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单词 go-between
释义
go-betweenˈgo-between noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Barnes isn't involved in the deal - he's just the go-between.
  • Simon was not a member of either group so he seemed a good candidate to act as a go-between.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But in the city. as the go-between pointed out, things were changing.
  • I do both psychoanalysis and family therapy and act as a go-between between the two camps.
  • Often he played the role of confidant and go-between.
  • There has to be a go-between.
  • Yet to be a go-between means being in the middle.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who takes a message to someone
someone who takes a message or whose job it is to take messages: · In the late afternoon a messenger arrived to inform me that the chief was on his way.· Captain Anderson did not come himself, but sent a messenger instead.· The king's messenger stayed in Rome for further talks.messenger boy: · When he was sixteen Alan got a job as a messenger boy in an advertising agency.
someone whose job it is to carry urgent messages, letters, parcels etc, especially for a company: · A courier arrived with the documents just before the meeting.send something by courier: · He said he'd be sending the report over by courier.
someone who takes messages between two people or groups because they are not able to meet or do not want to meet: · Barnes isn't involved in the deal - he's just the go-between.act as (a) go-between: · Simon was not a member of either group so he seemed a good candidate to act as a go-between.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 A UN representative will act as a go-between for leaders of the two countries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· He recounted secret Privy Council discussions and acted as go-between in Anglican-dissenter negotiations.· Everyone was delighted when Mr Jansons started acting as a go-between.· I do both psychoanalysis and family therapy and act as a go-between between the two camps.
someone who takes messages from one person or group to another because the two sides cannot meet or do not want to meet SYN  intermediaryact/serve as a go-between A UN representative will act as a go-between for leaders of the two countries.
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