英语词汇“go-forward”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A cylindrical plug with brushes, scrapers and rollers able to move, under the oil pressure, through a pipeline to clean it

Matching horizontal stripes painted along the sides of a car for sporty effect, which unaccountably give (esp young male) drivers of cars bearing them a sense of superior power and road skill

goˈ-forward noun (informal)

Momentum

goˈ-getter noun (informal)

A forceful ambitious person, determined to get what he or she wants

goˈ-getting adjective

Forcefully ambitious

goˈ-kart noun

A low racing vehicle consisting of a frame with wheels, engine, and steering gear (now often simply kart)
A child's home-made vehicle for riding on

goˈ-off noun (informal; old)

Start

go-slow see go slow below.

go'-to adjective (informal)

To be resorted to with confidence in an emergency

go-to-meeting see under Sunday

all systems go

Everything in the spacecraft is operating as it should
Everything in readiness

all the go (informal; old)

Very fashionable

a pretty go (archaic informal; ironic)

An awkward turn of events

as far as it goes

Bearing in mind certain limitations

at one go

In a single attempt or effort, simultaneously

be going on for

To be approaching (a particular age)

from the word go

From the very beginning

give it a go (informal)

To try, make an attempt at something

go about

To pass from place to place
To busy oneself with
To seek, endeavour to (with gerund)
(of a rumour, etc) to circulate
(of a ship) to change course

go about one's business

To attend to one's own affairs
To be off, to leave or depart

go abroad

To go to a foreign country or (old) out of doors
(of rumour, etc) to circulate

go against

To turn out unfavourably for
To be repugnant to
To be in conflict with

go ahead

To proceed at once

go all out for

To endeavour to achieve with great vigour

go along with

To agree with, support

go along with you (informal)

None of that!, away with you!, get away!

go and (informal)

To be so stupid or unfortunate as to (eg hurt oneself)
To go in order to (do something)

go around (or round) with

To be a regular companion of

go aside

To err (archaic)
To withdraw, retire

go at

To attack vigorously

go back

To have known someone for a long or specified time

go back on

To betray, fail to keep (a promise, etc)

go bail see under bail¹

go by

To be guided by or act in accordance with

go down

To sink, decline
To deteriorate
To be swallowed, believed, received or accepted (esp with pleasure)
(of a computer or other electronic system) to break down
To fail to fulfil one's contract (bridge)
To leave a university
To happen (US sl)
To be sent to prison (slang)
To be defeated in a competition

go down on (vulgar sl)

To perform fellatio or cunnilingus on

go down the drain, the toilet or the tubes (informal)

To be wasted
To become valueless

go down with (informal)

To contract (an illness)

go Dutch see under Dutch

go far

To go a long way (lit and figurative)
To achieve success

go for

To assail
To set out to secure
To go to get or fetch
To be attracted by (informal)
To be true of

go for broke see under broke

go for it (informal)

To make every effort to succeed in an undertaking

go for nothing

To have no value

go great guns see under gun

go halves see under half

go hang (slang)

To be forgotten, neglected
To be no longer of concern

go hard (with) see under hard¹

go in

To enter
(of the sun or moon) to become concealed behind cloud
To begin batting (cricket)

go in and out

To come and go freely

go in for

To make a practice of
To take up as a career or special interest
To take part in (a competition, etc)

go into

To enter
To examine thoroughly, investigate or elaborate on
To adopt as a profession, etc
(of a whole number) to be capable of dividing a number

go in unto (Bible)

To have sexual intercourse with

go in with

To enter into partnership with
To join, combine with

go it

To act in a striking or dashing manner (often in imperative by way of encouragement)

go it alone see under alone

go live /līv/ (informal; of a radio station, automation equipment, etc)

To go into operation

go native

To assimilate oneself to an alien culture or to the way of life of a foreign country (usu less advanced than one's own)

go off

To leave
To explode
(of an alarm) to sound
To deteriorate
(of food) to become rotten and inedible
To proceed to an expected conclusion
To cease to like or be fond of (a person, etc) (informal)
To go to sleep
To experience an orgasm (slang)
To scold, reprimand (with at; Aust sl)
To be raided by the police (old Aust sl)
To get married (old Aust sl)
To cease to operate
To die (Shakespeare)

go off with

To go away with
To remove, take away (informal)

go on

To continue, proceed
An exclamation expressing disbelief (informal)
To behave, conduct oneself (informal)
To happen, as in What's going on?
To talk at length (informal)
To be capable of being fitted onto
To appear on stage
To fare
To begin to function
To proceed from (as in nothing to go on)

go on at

To carp at persistently

go one better

In some card games, to take a bet and increase the stake (also go better)

go one better (than)

To outdo, excel
To cap a performance
To achieve something more impressive, effective, etc (than someone or something)

go one's own way, go one's way see under way¹

go out

To become extinguished
To become unfashionable
To be broadcast
To mingle in society (old)

go out with

To have a romantic relationship with

go over

To examine or check in review
To recall
To revise

go over to

To transfer allegiance to

go places

To travel widely
To go far in personal advancement

go round

To be enough for all

go slow

(of workers) deliberately to restrict output or effort in order to obtain concessions from employers (go-slowˈ adjective and noun)

go slow with

To be sparing with

go steady

To court romantically, date regularly (with with)

go the whole hog see under whole

go through

To perform to the end, often perfunctorily
To examine in order
To undergo
To be approved
To use up or spend (informal)

go through fire and water

To undertake any trouble or risks (from the usage in ancient ordeals)

go through with

To carry out

go to (archaic)

Come now (a kind of interjection, like the L agedum, the Gr age nyn)

go to pieces see under piece

go to show (or prove)

To serve as an illustration for or as evidence of

go to the country see under country

go to the wall see under wall

go under

To become submerged, overwhelmed or ruined, eg (of a business) to fail, fold
To die (archaic)

go up

To ascend
To be erected
To be destroyed by fire or explosion
(of costs, prices, etc) to increase
To enter a university

go with

To accompany
To agree with, accord with
To court romantically

go without

To suffer the lack of

go without saying

To be self-evident (a Gallicism; Fr cela va sans dire)

great go

At Cambridge University, a degree examination, contrasted with little go (last held in 1961), a preliminary examination
At Oxford University, Greats (obsolete)

have a go (informal)

To make an attempt
(of a member of the public) to tackle a criminal

have a go at (informal)

To criticize severely
To attack physically
To tease or pick on

have something going for one (informal)

To enjoy the advantage of something

I could go (informal)

I could do with, I wouldn't mind (a drink, rest, etc)

let go see under let¹

make a go of

To make a valiant attempt to succeed at something

no go

Not possible
Futile
In vain

no-go area

A part of a city, etc to which normal access is prevented by the erection of barricades, esp by local militants, a paramilitary group, etc

on the go

Very active

to be going on with (informal)

For the moment, in the meantime

to go (usu N American)

(of food or drink from a restaurant or cafe) to be consumed off the premises

go1 /gō/

go¹ /gō/