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单词 go through
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go through

1Undergo (a difficult period or experience): the country is going through a period of economic instability...
  • They are going through a transitional period but the kids are gaining invaluable experience.
  • After World War II Berlin was divided into separate parts and Shanghai, although restored to China, went through a period of stagnation.
  • Like most AIDS victims, he went through periods of depression, anger and self-pity.

Synonyms

undergo, experience, face, suffer, be subjected to, live through, endure, brave, bear, tolerate, stand, withstand, put up with, brook, cope with, weather, come in for, receive, sustain;
Scottish thole
2Search through or examine methodically: she started to go through the bundle of letters...
  • Lily went through her purse in search of the keys to her apartment.
  • As he started the car and headed along the service road back to the main highway, she was going through each CD, examining the covers.
  • Mark walked into the bedroom and started going through their things, searching for a shirt he could put on.

Synonyms

search, look through, hunt through, rummage in/through, rifle through, dig into, ferret (about/around) in, root about/around in, turn inside out;
check
informal frisk, inspect
Australian/New Zealand informal fossick through
examine, study, scrutinize, inspect, read over, look at/over, scan, run over, check;
analyse, consider, appraise, weigh up, review
3(Of a proposal or contract) be officially approved or completed: the sale of the building is set to go through...
  • Mrs Cooper was concerned about the effect in terms of staff and morale if these proposals went through.
  • One potential side-effect is that many, many, many people will be disenfranchised if this proposal goes through.
  • If this proposal goes through, clubs will be able to fine players four weeks' wages, double the current maximum.

Synonyms

be completed, be concluded, be brought to a conclusion, be carried through, be brought off, be pulled off;
be approved, be signed, be rubber-stamped
4 informal Use up or spend (available money or other resources).Charlie had spent the entire morning shopping, and had already gone through the money Adam had given her....
  • But if people are willing to vote for politicians who go through their money like there's no tomorrow, they should take the consequences of that decision and vote more sensibly next time.
  • Many children these days go through enough money to support a family 20 years ago, but still have little fun compared with our childhood.

Synonyms

spend, use up, run through, get through, expend, consume, exhaust, deplete;
waste, fritter away, squander
5(Of a book) be successively published in (a specified number of editions): within two years it went through thirty-one editions...
  • The book was first published in 1883 but went through many editions.
  • His book on ecological genetics went through several editions and his monographs on moths and butterflies are still used.
  • The first two books went through over ten editions and were clearly the dominant texts in the field for much of the first half of the century.
6Australian informal Leave hastily to avoid an obligation; abscond.The first few times she went through on him nearly broke his heart.
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