Tra từ go on - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

go on phrasal verb [ goes on going on went on gone on gone on ]

HAPPEN

1. <I > to happen
• I'm sure we never hear about a lot of what goes on in government.
• This war has been going on for years.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Occurring and happening

• He likes to know what's going on.
• Hello, hello. What's going on here then?
• The meeting was going on in the room next door.
• The matches were going on simultaneously.
• It's hard to know what goes on behind my back.

CONTINUE

2. <I > to continue or move to the next thing
• Please go on with what you're doing and don't let us interrupt you.
• + -ing verb We really can't go on living like this - we'll have to find a bigger house.
• + to infinitive She admitted her company's responsibility for the disaster and went on to explain how compensation would be paid to the victims.
• What proportion of people who are HIV-positive go on to develop (= later develop) AIDS?
• If you go on (= continue behaving) like this you won't have any friends left at all.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Continue and last

• The award ceremony goes on for another hour.
• Go on for another 50 metres until you come to the traffic lights.
• We can't go on until we've fixed the puncture.
• The second chapter went on to describe his early career.
• If you can't answer a question, go on to the next one.

OPERATE

3. <I > to start operating
• The spotlights go on automatically when an intruder is detected in the garden.
• When does the heating go on?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Mechanical engineering

• I didn't hear the central heating go on.
• The lights go on automatically at six o'clock.
• I flicked the switch but it didn't go on.
• The street lights go on at about three o'clock in winter.
• I don't think the heating went on this morning.

TALK AGAIN

4. <I > to start talking again after a pause
• She paused to light another cigarette and then went on with her account of the accident.
• + speech "What I want more than anything else, " he went on, "is a house in the country with a large garden for the children to play in."
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Starting again ↑Starting and beginning
5. informal something that you say to encourage someone to say or do something
• Go on, what happened next?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Encouraging and urging on ↑Inspiration and inspiring

• He took a sip of coffee and went on with his story.
• After stopping to clear his throat the politician went on with his speech.
• Go on, tell me more.

TALK A LOT

6. <A > UK to talk in an annoying way about something for a long time
• I just wish he'd stop going on about how brilliant his daughter is." "Yes, he does go on (a bit), doesn't he?"
• I wish you'd stop going on at (= criticizing repeatedly) me about my haircut.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Ways of talking

• They've been going on about their holiday ever since they got back.
• I heard you the first time, you don't need to go on about it.
• He tends to go on a bit in his lectures.
• The after-dinner speaker went on a bit.
• He's always going on about how much money he earns.

PLEASE DO

7. <A > used when encouraging or asking someone to do something
• Go on, have another drink.
• "I don't really feel like seeing a film tonight." "Oh go on. We haven't been to the cinema for ages."
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Urging and persuading ↑Causing somebody to act

• Go on, have a day off work. You deserve it.
• Please can we get a kitten? Oh go on.
• Go on, have another glass of wine.
• Wear the low-cut blouse with your pink shorts - go on, I dare you!
• Have another slice of cake - go on, be a devil!

AGREE
8. informal something that you say in order to agree to do or allow something that you did not want to do or to allow before
• "Are you sure you don't want another slice of cake?" "Oh go on then, but just a small one."
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Words and phrases expressing agreement and acceptance

TIME
9. to continue or pass
• Tomorrow will start cold but it should get warmer as the day goes on.
• As the evening went on it became clear that we should never have agreed to see each other again.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Spending time and time passing

NOT BELIEVE
10. Go on!
11. mainly UK old-fashioned used when you do not believe someone
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Interjections ↑Sounds used as interjections
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