| 单词 | to get at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get at —— to get at —— 1. intransitive. colloquial. a. To attack, assail; to make destructive inroads on.In some uses overlapping with sense 2a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of hostile agency) besetOE infighta1300 saila1300 seeka1300 visitc1340 beclipc1380 entainc1380 seizec1381 offendc1385 affectc1425 rehetea1450 take1483 attaintc1534 prevent1535 attach1541 attempt1546 affront1579 buffeta1593 to get at ——1650 assault1667 insult1697 to lay at1899 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack with hostile words or measures fangc1320 hurtlec1374 impugnc1384 weighc1386 to fall upon ——a1398 to start on ——a1398 oppugn?1435 to lay to, untoa1500 onseta1522 wipe1523 to set against ——1542 to fall aboard——1593 aggress1596 to fall foul1602 attack1613 appugn1615 to set upon ——1639 to fall on ——1641 to lay home, hard, hardly to1650 tack1720 bombard1766 savage1796 to pitch into ——1823 to begin upon a personc1825 bulldog1842 to down on (also upon)a1848 to set at ——1849 to start on ——a1851 to start in on1859 set on at or to1862 to let into1872 to go for ——1890 swash1890 slog1891 to get at ——1893 tee1955 1650 G. Foster Pouring Fourth of Seventh & Last Viall 28 You would not do as now you do, lay up treasures for the rust and canker to get at. 1823 J. Constable Let. 2 Aug. (1964) II. 283 I fear my great coat is got at by moths, as I find my father's is that I am come down here with. 1893 National Observer 1 July 176/2 The author's burning anxiety to ‘get at’ capital, his profligate disregard of national prosperity. 1923 D. H. Lawrence Stud. Classic Amer. Lit. vi. 119 Nowadays society is evil. It finds subtle ways of torture, to destroy the life-quick, to get at the life-quick in a man. 1977 P. O'Brian Mauritius Command (1996) v. 179 Them wicked old rats got at the coffee, sir. 2008 S. Armstrong Matter of Life & Death 218 Why hadn't the maggots got at him? Oh, because he was in the basement of a house, wrapped up in plastic. b. To unsettle by making fun of, finding fault with, etc.; to jeer at or taunt; to criticize; to make nervous or upset. Also: (transitive) to get (someone) at it: to have (a person) on, to make fun of (rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] > captiously upbraidc1290 bite1330 to gnap at1533 carp1550 cavil1581 carp1587 to pick at ——1603 to pick a hole (also holes) in1614 yark1621 vellicate1633 to peck at1641 snob1654 ploat1757 to get at ——1803 crab1819 to pick up1846 knock1892 snark1904 kvetchc1950 to pick nits1978 1803 J. Jackson Let. 17 Jan. in T. U. P. Charlton Life Major Gen. J. Jackson (1809) I. 188 R—e puffed up by his triumph over Ellery, may be pushed to get at me. 1825 Oriental Herald 5 Suppl. No. 16 176/2 I see that Gentlemen are getting at me that way, but I do not care. 1891 Ally Sloper's Half Holiday 3 Jan. 7/1 ‘Your family don't seem to get on, missie?’.. ‘On! Who're ye gettin' at?’ 1895 Punch 14 Dec. 227/1 Smart women..delight In ‘getting at’ you in a shameful way. 1956 R. Galton & A. Simpson Hancock's Half-hour (1987) 56 Don't keep getting at me, it's not my fault I'm weak. 1957 J. Osborne Entertainer iii. 30 Don't look hurt. I'm not getting at you. I love you very much. 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 136 You see I did this on perpose just to get her at it. 1987 ‘A. Burgess’ Little Wilson & Big God (U.K. ed.) iii. 234 The war was getting at us: our nerves were on edge. 2001 H. Holt Delay of Execution (2002) xi. 125 ‘But what did she do to Margaret?’ ‘I suppose she didn't actually do anything, but she was always getting at her, trying to undermine her.’ c. To mean or intend; to hint, imply. Usually in interrogative clauses, as what are you getting at? ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 1875 Rep. Comm. Finance Expenditures New Capitol Commissioners in Documents Senate State N.Y.: 98th Sess. VII. No. 95. 197 What are you getting at? 1894 A. Morrison Tales Mean Streets (1983) 34 ‘Garn,’ said Lizerunt once more ‘Wot ye gittin' at now’? 1899 D. Belasco Naughty Anthony ii, in Heart of Maryland (1941) 294 What are you getting at? What do you refer to when you call me the husband? 1921 Collier's 26 Mar. 22/1 ‘Say, what are you gettin' at?’ says the kid, interested at last. 1931 N. Coward Post Mortem vi. 75 I wish I knew what you were getting at. 1969 ‘J. Fraser’ Cock-pit of Roses x. 81 I know some bugger's been pinching 'em, if that's what you're getting at. 2007 L. McLane Dancing Shoes & Honky-tonk Blues 42 ‘I know what you mean,’ I say with a nod. In truth I have no clue what he's getting at but I'm thinking that agreement sort of covers all the bases. 2. intransitive. a. To get hold of, come at; to reach, arrive at. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] wieldeOE haveeOE ofgoOE oweOE addlec1175 winc1175 avela1200 to come by ——a1225 covera1250 oughtc1275 reachc1275 hentc1300 purchasec1300 to come to ——c1330 getc1330 pickc1330 chevise1340 fang1340 umbracec1350 chacche1362 perceivea1382 accroacha1393 achievea1393 to come at ——a1393 areach1393 recovera1398 encroach?a1400 chevec1400 enquilec1400 obtainc1422 recurec1425 to take upc1425 acquirea1450 encheve1470 sortise1474 conques?a1500 tain1501 report1508 conquest1513 possess1526 compare1532 cough1550 coff1559 fall1568 reap1581 acquist1592 accrue1594 appurchasec1600 recoil1632 to get at ——1666 to come into ——1672 rise1754 net1765 to fall in for1788 to scare up1846 access1953 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands xxiv. 150 This vermine hath a particular malice to Books, and their covers. The Wood-lice are as good, if they can get at them. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World ii. 75 Half the hold must have been unstow'd to get at them. 1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 33 We gave him all our handkerchiefs, and what line we could get at. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) x. 117 A ledge of rock which cannot be got at but by his companions letting him down by a rope. 1859 T. De Quincey Style (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay XI. 175 Augustus was much of a blockhead: a truth which we utter boldly, now that none of his thirty legions can get at us. 1893 Law Times Rep. 68 302/1 The pipe could not be seen or got at without removing a portion of the cargo. 1922 ‘K. Mansfield’ Garden Party 43 There hung a cluster of sand-shoes so extraordinarily mixed that to get at one pair you had to tear apart and forcibly separate at least fifty. 1969 S. Miller On Trials xvi. 99 It is useless to have a load of sections which cannot be got at without a winch and rope gang. 2005 High Country News 7 Mar. 21/2 Western coal, gas and uranium have powered this country since entrepreneurs could get at them with a shovel. b. To attain to knowledge of, to find out, ascertain, learn. ΚΠ 1692 E. Paye Antichrist in Spirit Unmasked Ep. to Rdr. 2 The Author, to unfold their Riddles, hath made use of their own Construing Books, to get at their Meanings. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. x. 81 Joseph,..by tampering with Will, got at all my secrets. 1793 J. B. Burges in Hist. MSS Comm.: 14th Rep. App. V: MSS J. B. Fortescue (1894) II. 488 in Parl. Papers (C. 7572) L. ii. 1 Baron Jacobi called; his sole intention appeared to be to get at the nature and extent of Lord Malmesbury's instructions. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. 9 To get at the truth of any history is good. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 89 There are no means of getting at the thoughts of men. 1883 Law Times 20 Oct. 412/1 I cannot see..the process by which the court will get at the facts on which its judgment is to hinge. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 67/2 Her strange mind quietly got at the truth in a way that startled Lynn. 1953 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 53 205/2 More can be done in getting at the cause of blood spitting and in treating the underlying disease than was possible only a generation ago. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Mar. (Week in Review section) 3/4 The hard work is getting at the underlying inefficiencies in the health system, the perverse incentives that have everybody operating in the dark. c. colloquial. To influence by underhand means, to corrupt, bribe. Also: to make an aggressive attempt to influence, to pressurize. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > persuade or prevail upon > by subtle or underhand means undermine1457 compass1563 cozen1599 wire-draw1622 subinduce1646 to get at ——1780 1780 Earl of Malmesbury Let. 21 Mar. in Diaries & Corr. (1844) I. 289 The French had failed in several underhand attempts to get at the Empress. 1865 J. S. Mill in Morning Star 6 July That part of the electors whose minds are to be got at by money—who are to be reached by trickery. 1871 Sat. Rev. 9 Sept. 329/2 It is quite clear that some of them [imported artisans] have been ‘got at’, and it is easy to conceive the terrorism, which [etc.]. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xxxix. 78 The legislator can be ‘got at’, the people cannot. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley (1940) xxv. 276 I cannot get at him, for he appears to suffer from a species of shell-shock when subjects of which he should be proud are mentioned. 1952 W. J. H. Sprott Social Psychol. (1964) vii. 123 We are all ‘propaganda conscious’ in the sense that we put up a resistance if we feel we are being ‘got at’. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Jan. 57/1 We resent, as the Victorians did not, being ‘got at’ by the social or religious moralist. 1999 J. Arnott Long Firm ii. 78 ‘I wouldn't worry,’ he said with an affable grin. ‘People can be got at.’ d. slang. To tamper with (a horse, etc.) in order to prevent it from winning a race; to nobble. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > tamper with horse to get at ——1812 nobble1847 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 283 The prisoner said it would be a rare thing to get at that mare which was first favourite. 1870 Spectator 23 Apr. 514/2 That, of course, makes it profitable..for scoundrels to ‘get at’ horses. 1908 Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches 25 160 The cause of the latter's defeat is a mystery to this day... Had he been got at? 1975 T. Fitzgeorge-Parker Great Racehorse Trainers vi. 112 The nobblers got at him not once but twice and..they even attacked his legs to such good effect that he never ran again. 1993 E. Trzebinski Lives Beryl Markham (1995) v. 71 The press suggested that Cam had been ‘got at’. 3. intransitive. colloquial. To begin (an activity); to start work on; to turn one's attention to. ΚΠ 1805 European Mag. & London Rev. Dec. 434/2 We got at it in arnest. Fire away Flannagan—Bow wow—More cartridges and plenty of shot—Batter the hulls, and splinter the decks—Zounds! 1847 H. Melville Omoo liii. 258 We were roused by Zeke's crying out, ‘Up! b'ys; up! rise, and shine; time to get at it agin!’ 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. to Publishers 14 Apr. (1967) 173 Get at your canvassing early, and drive it with all your might. 1923 H. Crane Let. 6 Feb. (1965) 118 I have been so rushed around..that I have not yet got at the review for your study. 1974 B. Bainbridge Bottle Factory Outing (1975) vi. 93 ‘That's it,’ encouraged Brenda. ‘Get at it, luv.’ 1991 T. E. Malis Fools Crow (2001) ii. 32 Ordinarily, we think we must rush and organize to get at the work because there is so little time. < as lemmas |
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