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单词 go-getting
释义

go-gettingn.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊˌɡɛtɪŋ/, /ˌɡəʊˈɡɛtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊˌɡɛdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: go v., get v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < go v. + get v. + -ing suffix1, after go-getter n. Compare earlier go-getting adj. and slightly later go-get v.
colloquial (originally U.S.).
Enterprising behaviour or approach; entrepreneurship.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > energy or enterprise
undertakingc1400
enterprisec1450
energy1793
dynamism1831
go-aheadism1838
get-up1841
go-ahead1843
go-aheadness1847
drive1859
get-up-and-get1865
get-up-and-go1871
get-there-ativeness1883
push-and-go1885
hustle1892
go-getting1919
go-gettingness1928
dynamicism1947
go-go-go1954
1919 Amer. Stationer & Office Outfitter 21 June Table of Contents 1/1 The art of go-getting.
1931 F. F. Bond Mr. Miller 170 The students herded to hear breezy young instructors exhale the new gospel of ‘go-getting’.
1946 R. A. Knox Epist. & Gospels 97 There are some critics who maintain that when St Paul uses this particular word (it is really ‘go-getting’ rather than ‘covetousness’), he is thinking of the ninth commandment, not of the tenth.
2012 N. Dykstra Clover Adams ii. 23 How she grew had been shaped by being at the center of a city during extraordinary years of go-getting, reform, and creative achievement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

go-gettingadj.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊˌɡɛtɪŋ/, /ˌɡəʊˈɡɛtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊˌɡɛdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: go v., get v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < go v. + get v. + -ing suffix2, after go-getter n. Compare later go-get v.
colloquial (originally U.S.).
Enterprising; ambitious; that has the abilities or drive needed to succeed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > confident of getting
surec1330
go-getting1912
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > energetic or enterprising
adventurousc1330
emprising1584
enterprising1601
spirited1601
yanking1823
go-ahead1829
go-aheadative1836
go-aheadish1851
fore-reaching1864
get-up-and-get1874
rustling1877
outpushing1884
thrustful1909
go-getting1912
push-and-go1916
can-do1926
go-go-go1954
1912 Bakersfield Californian 22 Nov. 9/3 Rehfeld claims that he [sc. a boxer] is a go-getting kid, and one well able to keep up the interest that Bertello is sure to start.
1921 J. G. Frederick Great Game of Business p. v The true forward-looking ‘go-getting’ American business point of view.
1928 Daily Express 27 June 10/7 Such jobs generally call for..a ‘go-getting’ attitude to life that the public school boy does not possess.
1959 Punch 21 Oct. 340/2 My future as a go-getting reporter was bleak indeed.
2004 Prima Nov. 37/1 This range guarantees effortless confidence for today's go-getting woman.

Derivatives

ˌgo-ˈgettingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > energy or enterprise
undertakingc1400
enterprisec1450
energy1793
dynamism1831
go-aheadism1838
get-up1841
go-ahead1843
go-aheadness1847
drive1859
get-up-and-get1865
get-up-and-go1871
get-there-ativeness1883
push-and-go1885
hustle1892
go-getting1919
go-gettingness1928
dynamicism1947
go-go-go1954
1928 Daily Express 5 July 13/7 All of which has somewhat shattered my faith in the ‘pep’ and ‘go-gettingness’ of the American reporters.
1940 News-Palladium (Benton Harbor, Mich.) 17 May 13/5 Why not..derive inspiration, enthusiasm and go-gettingness from the South's virtually limitless potentialities.
2003 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 8 Nov. (South Texas ed.) 1 b Her granddaughter..called her inspirational. ‘I attribute a lot of my go-gettingness to her.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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