单词 | to go into |
释义 | > as lemmasto go into —— to go into —— 1. intransitive. a. To pass into (a specified state or condition); to begin, start, enter into.See also to go into exile at exile n.1 1b(b), to go into labour at labour n. 8a, to go into overdrive at overdrive n. 1b, to go into remission at remission n. 5b. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xx. 6 Þou..shul gon in to caitifte, & in to babiloyne þou shalt come. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 339 Þe Iustise regal hadde sumtyme demed hem boþe to go in to exil. 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede f. 171 v It is gone into a commune custome [L. in consuetudinem abiit] that they doo sell water mengled with brymstone or lee in stede of wyne. 1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. viij.v He..suffereth them to be deuoured wyth the wolfe, and fynally to go into eternall damnation. 1632 T. Reeve Churches Hazard sig. A4 He went though he knew it were to goe into banishment. 1654 T. Fuller Ephemeris Parliamentaria 203 To agree of the measure of Tonnage before the ships go into service. a1777 S. Foote Capuchin (1778) i. 103 I might have gone into keeping. 1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 ii. 301 Expensive improvements have been already gone into. 1845 Ld. Houghton Let. 26 June in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. viii. 356 The Times has gone into open opposition to the Government on all points except foreign policy. 1898 Athenæum 23 Apr. 537/2 ‘The Marchioness against the County’, is just going into its third edition. 1963 Observer 1 Dec. 5/4 His wife went into labour. 1967 Billboard 11 Nov. 12 Show business didn't really appeal to him, so he got out and went into other things. 1989 New Yorker 18 Sept. 58/3 Estonian partisans..went into hiding in the forests. 2006 K. Scott Brunettes strike Back (2007) 33 I'm pretty sure my brain went into emergency shutdown. b. To pass into (a state of strong emotion); to break into a fit of (rage, hysterics, etc.).See also to go into raptures at rapture n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > [verb (transitive)] > pass into (emotions) to go into ——1664 1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. lxxiii. 564 Others who have gone into divers head-long Griefs of Contractures. 1677 Lady Chaworth Let. in Hist. MSS Comm.: 12th Rep.: App. Pt. V (1889) 41 in Parl. Papers (C. 5889–II) XLIV. 393 Lord Worcester's lady is gone almost into a mopishnesse with malancolly. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions I. xi. 181 The rage of tragedy seized every heart; Mrs. Napper wrung her hands; Miss Napper went into hysterics. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 41 The King..went into a rage with Saxton. 1889 Temple Bar Dec. 533 The man..who went into ecstasies at discovering that Cape Breton was an island. 1901 Child Life 15 July 163/1 Bobby Todd gazed intently and then went into peals of laughter. 1975 L. Maxwell Happy Path 44 If you want to go into a temper tantrum, go right ahead. 2007 C. O'Connell Elephant's Secret Sense vii. 98 They went into hysterics when I told them I was collecting elephant dung. 2. intransitive. To enter or take up as a profession or occupation.See also to go into the church at church n.1 6b, to go into Parliament at parliament n.1 Phrases. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > have career [verb (transitive)] > take up a profession to go into ——a1400 turn1667 embrace1768 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23048 (MED) Þe gode..bisieden hem to pleisen hym And wenten into religioun. 1538 T. Gybson Actes & Decrees Byshopes of Rome sig. B.ii Also a woman yt is spoused to her husband may departe from hym & go into Religion. 1659 tr. J. Nouet Answer Provinciall Lett. published by Jansenists 29 Many were obliged to go into [Fr. entrer en] Religious Orders, because in them one lives with more safety, then in the world. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. i. sig. *Xv/1 He went into the Army, with a resolution to come off with glory or die. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 400 Few go into the army. The greatest part apply themselves to husbandry, to the salmon fishing, or a seafaring life. 1831 Duke of Wellington in Blackwood's Mag. 135 267/2 I should be very sorry to go into any Cabinet of which he is not a member. 1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 15 The young divine goes into the church. 1878 Scribner's Monthly 16 860/2 Hicks naturally went into law. 1890 Sat. Rev. 13 Sept. 320/1 The American gentleman seldom or never goes into politics. 1940 D. Thomas Let. 27 Dec. (1987) 469 I was going to go into the army, but the Medical Board rejected me at the last moment. 1976 W. J. Burley Wycliffe & Schoolgirls iii. 67 She was a staff nurse..and chucked up her job to go into private nursing. 2003 Times 16 Dec. 31/1 I went into teaching as a mature student in the early seventies. 3. intransitive. To agree with, accede to, share (a statement, opinion, etc.). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)] cordc1380 to give handsa1425 to fall to ——a1450 agree1472 to go into ——1540 astipulate1548 subscribe1560 seal1579 suffragate1606 give1621 assent1637 homologate1644 to take up with1673 affirmative1775 chorus1836 yea-say1887 yes1915 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus iii. iii. sig. Piii Surely thou dost constrayne me to go in to [L. ire in] thy sentence to be of the mynde thou arte, or to thynke thy reson good, or to thynke as thou thinkest. 1576 T. Rogers Philos. Disc.: Anat. Minde ii. xvi. f. 106 The Senators pondring his wordes, dyd not so muche, as in countenance contrary him, but wyllingly went into his opinion. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. vi. 250 In that great plague, which happened among the Romans, in the time of Tullus Hostilius, they all of them went into this opinion:..That there was but one Remedie, for those that were sicke. 1713 J. Addison Cato ii. i. 27 Cato, we all go into your Opinion. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 263 All these schemes settled in a proposition, into which the King went. 1762 J. Macpherson Fingal Pref. sig. a2 Cuchullin, of himself willing to fight, went into the opinion of Calmar. 1874 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. June 485 I went into the views and sympathized with the feelings of my friend. 1902 Hawaiian Investig. Part 2: Testimony (U.S. Congr. Senate Comm. Pacific Islands & Porto Rico) 390 There was an organization started..which I joined, and went into the same opinion as they had, that they could take up these lands under the American land laws. 4. intransitive. To join or take part in; to undertake. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] underfoc893 fandOE onfangOE undernimc1000 takec1175 to take tillc1175 to take toa1250 underfongc1330 undertakea1340 to take in (also on) handa1350 undertakec1385 attamec1386 to take in (also on) handc1390 embrace1393 emprisec1410 to put to one's hand (also hands)c1410 to go upon ——c1450 enterprise?1473 to set (one's) hand to1477 go?a1500 accept1524 assume1530 to hent in (also upon) handc1540 to swallow up1544 to take to task1546 to go into ——?1548 to set in hand1548 to fare about1563 entertain1569 undergo1606 to set about ——1611 to take up1660 to come at ——1901 ?1548 Ld. Berners tr. D. de San Pedro Castell of Loue sig. M.i He went in to warre agaynst the Troyans. 1650 J. Burroughs Moses his Choice (new ed.) xxvi. 326 To go into company, and eat, and drink, and laugh, and get money; these are the things that are but for a season. 1688 Bp. G. Burnet Three Lett. State of Italy 11 Those who are discontented do naturally go into every new thing that..promises relief. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 35 When the war broke out in England, the Scots had a great mind to go into it. 1755 A. Gordon Hist. Peter Great I. iv. 154 It was not so surprising a matter, that the Russian Generals went into so dishonourable a treaty. 1781 Town & Countrty Mag. Apr. 186/1 It would be well for the business of the world, if young men would stay longer before they went into it. 1861 Temple Bar 1 270 He had gone largely into government contracts. 1872 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxi, in Monthly Packet Aug. 125 He went eagerly into the compact. 1967 Listener 16 Mar. 378/3 Whether or not we go into the Common Market now, we shall also be forced..to look to the extension of the Community and to its role in the overall context of world politics. 1996 J. Bannister No Birds Sing 215 He'd gone into this knowing he could get thumped. 5. intransitive. To dress in or adopt (a particular type or style of clothing, esp. mourning). Frequently in to go into mourning adv. at mourning n.1 Phrases. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1654 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes III. v. i. 73 News was brought, that the Prince Mexaris was dead of his wounds and sorrows, so that the Court went into mourning, though his death did not much trouble us. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 15 Oct. (1972) VII. 325 She tells me the ladies are to go into a new fashion shortly. 1699 J. Stevens tr. B. Varen de Soto Suppl. 90 in tr. J. de Mariana Gen. Hist. Spain Upon this News his Majesty Commanded the publick Rejoicing to cease, the Court to go into Black. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 64. ¶1 When it is the Fashion to go into Mourning. 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China III. 144 He immediately threw off his coloured Habit, and went into Mourning. 1862 Temple Bar 4 554 She..shocked Mrs. Grundy by refusing to go into full mourning. 1874 J. De Mille Living Link xvi. 56/2 I went into half-mourning as soon as I could. 1905 Cosmopolitan Mag. Dec. 180/1 His mother had the unalterable conviction that boys did not go into long trousers until they were fourteen. 1998 Patchwork & Quilting Aug. 14/1 These ‘widow's weeds’ were worn for many months after the death before she went into ‘half mourning’ for several more months, relieving the black with perhaps a white collar or blouse. 6. intransitive. To examine or discuss minutely; to investigate.See also to go into detail at detail n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > discuss (a topic) talka1387 rolla1413 descant?1532 to speak to ——1610 to speak unto ——1639 to go into ——1697 cuff1746 to speak on ——1819 tongue1841 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > become specific [verb (intransitive)] > come to particulars > go into detail particulate1596 particularize1601 intrinsicate1603 specialize1613 to go into ——1697 to dot the i's (and cross the t's)1820 1697 J. Norris Acct. Reason & Faith ix. 301 Those abler hands which have gone into the Detail of the Controversie, and undertaken the particular defence of the Christian Mysteries. 1714 J. Quincy tr. R. Carr Medicinal Epist. xvii. 151 I am forced to go into Particulars, and singly recount, in what Cases it is proper to eat Suppers, and when not. 1788 R. Burns Let. 1 Oct. (2001) I. 327 I dare not go into the particular beauties of the two last paragraphs, but they are admirably fine, & truly Ossianic. 1820 Examiner No. 616. 71/2 It was not necessary for him to go into the character, public and private, of the great statesman. 1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xvii. 161 We cannot of course go into the history of these wars. 1930 Punch 26 Feb. 237/1 I really have not time to go into the whole story now. 1986 M. Forster Private Papers 5 I suffered severe emotional deprivation... It does not bear going into, not here. 1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) ix. 146 You're not going to go into all of that again, are you? 7. intransitive. Originally and chiefly Boxing. To attack or assail vigorously. Also figurative. Now rare. ΚΠ 1811 Sporting Mag. 37 100 Molineux..went into Crib pell mell. 1840 H. J. Conway Battle of Stillwater in America's Lost Plays (1941) XIV. 125 I warn't going to be pounded into jelly for nothin', so I went into 'em like a chirping squirrel into a stone fence. 1882 T. H. Sayre Our Minister (MS) iii. 28 You surprised me from the way you went into the refreshments. 1909 M. Franklin Some Everyday Folk & Dawn vi. 63 He had the lawyer feller welted off of the coach an' was goin' into him right an' left. 1971 Ebony Mar. 141 A fighter is one who leads, one who goes into his opponent and slugs it out with him until somebody falls. < as lemmas |
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