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单词 going
释义 going
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of gon, goon to go — more at go
1.
 a. : the act or action of going
  < had to restrict myself to a careful routine of one hour's going and ten minutes' halt — D.L.Bush >
  — often used in combination
  < playgoing >
  < seagoing >
 b. : departure
  < stand not upon the order of your going, but go at once — Shakespeare >
 c. : the manner or style of going
  < erect his port and firm his going — William Wordsworth >
2.
 a. : a way (as a path or road) that leads from one place to another
  < the … rail, which keeps horses from the inner going, altered the layout of the course — Sydney (Austral.) Sun and Guardian >
 b. : a run of stairs
3. goings plural : course of life : behavior : actions
 < for his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings — Job 34:21 (Authorized Version) >
4. : the condition of the ground (as for walking or racing)
 < the surface of the cotton patch was baked hard, and climbing the fence we found the going better — Joseph Nelson >
5. : advance toward or as if toward an objective : progress
 < wanted to build up enough capital to start farming … but the going was slow — John Bird >
 < in the new world he found it rough going — W.L.Gresham >
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of gon, goon
1.
 a. : that goes — often used in combination
  < easygoing >
  < outgoing >
 b. : moving, operating, working
  < the interior of the shop was in going order — Arnold Bennett >
2.
 a. : existing, living
  < the finest crime novelist going — Anthony Boucher >
 b. : available for use or enjoyment
  < watched his movements with the eyes of a hungry dog who believes that there is provender going — John Buchan >
3. : commonly or widely current or accepted : prevailing
 < when you marketed your crops abroad, you sold in free markets for the going price — A.E.Stevenson b. 1900 >
 < his fee was about five times larger than the going rate of our native talent — E.A.Weeks >
4. : conducting business, operations, or activities with the likelihood of indefinite continuance : actively carried on
 < were not going to throw away their interest in a going concern for a hazardous new venture — Elmer Davis >

- going and coming
- going on
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