going
n
1 [sing] act of leaving a place; departure 離去; 離開
We were all sad at her going. 她一走我們都很難過.
2 [U] condition or state of the ground, a road, a race-track, etc for walking, riding on, etc (地面、 道路、 跑道等的)路面條件或情況
The path was rough going. 這小道崎嶇難走.
The going (ie The surface of the race-track) at Newmarket is soft today. 今天紐馬基特的跑道濕軟.
3 [U] rate of progress, travel, etc 進展、 行進等的速率
It was good going to reach London by midday. 那次行進速度很快, 到中午已抵達倫敦.
She was a company director before she was 25; that's not bad going! 她不到25歲就當上公司主管, 升得可真快!
4 (idm 習語) comings and goings => coming. get out, go, leave, etc while the ,going is `good leave a place or stop doing sth while conditions are still favourable or while it is still easy to do so 趁情況有利時離開; 急流勇退; 及時脫身
Life here is getting more difficult all the time let's go while the going's good. 這里的生活越來越困難了--趁現在好走, 咱們還是走吧. heavy going => heavy. going, adj (idm 習語) a ,going con`cern an active and prosperous business, institution, etc 活躍和繁榮的企業(yè)、 機構等. the ,going `rate (for sth) the usual amount of money paid for goods or services at a particular time (某段時間內為商品或服務所付的)一般的費用或酬金
The going rate for freelance work is 5 an hour. 自由職業(yè)者的現行酬金是每小時5英鎊.
?? 擴展釋義
*['g?ui?]n. 去, 離去, 工作情況, 地面狀況, 行為a. 進行中的, 流行的, 成功的, 現存的【法】 進行情況, 工作條件, 行為相關詞組: to be going with