| 单词 | not to get anywhere |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to get anywhere h. to get somewhere (also anywhere): to be successful; to make some progress. not to get anywhere: not to reach any goal or object; to make no progress; to achieve nothing; similarly to get nowhere: see nowhere adv. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail to reach goal or objective > achieve nothing to get somewhere (also anywhere)1843 not to get anywhere1932 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > advance or make progress furtherc1200 profit1340 to go alongc1400 to get forward1523 advance1577 proceedc1592 to take or make strides1600 to get on1655 to get along1768 to get ahead1807 to be well away1821 to get somewhere (also anywhere)1923 ramp1980 1843 C. H. Knox Harry Mowbray xiv. 102 We are all of us striving all our lives to get somewhere or other. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 149/2 For heaven's sake, my dear fellow, don't suppose that any man could get on in England—get anywhere but to the Old Bailey or Norfolk Island, if he squared his conduct to such topsy-turvy notions of the world as I find here. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent ii. 38 Its deliberations upon international action for the suppression of political crime don't seem to get anywhere. 1923 H. C. Witwer Fighting Blood i. 18 I'm going to get somewhere! Right now I ain't got no more idea than a baby of what I'm going to be. 1932 W. Cather Obscure Destinies i. 84 Mrs. Rosen felt that she was not getting anywhere. 1940 E. H. W. Meyerstein Let. 4 June (1959) 242 Even when Jews ‘get somewhere’—if they marry Englishwomen they are condemned by their wives. 2010 J. McGregor Even Dogs (2011) iii. 82 Like he was only pleased she was getting anywhere because then he could mark her up on his monitoring forms. < as lemmas |
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