| 单词 | to make a go of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make a go of P4. colloquial. to make a go of: to make a success of, be successful in regard to, manage (esp. in to make a go of it). Similarly to make a good, etc., go of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] shift?1533 to pass muster1573 to give a good account of (something, often oneself)1601 to hit off1700 to make a job of1736 to make a do of1834 to make a go of it1836 cut1900 1836 H. M. Beauclerk in C. F. Beauclerk & H. M. Beauclerk Tales of Fashion & Reality 134 ‘They say as how he is courting Miss Laura.’ ‘Well,..I hope they'll make a go of it.’ 1848 Amer. Literary Mag. Oct. 211 Give me another cigar, friend; I can't make a go of this. 1870 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 5 Aug. Try hop scotch. Perhaps you can make a go of that. 1893 Spectator (N.Y.) 13 Apr. 216/1 The National Live Stock Insurance Company, started six years ago by St. Paul business men, has apparently made a good ‘go’ of it. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Apr. 10/3 We should be glad to see any administrator make a go of the postal service. 1978 M. Sarton Reckoning xvi. 176 Of the three of us you're the one who has made a go of it as a human being. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 105 Someone who returned East after failing to make a go of it in the West. 2010 S. Rohrer Wandering Souls ii. 52 Jarratt moved a third time, clinging to the hope that he could make a go of running a school in the Virginia backcountry. < as lemmas |
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