go 对应的短语动词不计其数,其中短语动词 go out 的意思就有十几种,所以应该根据不同的上下文翻译成对应的意思。

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一、最通俗的意思为“出去”,通常是离开房间或建筑物到外面去,例如:

Let's go out and look at the stars.

我们出去看看星星吧。

I went out for a cigarette.

我出去抽烟了。

The children went out to play in the snow.

孩子们出去在雪地里玩。

二、意为“外出娱乐,外出交际,出门参加社交活动”,例如:

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She goes out a lot.

她经常外出参加社交活动。

I'm going out tonight.

我今晚要出去玩。

三、意为“与(异性)交往”,例如:

Those two have such an obvious chemistry that I'm surprised they've never gone out.

那两个人有着如此明显的彼此喜欢,我很惊讶他们从来没有出去过。

How long have you been going out with him?

你和他约会多久了?

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四、意为“熄灭”,通常是灯光、火或电源,例如:

After the power went out, I spent the night reading by candlelight.

停电后,我在烛光下看书。

When I woke up the fire had gone out.

当我醒来时,火已经熄灭了。

五、意为“退潮,落潮”,例如:

When the tide goes out, we collect shells along the shore.

退潮时,我们沿着海岸收集贝壳。

When will the tide go out?

什么时候退潮?

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六、意为“出局,被淘汰“,通常是游戏或是竞赛中,例如:

England went out to France in the second round of the championship.

英格兰队在锦标赛的第二轮中输给了法国队。

She went out of the tournament in the first round.

她在锦标赛的第一轮比赛中就被淘汰了。

七、意为”出界“,例如:

If you kick the ball and it goes out, the other team gets control.

如果你把球踢出界了,另一队就会得到控制。

八、意为”过时的“,例如:

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Big collars are going out of fashion.

大领子已经过时了。

High boots went out last year.

高筒靴去年不流行了。

九、表示对某人的同情或哀悼及美好的祝愿,例如:

Our hearts go out to the victims of the fire.

我们向火灾中的遇难者表示哀悼。

My heart goes out to Mrs Adams and her fatherless children.

我十分同情亚当斯太太和她那些失去了父亲的孩子们。

十、意为“播放,播出,发出,寄出,公布,发表”,通常是新闻、消息或包裹等,例如:

The package went out last week.

包裹上周寄出了。

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The invitations went out two weeks before the party.

请柬是在聚会前两个星期发出的。

十一、意为“出行,旅行”,通常是到比较远的地方,例如:

We went out to the country to visit the dairy farm.

我们到乡下去参观奶牛场。

This ferry goes out to the islands.

这艘渡船开往各岛。

十二、意为“为追求某事而努力”,通常和 and 连用,例如:

It's time for you to go out and get yourself a job!

你该出去找份工作了!

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You should go out and get a lawyer if you want to win this case.

如果你想打赢这场官司,你应该去找个律师。

十三、意为“罢工”,go out 是 go out on strike 的缩写,例如:

To show their support of the auto workers, the steel workers went out too.

为了表示他们对汽车工人的支持,钢铁工人也出去了。

We're prepared to go out if management doesn't agree to our contract demands.

如果管理层不同意我们的合同要求,我们准备罢工。

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十四、意为“参加…队”,后面跟介词 for,例如:

f you plan to go out for the basketball team this year, you had better start practicing.

如果你今年打算参加篮球队,你最好开始练习。

I've gone out for the swim team every year, but I've never made it.

我每年都去参加游泳队,但一直没有成功。

十五、意为“在…中不复存在;从…中消失”,通常是品质或情感,例如:

All the fight seemed to go out of him.

他身上的所有斗志似乎都已丧失殆尽。

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