| 词组 | gotten |
| 释义 | gotten In spoken American English, gotten is often used as the past participle of 'get'. It is used to mean 'obtained', 'received', 'become', or 'caused to be'. He could have gotten his boots without anyone seeing him. He'd gotten some tear gas in his eyes. His leg may have gotten tangled in a harpoon line. I had gone to work and gotten quite a lot done. It is also used in many phrasal verbs and phrases. No one had gotten around to cleaning up the mess. He must have gotten up at dawn. We should have gotten rid of him. She had gotten married and given birth to a child. ◊ WARNING You do not use have gotten to mean 'possess'. For example, you do not say 'I have gotten a headache' or 'He has gotten two sisters'. You also do not use have gotten to mean 'must'. For example, 'I had gotten to see the President' does not mean 'It was necessary for me to see the President'. It means 'I had succeeded in seeing the President'. See entry at ↑ In British English and formal American English, the past participle of 'get' is got, not 'gotten'. |
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