proposed for Ken was too good for him to pass up.
26  in your own good time informalREADY if you do something in your own good time, you do it only when you are ready to do it, rather than when other people want you to 在自己认为合适的时间
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in your own good time• Once the rabbit is dead it can be retrieved in your own good time.• The problems are the normal ones of adolescence and will pass in their own good time.• Whatever Jack wanted to do or say he would do or say in his own good time.• He would do what had to be done in his own good time; she must leave him to it.• Tina had felt let down, but knowing Bobby, he would tell them in his own good time what had happened.
27  in good time (for something/to do something) British EnglishBrEEARLY if you do something in good time, you do it early enough to be ready for a particular time or event 正赶上（某事/做某事）
28. hanging/shooting etc is too good for somebody spoken used to say that someone has done something so bad that they deserve the most severe punishment available 绞死某人/枪毙某人等还便宜了他
29  as good a time/place etc as any GOOD ENOUGHused to say that although a time etc is not perfect, there will probably not be a better one 这个时间/地方等也不错〔表示虽不完美，但也没有更好的〕
30. be as good as your word PROMISEto do something that you promised to do 说到做到，说话算数，守信用
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be as good as your word• The President promised to lower income taxes, and he's been as good as his word.
31  a good word for somebody/something PRAISEsomething good that you say about someone or something 为某人/某事物说的一句好话
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a good word for somebody/something• He put in a good word for him at meetings of the Jockey Club.• Poky would have been a good word for it, or dingy.• No, beaming would be a better word for it.• Yes, maybe that was a good word for St Andrews.
32  be in somebody’s good books informalLIKE somebody OR something if you are in someone’s good books, they are pleased with you or your work 受某人另眼相看，得到某人的欢心
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be in somebody’s good books• I think I'm back in Corinne's good books again.
33  have a good thing going SUCCESSFULto have or be doing something that is successful 在成功运作某事
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have a good thing going• They've got a good thing going with that little business of theirs.
34  be onto a good thing British EnglishBrE informalWORK HARD to have found an easy way of being successful or getting what you want 找到成功之道
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be onto a good thing• When he first invested in the company, he knew he was onto a good thing.• Many directors who take dividends in lieu of salary may think they are onto a good thing.• Maybe he thought he was onto a good thing.• Multiply that up by two or three hundred stores, and you will see he was onto a good thing.• The plots were essentially the same; like any successful entrepreneur, Alger knew when he was onto a good thing.• They felt they might be onto a good thing.• His senses told him he was onto a good thing and his senses were rarely wrong.
35  make good  (also make it good) to become successful and rich after being poor – used especially in newspapers 获得成功；发迹〔尤用于报纸报道〕
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make good• Hsieh came to America as a poor teenager, but worked hard and made good.• Ian thinks that just because he made good, everybody else can too.• He's just a poor country boy who made good in the city.• However, although he might look a bit lost, he makes good in Year 2.• The next afternoon, Sunday, Jody makes good on her promise.• I needed to make better pitches with runners on base...• Dawn made good progress, and was soon able to stand up.• It therefore makes good sense for us to control for date of birth when looking at the effects of terminal education age.• I started making good swings, and I became entranced by what I was doing.• More separate provision is being provided and many authorities make good use of the facilities made available by voluntary organizations.
36  make good a debt/loss etc to pay someone money that you owe, or to provide money to replace what has been lost – used especially in business 偿还债务/赔偿损失等〔尤用于商业领域〕
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make good a debt/loss etc• Their use should minimise water use to making good losses through evaporation.
37. make good your escape literary to succeed in escaping 脱逃
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make good your escape• Angel One and his followers had made good their escape.• By the time they had sorted out the confusion and given chase, the woman had made good her escape.• He opened the door and prepared to make good his escape.• Only the timely arrival of a window-cleaner enabled Branson to make good his escape.• The next morning it was found that General Sedgwick had made good his escape and removed his bridges...• Instead, she made good her escape, bolting the galley door so that he could not follow her.• At all events the pursuit came to a sudden halt and Henry was able to make good his escape in peace.• Salim makes good his escape on the steamer - bound, we take it, for his bride.
38  the good life an expensive way of living with good food, fast cars etc 奢侈的生活
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the good life• Can we define the good life?• Meg thought of Eva Kovacks in the nursing home in Essex and knew who had the best life.• One of the good guys heading for the good life.• This was part of the good life, and they were not to be denied it.• But he is also aware that they may be conceptions of the good life for people generally and for society as a whole.• Bob continued to talk about the good life he wanted for him and Alice.• Some are ideological, like the promise of the good life that can be gained by staying within the law.• Seeking the good life, the Stollers moved to Los Angeles in 1949.
39  the good old days the good times in the past 过去的好时光
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the good old days• Going to a movie only cost a five cents in the good old days.• But those were the good old days.• Switch on your television set these days and you can bask in the warmth of the good old days.• For the weapons scientists, the good old days are over.• Gone from our ken the iron horse, Those were the good old days ... of course.• This isn t a wild club night in the good old days of Ibiza.• In the good old days of rampant dualism, the mind was rarely mentioned in polite society.• A full-tilt throwback to the good old days of Tres Hombres and Fandango.• In the good old days you had lots of career men.
40. good works things that someone does to help other people, especially people with problems 帮助，善事，义举
41. somebody’s good offices formalHELP help that someone provides, especially someone in a position of power 某人的提携
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somebody’s good offices• The UN's good offices will be necessary in finding a peaceful solution to the crisis.
42. good Samaritan HELPsomeone who gives help to people in trouble 行善的人，好心人
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good Samaritan• Had she been prompted by curiosity or the instincts of the good Samaritan, Theodora wondered.
43. the good book old-fashionedRRC the Bible 《圣经》 → so far so good at far1(8), → give as good as you get at give1(34), → while the going’s good at going1(4), → hold good at hold1(14), → for good measure at measure2(8), → pay good money for something at money(5), → bad/good sailor at sailor(2), → that’s/it’s all well and good at well3(4)
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the good book• And by the way, I still believe Dermot Somers' was immeasurably the better book.• So which is the better book?• The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.• Male speaker I think it's the best book I ever read.• The Bourne Identity is the best book I've read or ever will read.• All by all this is one of the better books on chemometrics.• The result is a candidate for the best book on illuminated manuscripts ever written.• I gave her the best books To read; she read them greedily.
 SPOKEN PHRASES
5 GRAMMAR 语法: good, well
Good is not used as an adverb in standard English. Use well . 在规范的英语中不用good作副词，要用well
He speaks English extremely well (NOT 不说 extremely good).
他英语说得很好。
The comparative form of both good and well is better . good和well的比较级形式都是better
His first book was better. (adj)
他的第一本书更好。
The superlative form of both good and well is best . good和well的最高级形式都是best
We’ll play better next time. (adv)
我们下次会打得更好。
Who is the best singer? (adj)
谁是最佳歌手？
How could this best be achieved? (adv)
这件事最好能通过什么方法来实现？
 USAGE: Good, well
Good is an adjective in standard English. Well is an adverb: 在规范的英语中不用good作副词，要用well
nShe's a good player.
nThe team played well.
nYou will sometimes hear people say 'The team played good', especially in American English, but this is a non-standard use.
The comparative form of both good and well is better: good和well的比较级形式都是better
nHis first book was better.
We’ll play better next time.
我们下次会打得更好。
The superlative form of both good and well is best: good和well的最高级形式都是best
nWho is the best singer?
How could this best be achieved?
这件事最好能通过什么方法来实现？
 THESAURUS
good of a high standard or quality 好的，质量高的
I’ve just read a really good book.
我刚读了一本很好的书。
My French is not very good.
我法语不太好。
nice pleasant and enjoyable. Nice is very common in spoken English. In written English, it is better to use other words 舒适的，愉快的〔口语中常用nice，书面语中最好使用其他单词〕
I hope you have a nice vacation.
祝你假期愉快。
It will be nice to see you again.
希望能再见到你。
good quality/high quality well made from good materials 高质量的
If you buy good quality shoes, they last much longer.
如果你买质量好的鞋子，就会耐穿很多。
nhigh-quality wallpapers
fine used for describing things of a very high quality, or weather with no rain and clear skies 好的，不错的；〔天气〕晴朗的
The restaurant serves the finest food in Florence.
这家餐厅的饭菜是佛罗伦萨最好的。
If it’s fine tomorrow, we’ll go for a walk.
明天如果天气好，我们就去散步。
neat American EnglishAmE spoken good – used when you like something 不错的，好的
That’s a neat idea.
这主意不错。
nThey sell some really neat stuff.
attractive an attractive offer, course of action etc seems good and makes you want to accept it or do it 有吸引力的
Going home for dinner was a more attractive proposition than completing his run.
回家吃晚饭比起完成跑步对他来说更具吸引力。
nBuying direct from the manufacturer seems the most attractive option.
impressive something that is impressive is good in a way that makes people admire it 了不起的
an impressive achievement
了不起的成就
nIt was a very impressive performance.
extremely good 非常好的，出色的
excellent/superb extremely good 出色的，极佳的
Your English is excellent.
你的英文棒极了。
She’s a superb teacher.
她是一位出色的教师。
great/wonderful/terrific/fantastic especially spoken extremely good 绝佳的，极好的
It’s a great film.
电影很棒。
nHer cooking is wonderful.
nThat’s a terrific idea!
brilliant British EnglishBrE especially spoken extremely good 绝佳的，极好的
The play was absolutely brilliant.
这部戏绝对精彩。
amazing/incredible extremely good, in a surprising and exciting way 惊人的，了不起的
New York is an amazing place.
纽约是个令人惊叹的城市。
nThe skating has been incredible in this competition.
beautiful/glorious used about weather that is very pleasant and sunny 〔天气〕极好的，晴朗的
It’s a beautiful day.
天气很好。
The weather was just glorious.
天气真是非常好。
outstanding/first-class/top-quality much better than other places, people etc 出色的，杰出的
an outstanding performance
精彩的表演
The service is always first-class.
服务总是一流的。
exceptional unusually good 非凡的，杰出的
Occasionally, we get a student with exceptional talent.
偶尔我们会招到个别天赋出众的学生。
na woman of exceptional beauty
awesome especially American EnglishAmE informal very good 极好的
The movie was awesome.
这部电影好极了。
be out of this world spoken to be extremely good 极好的
Their chocolate cake is just out of this world!
他们的巧克力蛋糕真是好得没比的了！
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good• Bye now Jessie. Be good.• Harry's work is always very good.• Noticing good behaviour Look actively for the good in your child.• Be a good boy and eat your vegetables.• On Sunday we rose early and after a good breakfast were eager to get out on the hills.• Andrea is a good cook.• Actually, every good family has a story of a spectacular plumbing disaster.• Frank had always been a good football player, and it was no surprise when he was chosen for the team.• "Why don't you write to your bank and ask for a loan?'' "That's a good idea.''• He had always tried to lead a good life.• He's a good little boy.• Good music seems to be a thing of the past.• Bates would be a good person to have on the team.• a good quality car• a good-sized house• Her early work is much better than her more recent stuff.• But a good time wasn't to be.• Everyone has the capability of making themselves something good to eat when they get home in the evening.• Did you have good weather in France?• good weather• Did you have a good weekend?• Have a good weekend!• Our best wishes to his family and friends.• a good woman• To Our Readers, Publications, like people, have good years and better years.• The more you practise the better you will become at selecting historical information to suit firstly your essay and secondly your argument.
good enough• "Is that okay?" "Yeah, good enough."• Our revenue per employee is up 20 percent, but that is not nearly good enough.• It's just a cheap wine but it's good enough for a picnic.• He said six golf balls weren't good enough. He needed a minimum of nine.• Sometimes, if her argument seems good enough, let her persuade you.• If the weather's good enough next weekend we'll go camping.• It was the first time I was not good enough or I had some one thinking I was not good enough.• They've got a good enough sound, they're competent, but where's the imagination?• Do you think she's good enough to be in the team?• The bi-word filter eliminated some possibilities but was not good enough to find a single interpretation.• That was good enough to put him in the lead for the amateur half of the tournament.• Reports from Kampuchea claim that the country's 35,000-man army is good enough to stand up to Khmer Rouge incursions.• Therefore, it does not matter that your young are good enough to survive.
good at (doing) something• The Funhouse Gang is very good at appearing busy.• It's very good at finding things.• Those that are particularly good at judging readiness to mate may wind up with a lot more offspring.• Apes, unfortunately, are not usually very good at mimicking human speech sounds.• She was good at sewing, and managed to make some clothes for me in the thinnest material available.• But those who are best at the game learn not to compartmentalize their lives but to fit it all together.• She liked to be good at things, and she was not good at dancing.• Our society values thinkers and is quite good at training thinkers.
good news• They did a scan, and the cancer seems to be gone, so that's good news.• The incentives for industry and tax changes are also good news.• They respond and, quite automatically, more join in as each traveller returns with the good news.• What chance is there of its being good news?• As Ohio goes, so goes the nation, and that may be good news for President Clinton.• The good news is that all three of these lawsuits were unsuccessful.• The good news is that the figure was once 35 percent.• There was even better news on underlying inflation, which excludes mortgages.
it’s good to do something• Broadly speaking, it's best to ask your local authority about whether any official approval is needed before going ahead.• It's better to feed and clothe and house the masses than to let them rot.• It's good to feel the firm ground underfoot after hours of trudging through flooded fields and over hedgerows in the darkness.• It's good to go dutch on power.• It's best to go with an organised group if you want to cycle or paddle your way through the area.• She says that it's good to have confirmation that penicillin does work against this form of the disease.• In areas of heavy traffic, like halls and stairs, it's best to lay a good quality, hardwearing carpet.• It's best to remove the key as quickly as possible, re-engaging it as necessary.
good ideas• Leal also has good ideas about improving city tax collections.• If anything, good ideas are discredited by the fact that they come from here.• Often, it happens because good ideas bubble up from employees who actually do the work and deal with the customers.• The mind must be relaxed - the best ideas come out of silence.• But just getting out of the way of good ideas, important as it is, will not be enough.• But like so many good ideas on a yacht there is often a down-side not always appreciated.• All the good ideas put forward in these reports will serve only to elevate more people into the region of discontent.• Not all the good ideas that curriculum developers and academics come up with are daft or unrealistic.
good time• He was having a whale of a good time.• Whatever Jack wanted to do or say he would do or say in his own good time.• Dimon has been loyal to Weill in good times and bad.• The weather was not too promising, but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace.• This is the best time of year for riding.• While she was having a good time, she asked for periodic updates on when the girls would get to leave.• With all the new and reintroduced varieties now on the market there has never been a better time to grow from seed.• I hope it all goes very well and that a good time will be had by all.
good advice• The text details the methods used in the selected illustrations and is spiced with good advice and instruction.• It is not a process to be embarked upon without good advice and support.• Those who stop long enough to really listen will invariably give the best advice, if they give any at all.• For anyone building their first few projects the best advice is to avoid any mains powered project.• He found them enjoyable too and full of good advice on skin care.• Q: What is the best advice you ever received?• It was good advice you gave me.
as good as gold• She's a fantastic girl, as good as gold.
good for• Not much good for anything else.• So Princeton looked good for college until I met their pretentious admissions rep.• Life in Solano County had been good for him and Annette, he said.• This was good for his journalism.• The buffalo robes were good for keeping warm in carriages in northern cities.• The more physical the better for me.• The warranty for my stereo is good for one year.• Armed with inadequate information he usually fails to see why one moment is better for putting in a tack than any other.• She lost the first two babies, you know that, and she's always done her best for you.
feeling ... good• But she's on her time and not feeling too good.• People smart enough to plunge into bond funds last year are probably feeling pretty good.• She swallowed the tablets and drained the mug, feeling a great deal better.• You leave the theater feeling better about everything.• I was feeling pretty good about my chances today, and then it was gone.• Alice returned a little half smile familiar to Mattie, conveying that she was feeling good and guilty about it too.• If people leave feeling it was good but rather long, you have failed.• When you've faced a serious illness, feeling better is the best feeling there is in the world.
in good condition/shape• For your Musicman 212 cab and head, must be in good condition.• All of the houses are in good shape, and there should be no trouble.• Are they in good condition, especially those close to the house?• Milstead said he had to stay in good shape for the police department physical.• But he could pinpoint the fact that because he was in good shape, he survived.• This year, however, Dole appears in good shape in both locations.
good about• Mom's good about lending people money when they need it.
good guys• I think by and large we have a bunch of good guys.• Third, they are suddenly the good guys.• So there are good guys and bad guys in the heavens and there are sovereignties among both.• For me, we were the good guys and they were the bad guys.• If the good guys ban cloning humans, are we not inviting the bad guys to work on it offshore?• One of the good guys heading for the good life.• She, too, has tried to distance herself from what she does best, but the good guys need her.• The good guys often wear white hats in these old movies.• We are the good guys: we don't like violence, and we hate anger and aggression.
a good while• They've been gone a good while.• Send it to one at a time and be prepared to wait a good while for a reply.• He was a good while making his mind up which club to hit.• For a good while, most of these senators, and others, knew only the voice of Ali on the phone.• It took us a good while to get to the location.• They sat up a good while, watching the stars swarm along the edge of the veranda roof.
a good rest• He did not believe there was anything wrong with him that could not be cured by a good rest.• I hope everyone enjoyed a good rest.• I wished her a good rest. * Always the coach journey to the theatre was a silent one.• Go home and get a good rest tomorrow on your day off.• Chances of a good rest were soon dissipated.
good
a) used to say that you are pleased about something 好〔表示满意〕
 Good. I’m glad that’s finished.
好了。 我很高兴那件事做完了。
 ‘I got an A in biology, Mum.’ ‘Oh, good.’
“我生物考了A，妈妈。”“哦，很好。”
b) used to tell someone that you think their work or what they are doing is good 很好〔表示称赞〕
 ‘Is the answer five?’ ‘Yes, good.’
“答案是5吗？”“对，很好。”
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good• Keep your eye on the ball and follow through on your swing. Good!
good2 ●●● S3 W2 noun  
1  no good/not much good/not any good 
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no good at (doing) something• The funny thing is that I am no better at real golf.• They specialize in the big picture and are no good at details.• Nor did he want botany and zoology, he'd be no good at them.• Andrew was no better at getting to grips with the worsening situation, Fergie complains now.• Besides, he was no good at bluffing.• I was no good at that.• She was no good at discussion or argument anyway. that wasn't her strong point.• They were no better at picking out the faces they had seen before than the untreated subjects.
2  it’s no good (doing something) used to say that an action will not achieve what it is intended to achieve （做某事）没有用
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it’s no good (doing something)• It's no good just bleating on about the rising tide of crime to get money out of the government.• It's no good pretending you've any aptitude for art when it's quite clear you've none at all.• It's no good printing my letter if you're just going to do it again.• It's no good tying up money for years unless you're certain you won't need it.• It's no good, she rebuked herself sternly; there's no future in feeling like this about Luke Travis.• Here we are on the hills, and it's no better.• But ... but I will worry if I think you are hanging on waiting, because it's no good.• It's very easy to tell an actor that it's no good.
3  do some good/do somebody good to have a useful effect 有用/对某人有用
4  what’s the good of ...?/what good is ...? USEFULused to say that it is not worth doing or having something in a particular situation 有什么用？〔用于表示不值得做某事或拥有某物〕
5  for good ALWAYS/EVERY TIMEpermanently 永远
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for good• I'd like to stay in Colorado for good.• The injury may keep him out of football for good.
6  for the good of somebody/something in order to help someone or improve a situation 为了某人/某物的利益[好处]
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for the good of somebody/something• One presumes Waterloo then asked for the best of three for just qualifying for Bath is worth a minimum of £1,500.• Recent scholarship suggests that the tactic of anonymity may have been employed for the best of reasons.• The majority of what they do is not just worthwhile, but essential for the good of mankind.• The marriage must be saved, she said, for the good of the children.• But what if they were obliged to seek that elusive spring for the good of those they'd orphaned and anguished?• He hopes he can count on your continued support, for the good of the campaign and of our country.• Their inability to work together for the good of the republic would only increase the peoples' cynicism about government.• All monies gathered will be used for the good of the elderly in the province.
7  [uncountableU]GOOD/MORAL behaviour, attitudes, forces etc that are morally right 善，正直的行为，合乎道德的态度
8  be up to no good informalDISHONEST to be doing or planning something wrong or dishonest 正在做坏事；打算做坏事
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be up to no good• Those guys look like they're up to no good.• She knew that her brother was up to no good but she didn't tell anyone.• If you ask me, that husband of hers is up to no good.• Anyone waiting around on street corners at night must be up to no good.
9  the common/general good formal the advantage of everyone in society or in a group 共同的利益，公益
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the common/general good• He was the mandatory of his people, the trustee of the general good.• Surely that is to the general good.
10  be (all) to the good used to say that something that happens is good, especially when it is in addition to or as the result of something else 那就更好了
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be (all) to the good• If the higher insurance rates means that drivers will be extra careful, then it's all to the good.• And I think you will agree it will be to the best advantage of all if the holidays were curtailed.• This will increase efficiency and be to the good of the respective communities.• It was encouraging, it was all to the good, it made his decision seem timely, fixed to favorable circumstances.• If he had something special for her, that was all to the good.• This meant all trains had to stop and, as Lydham Heath was our station, this was all to the good.• This is all to the good.• One can reckon that to be all to the good, from a stranger.• That would be all to the good.
11  three goals/£200 etc to the good used to say that someone has more of something than before or than someone else 领先三个球/多出200英镑等
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good• I just can't see any good in these people at all.• I can not help feeling that any good done might have been cancelled out by oil fires in the Gulf.• the battle between good and evil• Everyone has a choice between good and evil.• Do you agree with those who contend that capitalism is so individualistic that it fails to protect the collective good?• In spite of his rudeness, there's a lot of good in him.
good and evil• I could not understand why men who knew all about good and evil could hate and kill each other.• The two tunes underline the conflict between good and evil.• I learn to see life as a titanic moral struggle between good and evil.• It's a classic tale about the struggle between good and evil.• There are no unchanging standards of what is good and evil.• More particularly, they are associated with the duality of good and evil.• The entire world was engulfed in a titanic struggle be-tween starkly drawn forces of good and evil.• At the core of Hampden Babylon is a titanic struggle between the forces of good and evil.• Beneath its denunciation of war and its apparent modernity there is the chauvinist roar of good and evil.
good3 adverbadv informal spoken especially American EnglishAmE  
RIGHT/PROPERwell. Many teachers think this is not correct English 好〔许多老师认为这种用法不正确〕
 The business is doing good now.
现在生意做得很好。
 Listen to me good!
好好听我说！
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doing good• He was more studious, more dedicated to doing good and doing more and leading.• Ethically directed, the potential for doing good is immense.• Labour is doing best on health among men, the middle-aged and readers of red-top newspapers.• They have committed themselves to doing good rather than doing well.• Above all, he says, parents are proud that their children are doing better than before.• Firms within the zones seem to have been doing better than equivalent companies elsewhere.• Heretofore, I had concentrated on doing good work in high-profile assignments.• If we did, wealthy folks would be spending a lot more of their time doing good works.
From Longman Business Dictionary
goodgood /gʊd/ noun [singular]
1ECONOMICS something that has been produced in order to be used or sold. The word is used in the singular form by economists, but not usually by ordinary people
In the real free market, the users bear the costs of a good or service.
2be £10/$50 etc to the good to have £10, $50 etc more than before or to have made a profit of £10, $50 etc
Guinness shares closed 6.5p to the good at 608.5p.
Origin good1
Old English god
good1 adjectiveadj
→10-19
→20-29
→30-43

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