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词组 go
释义 go

describing movement


When you are describing movement from one place to another, or movement past or through a place, you usually use the verb go. See, however, entry at ↑ come.

The past tense of 'go' is went. The past participle is gone.

I went to Stockholm.
A girl went past, smiling to herself.
Celia had gone to school.


using 'get'


If a movement involves difficulty, you often use get, rather than 'go'. For example, you say 'We managed to get over the wall'. You do not say 'We managed to go over the wall'.
It used to take them three days to get to school.
Nobody can get past.
Frankie and Clive were trying to get through the window.

See entry at ↑ get.


leaving


Go is sometimes used to say that someone or something leaves a place.
'I must go,' she said.
Our train went at 2.25.

See entry at ↑ leave.


'let go'


If you let a person or animal go, you release them.
Let me go!
The Afghans had let their camels go.

See entry at ↑ release - let go.


'have gone' and 'have been'


If someone is visiting a place or now lives there, you can say that they have gone there.
He has gone to Argentina.
Someone said she'd gone to Wales.

If someone has visited a place and has now returned, American speakers say that they have gone there. British speakers say that they have been there.
I've never gone to Italy.
I've been to Santander many times.
Have you ever been to France or Germany?


talking about activities


You can use go with an '-ing' form to talk about activities.
They went fishing below the falls.
We went exploring together in the fields.

You can also use go with 'for' and a noun group to talk about activities, especially in British English.
He went for a hike.
She said you were going for a swim.


WARNING


You do not use go with a 'to'-infinitive to talk about activities. You do not say, for example, 'They went to fish below the falls' or 'He went to hike'.


'go and'


To go and do something means to move from one place to another in order to do it.
I'll go and see him in the morning.
Let's go and have a drink somewhere.
I went and fetched another glass.


'be going to'


You use be going to to talk about the future. For example, if you say that something is going to happen, you mean that it will happen, or that you intend it to happen.
She told him she was going to leave her job.
I'm not going to be made a scapegoat.

See entry at ↑ The Future.


used to mean 'become'


Go is sometimes used to mean 'become'.
The water had gone cold.
The village thought we had gone crazy.

See entry at ↑ become.

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