英语词汇“getting on for”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to be getting on for (to, towards): to be advancing towards, coming close to (a certain age, time, number, etc.). getting on for: (followed by a quantity) nearly, not quite (British colloquial).

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the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximate to (an amount) [verb (transitive)]

to want little (also naught)a1500

to be getting on for (to, towards)1784

touch1851

approach1871

1784 Proc. Old Bailey 15 Sept. 1062/1 It was getting on towards the evening.

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 183/1 I was about getting on for twelve when father first bought me a concertina.

1861 Temple Bar 3 145 It's getting on for eleven.

1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 64 When it was getting on towards gray dawn in the morning, down fell snow.

1892 St. Nicholas Mag. 14 502/2 Lott was taller than ever. ‘He's getting on for six feet’, said Tom.

1892 Rev. of Reviews 15 Mar. 301/1 We have an overcrowded population getting on to 40,000,000.

1908 C. B. Larymore Resident's Wife in Nigeria ix. 149 Our new three-guinea mackintoshes had vanished! This was getting on towards ‘the last straw’.

1931 W. S. Maugham Six Stories 130 ‘You talk as though you were going to live here all your life,’ he said. ‘Perhaps I am,’ she smiled. ‘What nonsense! At your age.’ ‘I'm getting on for forty, old boy.’

1951 C. P. Snow Masters xv. 132 I've been coming to these feasts now for getting on for sixty years.

1961 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 May 32/1 Towards the end of a cane season, getting on to Christmas, it was so hot that you used to wish you could work at night instead of in the day.

1985 Listener 6 June 21 (advt.) Gas provides getting on for sixty per cent of all the heat used in British homes.

2003 I. Banks Raw Spirit (2004) vi. 114 There were getting on for ten thousand people swarming over the place.

单词	getting on for
释义	> as lemmas getting on for a. to be getting on for (to, towards): to be advancing towards, coming close to (a certain age, time, number, etc.). getting on for: (followed by a quantity) nearly, not quite (British colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximate to (an amount) [verb (transitive)] to want little (also naught)a1500 to be getting on for (to, towards)1784 touch1851 approach1871 1784 Proc. Old Bailey 15 Sept. 1062/1 It was getting on towards the evening. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 183/1 I was about getting on for twelve when father first bought me a concertina. 1861 Temple Bar 3 145 It's getting on for eleven. 1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 64 When it was getting on towards gray dawn in the morning, down fell snow. 1892 St. Nicholas Mag. 14 502/2 Lott was taller than ever. ‘He's getting on for six feet’, said Tom. 1892 Rev. of Reviews 15 Mar. 301/1 We have an overcrowded population getting on to 40,000,000. 1908 C. B. Larymore Resident's Wife in Nigeria ix. 149 Our new three-guinea mackintoshes had vanished! This was getting on towards ‘the last straw’. 1931 W. S. Maugham Six Stories 130 ‘You talk as though you were going to live here all your life,’ he said. ‘Perhaps I am,’ she smiled. ‘What nonsense! At your age.’ ‘I'm getting on for forty, old boy.’ 1951 C. P. Snow Masters xv. 132 I've been coming to these feasts now for getting on for sixty years. 1961 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 May 32/1 Towards the end of a cane season, getting on to Christmas, it was so hot that you used to wish you could work at night instead of in the day. 1985 Listener 6 June 21 (advt.) Gas provides getting on for sixty per cent of all the heat used in British homes. 2003 I. Banks Raw Spirit (2004) vi. 114 There were getting on for ten thousand people swarming over the place. extracted from getv. < as lemmas
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