( person ) 离(離)开(開) líkāi ( to party, club ) 出去消遣 chūqù xiāoqiǎn ▶ to go out of 离(離)开(開) líkāi ▶ are you going out tonight? 你今晚出去吗(嗎)？ nǐ jīnwǎn chūqù ma?
go on at
( nag ) 向 ... 唠(嘮)唠(嘮)叨叨 xiàng ... láolao-dāodao
go on about
对(對) ... 唠(嘮)唠(嘮)叨叨 duì ... láolao-dāodao
go on
( continue ) 继(繼)续(續) jìxù
go off with
( run away with : lover ) 同 ... 私奔 tóng ... sībēn
go off
( esp Brit : begin to dislike : person, place, idea etc ) 不再喜欢(歡) bù zài xǐhuan
go into
( enter : building, room ) 进(進)入 jìnrù
go in
( enter ) 进(進)去 jìnqù
go down
( fall : price, level, amount ) 下降 xiàjiàng
go by
( vehicle, years, time ) 过(過)去 guòqù
go back to
( activity, work, school ) 回到 huídào
go back on
( promise, agreement ) 背弃(棄) bèiqì
go back
( return ) 返回 fǎnhuí
go away
( leave ) 离(離)开(開) líkāi
go around
( circulate : news, rumour ) 传(傳)播 chuánbō
go for
1. phrasal verb
If you go for a particular thing or way of doing something, you choose it.
People tried to persuade him to go for a more gradual reform programme. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb
If you go for someone or something, you like them very much.
[informal]
I tend to go for large dark men. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If you go for someone, you attack them.
Pantieri went for him, gripping him by the throat. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
4. phrasal verb
If you say that a statement you have made about one person or thing also goes for another person or thing, you mean that the statement is also true of this other person or thing.
It is illegal to dishonour bookings; that goes for restaurants as well as customers. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
5. phrasal verb
If something goes for a particular price, it is sold for that amount.
Some old machines go for as much as 35,000 pounds.
More Synonyms of go for
See full dictionary entry for go
go for in British English
verb(intr, preposition)
1.
to go somewhere in order to have or fetch
he went for a drink
shall I go for a doctor?
2.
to seek to obtain
I'd go for that job if I were you
3.
to apply to
what I told him goes for you too
4.
to prefer or choose; like
I really go for that new idea of yours
5.
to be to the advantage of
you'll have great things going for you in the New Year
6.
to make a physical or verbal attack on
7.
to be considered to be of a stated importance or value
his twenty years went for nothing when he was made redundant
8. go for it
go for in American English
1.
to be regarded or taken as
2.
to try to get
3. US
to advocate; support
4. US, Informal
to attack
5. Informal
to be attracted by; like very much
See full dictionary entry for go
Examples of 'go for' in a sentence
go for
The temptation to go for the high melodrama was almost overwhelming till I looked at Jett.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
So I'm going to check out the house where I've got to go for the money.
Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)
The prominence of the victim -- well, the US Attorney won't go for it.
Clancy, Tom CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (1989)
All related terms of 'go for'
go for it
You say ' Go for it ' to encourage someone to increase their efforts to achieve or win something.
go in for
If you go in for a particular activity, you decide to do it as a hobby or interest.
go out for
To go out for something means to try to do it or be chosen for it.
go bail for
to furnish bail for
go for broke
to decide to take a risk and put all your efforts or resources into one plan or idea in the hope that it will be successful
go for a burton
to be broken, useless , or lost
go for a song
to be sold for an unexpectedly low price
go for your life
an expression of encouragement
go to bat for
to intervene on behalf of; defend
to go for broke
If you go for broke , you take the most extreme or risky of the possible courses of action in order to try and achieve success .
go for the collar
to go without a hit in a game
go for the doctor
to make a great effort or move very fast , esp in a horse race
go for the jugular
If you say that someone went for the jugular , you mean that they strongly attacked another person's weakest points in order to harm them.
go hell for leather
to move or do something very quickly, often without care
go along for the ride
to decide to join in an activity without doing it seriously or getting deeply involved in it
go for all the marbles
to take a great risk in the hope of a great gain
go (in) to bat for sb
If you go to bat for someone or go in to bat for them, you give them your support .
go to bat for someone
to give someone your support or help
go all out for/to do sth
If you go all out to do something or go all out for something, you make the greatest possible effort to do it or get it.
to go for the brass ring
to try to succeed in an area where there is a lot of competition
there but for the grace of God go I
If you are talking about someone who is in a bad situation and you say ' There but for the grace of God go I ', you mean that you are lucky not to be in the same situation as them and you feel sympathy for them.
someone will go to the wall for someone or something
said to mean that someone is prepared to suffer on behalf of a person or a principle that they support strongly
Chinese translation of 'go for'
go for
vt fus
(= fetch) 去取 (qù qǔ)
(= opt for) 选(選)择(擇) (xuǎnzé)
(= be attracted by) 喜欢(歡) (xǐhuan)
(= attack) 攻击(擊) (gōngjī)
(= apply to) 适(適)用于(於) (shìyòng yú)
that goes for me too那也适(適)用于(於)我 (nà yě shìyòng yú wǒ)