Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense gets, present participle getting, past tense, past participle got, past tense, past participle gotten
In most of its uses get is a fairly informal word. Gotten is an American form of the past tense and past participle.在其大多数用法中,get是个很不正式的词。美国英语中,get的过去式及过去分词形式为gotten。
1V-LINK (与形容词连用)变得 You use get with adjectives to mean 'become'. For example, if someone gets cold, they become cold, and if they get angry, they become angry. (与形容词连用)变得
The boys were getting bored. [VERB adj.ive]
男孩子们开始感到厌烦。
There's no point in getting upset. [VERB adj.ive]
苦恼是无谓的。
From here on, it can only get better. [VERB adj.ive]
2V-LINK (用于表示状况或处境的表达中)陷入,处于Get is used with expressions referring to states or situations. For example, to get into trouble means to start being in trouble. (用于表示状况或处境的表达中)陷入,处于
Half the pleasure of an evening out is getting ready. [VERB adj.ive]
晚上外出时一半的乐趣在于出门前的准备。
Perhaps I shouldn't say that — I might get into trouble. [VERB prep./adv.]
也许我不该讲那些话—我可能会惹来麻烦。
How did we get into this recession, and what can we do to get out of it? [VERB prep./adv.]
我们是怎样陷入这次经济衰退的,又该做些什么才能从中摆脱呢?
3VERB 使陷入,使处于(某种状况或处境) To get someone or something into a particular state or situation means to cause them to be in it. 使陷入,使处于(某种状况或处境)
I don't know if I can get it clean. [VERB noun adj.ive]
我不知道自己是否能把它清理干净。
What got me interested was looking at an old New York Times. [VERB noun adj.ive]
我感兴趣的是看一份旧的《纽约时报》。
Brian will get them out of trouble. [VERB noun prep.]
12VERB (让…)迅速行动起来/干起来/工作起来 You can use get in expressions like get moving ,get going, and get working when you want to tell people to begin moving, going, or working quickly. (让…)迅速行动起来/干起来/工作起来
I aim to be off the lake before dawn, so let's get moving. [VERB verb-ing]
我计划黎明前从湖畔出发,大家马上行动起来吧。
We need to get thinking, talking and acting on this before it is too late. [V -ing]
我们得赶紧就此事开动脑筋,展开讨论,并采取行动,否则就来不及了。
13VERB 到达(人生、事业的某一阶段) If you get to a particular stage in your life or in something you are doing, you reach that stage. 到达(人生、事业的某一阶段)
We haven't got to the stage of a full-scale military conflict. [VERB + to]
我们还未到全面军事冲突的地步。
If she gets that far, Jane may get legal aid to take her case to court. [VERB adv.]
如果走到那个地步,简也许能得到法律援助去打官司。
It got to the point where I was so ill I was waiting to die. [VERB + to]
病到这个程度,我只能等死了。
14V-ERG (用于谈论进展情况)(使…)取得进展/不会有进展 You can use get to talk about the progress that you are making. For example, if you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress, and if you say that something won't get you anywhere, you mean it will not help you to progress at all. (用于谈论进展情况)(使…)取得进展/不会有进展
Radical factions say the talks are getting nowhere and they want to withdraw. [VERB adv.]
激进派宣称谈判没有进展,他们打算退出。
My perseverance was getting me somewhere. [VERB noun adv.]
我锲而不舍,总算有了一些进展。
15V-LINK 到,接近(…时间) When it gets to a particular time, it is that time. If it is getting towards a particular time, it is approaching that time. 到,接近(…时间)
It got to after 1am and I was exhausted. [VERB + to]
已是凌晨一点多了,我累得筋疲力尽。
It was getting towards evening when we got back. [V + towards]
我们回来的时候已经快到晚上了。
It's getting late. [VERB adj.ive]
时间不早了。
16VERB 对…产生影响;使痛苦 If something that has continued for some time gets to you, it starts causing you to suffer. 对…产生影响;使痛苦
That's the first time I lost my cool in 20 years in this job. This whole thing's getting to me. [VERB + to]
8VERB 开始有(想法、印象或感受) If you get an idea, impression, or feeling, you begin to have that idea, impression, or feeling as you learn or understand more about something. 开始有(想法、印象或感受)
I get the feeling that you're an honest man. [VERB noun]
我开始觉得你是个诚实的人。
The study is an attempt to get a better idea of why people live where they do. [VERB noun]
该研究是为了更好地了解人们选择现在居住地的原因。
Doctors can get the wrong impression from even an accurate description. [VERB noun]
即便很精确的病历也可能让医生产生错误的印象。
9VERB 得到,获得(感受或好处) If you get a feeling or benefit from an activity or experience, the activity or experience gives you that feeling or benefit. 得到,获得(感受或好处)
Charles got a shock when he saw him. [VERB noun]
查尔斯见到他时大吃一惊。
She gets enormous pleasure out of working freelance. [V n + out of/from]
做自由职业者让她体会到无穷的快乐。
I would like to take pictures professionally because I get so much out of it. [V n out of/from n/-ing]
我想从事职业摄影,因为我从中获益匪浅。
10VERB (设法)看到 If you get a look, view, or glimpse of something, you manage to see it. (设法)看到
Young men climbed on buses and fences to get a better view. [VERB noun]
为了看得更清楚些,年轻人爬上了公共汽车和围墙。
Crowds shouted and pushed to get a glimpse of their hero. [VERB noun]
为了一睹英雄的风采,人群喊叫着,推搡着。
11VERB 有(…的天气) If a place gets a particular type of weather, it has that type of weather. 有(…的天气)
Riyadh got 25 mm of rain in just 12 hours. [VERB noun]
利雅得在12小时内降水就达25毫米。
Northern Kentucky is likely to get snow mixed with sleet. [VERB noun]
肯塔基州北部可能有雨夹雪。
12VERB 理解,明白(笑话或所说的话) If you get a joke or get the point of something that is said, you understand it. 理解,明白(笑话或所说的话)
Did you get that joke, Ann? I'll explain later. [VERB noun]
14VERB 搭乘,乘(火车、公共汽车、飞机或船) When you get a train, bus, plane, or boat, you leave a place on a particular train, bus, plane, or boat. 搭乘,乘(火车、公共汽车、飞机或船)
It'll be two pounds to get the bus. [VERB noun]
乘公共汽车要花两英镑。
What time are you getting your train? [VERB noun]
你赶几点的火车?
15VERB 捕获;猎杀 If you get a person or animal, you succeed in catching, killing, or hitting them. 捕获;猎杀
Take it easy. We've got him. He's not going to kill anyone else. [VERB noun]
别担心,我们已经抓住他了,他不会再杀人。
16VERB 定期买(报刊、杂志等) If you get a newspaper or magazine, you regularly buy it. 定期买(报刊、杂志等)
We don't get a paper. [VERB noun]
我们不买报纸。
We already get The Times. [VERB noun]
我们已经订了《泰晤士报》。
17VERB 接收;收到;收看到 If you can get a particular radio or television channel, you are able to receive broadcasts from it on your radio or television. 接收;收到;收看到
1PHRASE 最…;(好…) 极了 You can say that something is, for example, as good as you can get to mean that it is as good as it is possible for that thing to be. 最…;(好…) 极了
Consort has a population of 714 and is about as rural and isolated as you can get.
康索特有714名居民,是极其偏僻的乡村地区。
...the diet that is as near to perfect as you can get it.
几乎可以说是最无可挑剔的饮食
2PHRASE 不能否认;无法否认 If you say you can't get away from something or there is no getting away from something, you are emphasizing that it is true, even though people might prefer it not to be true. 不能否认;无法否认 [informal, emphasis]
There is no getting away from the fact that he is on the left of the party.
他属于该党左派的事实无法否认。
3PHRASE 休假;度假 If you get away from it all, you have a holiday in a place that is very different from where you normally live and work. 休假;度假
...the ravishing island of Ischia, where rich Italians get away from it all.
意大利富人消遣度假的美丽岛屿伊斯基亚
4CONVENTION (表示蔑视、不同意或拒绝)滚开,去你的Get is used in rude expressions like get stuffed and get lost to express contempt, disagreement, or refusal to do something. (表示蔑视、不同意或拒绝)滚开,去你的 [rude, feelings]
5PHRASE 你真是太走运了/你真是蠢得无可救药了 You can say, for example, 'How lucky can you get?' or 'How stupid can you get? ' to show your surprise that anyone could be as lucky or stupid as the person that you are talking about. 你真是太走运了/你真是蠢得无可救药了 [informal, feelings]
I mean, how crazy can you get?
我是说,你真是太疯狂了。
6PHRASE [tell inflects]叫…不要指望;叫…别做梦 If you tell someone where to get off, you tell them in a rather rude way that you are not going to do or agree to what they want. 叫…不要指望;叫…别做梦 [informal]
If somebody tried to do that to you, you'd just go right up to them and tell them where to get off.
如果有人想那样对待你,你就直截了当地告诉他们别做梦了。
7PHRASE 有;存在 You can use you get instead of 'there is' or 'there are' to say that something exists, happens, or can be experienced. 有;存在 [spoken]