单词 | to go in for |
释义 | > as lemmasto go in for 6. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.) to go in for: to support or be in favour of; to engage habitually in; to adopt as one's speciality, interest, principle, style, etc.; to have a characteristic liking or preference for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb (transitive)] > have as purpose or object followeOE studylOE turna1200 pursuea1382 purposec1384 to shoot atc1407 ensue1483 proponea1500 studyc1503 prick1545 tread1551 suit1560 to go for ——1568 to set (up) one's rest1572 expect1578 propose1584 propound1596 aima1616 scope1668 to set up1691 aim1821 to go in for1835 to be out for1887 to be flat out for1930 target1966 shoot1967 1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 119 She would..‘go in’ for Augusta, live or die, hit or miss. 1849 N.Y. Tribune 25 Dec. We go in for all the postage reduction President Taylor recommends. 1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies viii. 316 My mamma says that my intellect is not adapted for methodic science, and says that I must go in for general information. 1873 M. Oliphant Innocent III. x. 167 Not elegant—the judge had never gone in for elegance—but forcible and clear. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) xii. i. 409 Oh, these two girls go in for highbrow fellows. 1961 A. Christie Pale Horse v. 64 She's very occult... Goes in for spiritualism and trances, and magic. 1971 Boys' Life Apr. 43/1 The brown trout..doesn't go in for the crazy leaping and jumping that a rainbow does. 2005 S. Rushdie Shalimar the Clown 12 Max customarily went in for big classic English vehicles. < as lemmas |
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