英语词汇“to get away with”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to get away with.

(a) To do (something) with impunity or (in recent use) without encountering a possible setback. Frequently in to get away with it: to succeed in what one tries; to act without being detected or punished. to get away with murder: to get away with anything; to do whatever one wishes.

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1669 G. Hutcheson Expos. Job xxiv. 508 It is a friendly act to wish that men do not get away with their faults.

1864 Amer. War (Soc. promoting Cessation of Hostilities Amer.) 11/1 He and his brother will leave here (if they can get away with it) immensely rich in spoils of other people's property.

1874 J. Miller Unwritten Hist.: Life amongst Modocs (new ed.) vi. 95 Bet you the cigars, I don't! Whenever my man comes to the centre, I will call him, see if I don't, and get away with it, too.

1914 N.Y. Times 9 May 7/2 Jake, you're getting away with murder here.

1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay x. 145 He had no sense of time or of order. But he got away with it, as he liked to say.

1939 Chatelaine Sept. 19/2 Usually she's young enough and amusing enough to ‘get away with murder’.

1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited 12 He would sometimes say of the ways of the Army in pay and supply and the use of ‘man-hours’: ‘They couldn't get away with that in business.’

1958 Times Oct. 3/3 A film set in Ireland and relying upon whimsical comedy can get away, if not with murder, at least with weaknesses.

1968 Listener 8 Aug. 164/3 Nobody can quite believe that Mr Dubcek is being allowed to get away with it.

1974 D. Goines Daddy Cool xii. 163 Seething with anger, the burly man gained control. ‘You punks will never get away with this shit. I guess you realize that, don't you?’

1981 Pop. Photogr. Feb. 114/2 Sometimes you can get away with moving an arm or leg.

2011 Independent 25 Oct. 27/4 Eating a fruitarian diet would allow him to get away with bathing just once a week.

(b) colloquial (originally U.S.). To carry off successfully; to succeed in winning or stealing.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result) > succeed in winning or stealing

to get away with1873

1873 B. Harte Mliss xxxviii. 111 At billiards he beat the sporting men whom miners always like to see beaten, and in sporting parlance ‘got away’ with large sums of their coin.

1886 Boston Jrnl. 18 Dec. 2/4 They got away with the pennant three successive seasons.

1892 Congress. Rec. 13 Dec. 122/2 [These gentlemen] will have to be content with the pitiful $240,000 that they have already ‘got away with’.

1928 Observer 25 Mar. 14 Some of the artists may be able, as the phrase goes, to ‘get away with the swag’.

1952 M. Huxley Let. in N. Murray Aldous Huxley (2003) ix. 114 An upstart little refugee getting away with the prize of the artistic English world.

1996 G. B. Tangwa I spit on their Graves (2010) 135 From the moment Cameroonians let him get away with the trophy of the October 11^th 1992 presidential elections, he knew he could get away with anything.

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1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds ii. 41 More'n once the robbers would tackle some gritty man that was handy with his ‘barkers’, an' he'd get away with two or three of 'em.

1887 A. A. Hayes Jesuit's Ring 227 The boys got away with the..road agents.

1908 Dial. Notes 3 314 You can't get away with me.

1931 T. Dreiser Dawn lxviii. 386 She's very cute and sweet all right, but she's got to do business or quit. If I don't get away with her, I'll let you know.

2005 M. Lauria & L. F. Mirón Urban Schools iv. 79 They'll make sure you don't get away with them like you got away with the next person.

单词	to get away with
释义	> as lemmas to get away with c. to get away with. (a) To do (something) with impunity or (in recent use) without encountering a possible setback. Frequently in to get away with it: to succeed in what one tries; to act without being detected or punished. to get away with murder: to get away with anything; to do whatever one wishes. ΚΠ 1669 G. Hutcheson Expos. Job xxiv. 508 It is a friendly act to wish that men do not get away with their faults. 1864 Amer. War (Soc. promoting Cessation of Hostilities Amer.) 11/1 He and his brother will leave here (if they can get away with it) immensely rich in spoils of other people's property. 1874 J. Miller Unwritten Hist.: Life amongst Modocs (new ed.) vi. 95 Bet you the cigars, I don't! Whenever my man comes to the centre, I will call him, see if I don't, and get away with it, too. 1914 N.Y. Times 9 May 7/2 Jake, you're getting away with murder here. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay x. 145 He had no sense of time or of order. But he got away with it, as he liked to say. 1939 Chatelaine Sept. 19/2 Usually she's young enough and amusing enough to ‘get away with murder’. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited 12 He would sometimes say of the ways of the Army in pay and supply and the use of ‘man-hours’: ‘They couldn't get away with that in business.’ 1958 Times Oct. 3/3 A film set in Ireland and relying upon whimsical comedy can get away, if not with murder, at least with weaknesses. 1968 Listener 8 Aug. 164/3 Nobody can quite believe that Mr Dubcek is being allowed to get away with it. 1974 D. Goines Daddy Cool xii. 163 Seething with anger, the burly man gained control. ‘You punks will never get away with this shit. I guess you realize that, don't you?’ 1981 Pop. Photogr. Feb. 114/2 Sometimes you can get away with moving an arm or leg. 2011 Independent 25 Oct. 27/4 Eating a fruitarian diet would allow him to get away with bathing just once a week. (b) colloquial (originally U.S.). To carry off successfully; to succeed in winning or stealing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result) > succeed in winning or stealing to get away with1873 1873 B. Harte Mliss xxxviii. 111 At billiards he beat the sporting men whom miners always like to see beaten, and in sporting parlance ‘got away’ with large sums of their coin. 1886 Boston Jrnl. 18 Dec. 2/4 They got away with the pennant three successive seasons. 1892 Congress. Rec. 13 Dec. 122/2 [These gentlemen] will have to be content with the pitiful $240,000 that they have already ‘got away with’. 1928 Observer 25 Mar. 14 Some of the artists may be able, as the phrase goes, to ‘get away with the swag’. 1952 M. Huxley Let. in N. Murray Aldous Huxley (2003) ix. 114 An upstart little refugee getting away with the prize of the artistic English world. 1996 G. B. Tangwa I spit on their Graves (2010) 135 From the moment Cameroonians let him get away with the trophy of the October 11^th 1992 presidential elections, he knew he could get away with anything. (c) U.S. slang. To get the better of, to beat in a contest. ΚΠ 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds ii. 41 More'n once the robbers would tackle some gritty man that was handy with his ‘barkers’, an' he'd get away with two or three of 'em. 1887 A. A. Hayes Jesuit's Ring 227 The boys got away with the..road agents. 1908 Dial. Notes 3 314 You can't get away with me. 1931 T. Dreiser Dawn lxviii. 386 She's very cute and sweet all right, but she's got to do business or quit. If I don't get away with her, I'll let you know. 2005 M. Lauria & L. F. Mirón Urban Schools iv. 79 They'll make sure you don't get away with them like you got away with the next person. extracted from getv. < as lemmas
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