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单词 goings-on
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goings-on

plural noun
If you describe events or activities as goings-on, you mean that they are strange, interesting, amusing, or dishonest.
The girl had found out about the goings-on in the factory.
...strange goings-on between Cantrell and his men.
Synonyms: incidents, happenings, events, carry-on More Synonyms of goings-on

goings-on in British English

plural noun informal
1. 
actions or conduct, esp when regarded with disapproval
2. 
happenings or events, esp when mysterious or suspicious
there were strange goings-on up at the Hall

goings-on in American English

(ˈgoʊɪŋzˈɑn)
plural noun
Informal
actions or events, esp. when regarded with disapproval

Examples of 'goings-on' in a sentence
goings-on

There was certainly nothing very Christian about some of the goings-on here.
Clive Barker EVERVILLE (2001)
`I don't know what Mr Eric would have said about all these goings-on.
Babson, Marian WEEKEND FOR MURDER (2001)
She may have been haired up because I made it pretty plain that I didn't care for such goings-on in my dining-room.
MacLeod, Charlotte SOMETHING IN THE WATER (2001)
About this time she met a small band of Franciscans who had come to eastern Europe telling tales of wondrous goings-on in Assisi.
Newbery, Linda RIDDLE ME THIS (2001)

In other languages
goings-on

British English: goings-on NOUN
If you describe events or activities as goings-on, you mean that they are strange, interesting, amusing, or dishonest.
The girl had found out about the goings-on in the factory.
  • American English: goings-on
  • Brazilian Portuguese: acontecimento
  • Chinese: 诡异活动
  • European Spanish: tejemaneje
  • French: événement
  • German: Vorgänge
  • Italian: manovre
  • Japanese: 出来事
  • Korean: 부정직한 행실
  • European Portuguese: acontecimento
  • Latin American Spanish: tejemaneje
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