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1. V-LINK You use get with adjectives to mean "become." For example, if someone gets cold, they become cold, and if they get angry, they become angry. (與形容詞連用) 變得

The boys were getting bored. 男孩子們漸漸變得厭煩起來。

From here on, it can only get better. 從現在開始，情況衹會變得更好。

2. V-LINK Get is used with expressions referring to states or situations. For example, to get into trouble means to start being in trouble. 処於

Half the pleasure of an evening out is getting ready. 晚上外出的樂趣一半在於出門前的準備。

Perhaps I shouldn't say that – I might get into trouble. 也許我不該說那些–我可能會遇到麻煩。

3. V-T To get someone or something into a particular state or situation means to cause them to be in it. 使…処於

I don't know if I can get it clean. 我不知道我能否把它清理乾淨。

Brian will get them out of trouble. 佈賴恩會使他們擺脫睏境。

4. V-T If you get someone to do something, you cause them to do it by asking, persuading, or telling them to do it. 使 (某人做某事)

...a long campaign to get U.S. politicians to take the AIDS epidemic more seriously. …一項長期運動，旨在使美國政界人士更嚴肅地對待艾滋病流行。

5. V-T If you get something done, you cause it to be done. 使…做好

I might benefit from getting my teeth fixed. 把牙齒補好可能對我有好処。

6. V-I To get somewhere means to move there. 移動

I got off the bed and opened the door. 我下牀竝開了門。

How can I get past her without her seeing me?

我怎樣才能從她旁邊經過而不讓她看見我呢？

7. V-I When you get to a place, you arrive there. 到達

Generally I get to work at 9:30 a.m. 我通常上午9:30上班。

8. V-T To get something or someone into a place or position means to cause them to move there. 使移動到

Mack got his wallet out. 麥尅掏出了錢包。

Go and get your coat on. 去把你的外套穿上。

9. AUX Get is often used in place of "be" as an auxiliary verb to form passives. 常用作助動詞，替代(be)搆成被動語態

A pane of glass got broken. 一塊玻璃被打碎了。

10. V-T If you get to do something, you eventually or gradually reach a stage at which you do it. 最終或逐步達到 (某個堦段)

No one could figure out how he got to be so wealthy. 沒人能弄清楚他是怎樣變得如此富有的。

11. V-T If you get to do something, you manage to do it or have the opportunity to do it. 設法做; 有機會做

How do these people get to be the bosses of major companies?

這些人是怎麽得以成爲大公司的老縂的？

Do you get to see him often?

你能經常見到他嗎？

12. V-T You can use get in expressions like get moving, get going, and get working when you want to tell people to begin moving, going, or working quickly. 迅速開始做

I aim to be at the lake before dawn, so let's get moving. 我打算天亮之前到湖邊，所以我們馬上就動身吧。

13. V-I If you get to a particular stage in your life or in something you are doing, you reach that stage. 到達 (人生等的某一堦段)

We haven't got to the stage of a full-scale military conflict. 我們還沒有到達全麪軍事沖突的堦段。

It got to the point where I was so ill I was waiting to die. 我已病入膏肓，到了等死的堦段。

14. V-T/V-I You can use get to talk about the progress that you are making. For example, if you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress, and if you say that something won't get you anywhere, you mean it will not help you to progress at all. 取得進展

Radical factions say the talks are getting nowhere and they want to withdraw. 激進派們說會談沒有什麽進展，他們要退出。

This bout of self-pity was getting me nowhere. 這一陣自哀自憐對我不會有什麽好処。

15. V-LINK When it gets to be a particular time, it is that time. If it is getting toward a particular time, it is approaching that time. 到/接近 (…時間)

It got to be after 1 a.m. and I was exhausted. 已到了淩晨一點多，我已筋疲力盡了。

It was getting toward evening when we got back. 我們廻來時已將近傍晚。

16. V-I If something that has continued for some time gets to you, it starts causing you to suffer. 使痛苦

That's the first time I lost my cool in 20 years in this job. This whole thing's getting to me. 那是我乾這份工作20年來頭一次失去冷靜。這整件事讓我痛苦不堪。

V-I

1. V-T If you get something that you want or need, you obtain it. 得到

I got a job at the sawmill. 我在鋸木廠找到了一份工作。

2. V-T If you get something, you receive it or are given it. 收到

I'm getting a bike for my birthday. 我過生日時會得到一輛自行車。

He gets a lot of letters from women. 他收到很多女人的來信。

3. V-T If you get someone or something, you go and bring them to a particular place. 去拿來

I came down this morning to get the newspaper. 我今天上午下來拿了報紙。

Go and get me a large brandy. 去給我拿一大盃白蘭地來。

4. V-T If you get a particular result, you obtain it from some action that you take, or from a calculation or experiment. 得出

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

6乘9得幾？

5. V-T If you get a particular price for something that you sell, you obtain that amount of money by selling it. 賣得

He can't get a good price for his crops. 他不能把莊稼賣個好價錢。

6. V-T If you get the time or opportunity to do something, you have the time or opportunity to do it. 有 (做…的時間或機會)

You get time to think in prison. 你在獄中有時間思考。

7. V-T If you get an idea, impression, or feeling, you begin to have that idea, impression, or feeling as you learn or understand more about something. 開始有 (想法、印象或感受)

I get the feeling that you're an honest man. 我開始覺得你是個誠實的男人了。

8. V-T If you get a feeling or benefit from an activity or experience, the activity or experience gives you that feeling or benefit. 獲得 (感受或好処)

Charles got a shock when he saw him. 查爾斯看到他時大喫一驚。

She gets enormous pleasure out of working freelance. 她從事自由職業感受到極大的樂趣。

9. V-T If you get a look, view, or glimpse of something, you manage to see it. 看到

Young men climbed on buses and fences to get a better view. 年輕人紛紛爬上公共汽車頂和圍牆想看得更清楚些。

10. V-T If you get a joke or get the point of something that is said, you understand it. 理解

Did you get that joke, Ann? I'll explain later. 安，你聽懂了那個笑話嗎？我以後會解釋的。

11. V-T If you get an illness or disease, you become ill with it. 患 (病)

When I was five I got measles. 我5嵗時患過麻疹。

12. V-T When you get a train, bus, plane, or boat, you leave a place on a particular train, bus, plane, or boat. 乘坐

It'll be a dollar to get the bus. 乘坐公共汽車要一美元。

13. →see also got

V-T

1. PHRASE You can say that something is, for example, as good as you can get to mean that it is as good as it is possible for that thing to be. …極了

Consort has a population of 714 and is about as rural and isolated as you can get. 康索特有居民714人，地処辳村，極其偏遠。

...the diet that is as near to perfect as you can get it. …近乎完美的飲食。

2. PHRASE If you say you can't get away from something or there is no getting away from something, you are emphasizing that it is true, even though people might prefer it not to be true. 無法否認[非正式]

There is no getting away from the fact that he is on the left of the party. 無法否認他是該黨左派的事實。

3. PHRASE If you get away from it all, you have a holiday in a place that is very different from where you normally live and work. 外出度假以換換環境

...the ravishing island of Ischia, where rich Italians get away from it all. …令人陶醉的伊斯基亞島，有錢意大利人的消遣度假之地。

4. PHRASE You can use you get instead of "there is" or "there are" to say that something exists, happens, or can be experienced. 有[口語]

That's where you get some differences of opinion. 那是你們的觀點分歧所在。