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单词 going
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goingnoun

uk/ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/

going noun (SPEED)

[ U ] how quickly you do something:

The traffic was terrible so it was slow going.

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Speed of motion

  • airspeed
  • at full/half throttle idiom
  • brisk
  • burst
  • celerity
  • clip
  • fleet
  • ground speed
  • haste
  • momentum
  • rapid
  • rate
  • speed
  • speedy
  • swift
  • throttle
  • top
  • velocity
  • zip

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going noun (DIFFICULTY)

[ U ] how easy or difficult something is:

She's obviously very intelligent, but her lectures are heavy going (= they are difficult to understand).
At first the job was hard going (= difficult), but it's got easier with time.

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Situations and circumstances

  • affair
  • backdrop
  • background
  • case
  • circumstance
  • climate
  • condition
  • farce
  • footing
  • matrix
  • perfect storm
  • picture
  • position
  • practicality
  • scheme
  • situation
  • snapshot
  • stake
  • the scheme of things idiom
  • thing

going noun (GROUND)

[ U ] UK the condition of the ground for walking or riding, etc.:

After an inch of rain at the racecourse overnight, the going is described as good to soft.

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Working hours

  • after hours idiom
  • clock
  • clock in
  • clock out
  • flexible working
  • flexitime
  • nine
  • office hours
  • opening hours
  • opening time
  • overtime
  • part-time
  • part-timer
  • punch
  • rush hour
  • time clock
  • timesheet
  • unsocial
  • week
  • work-life balance

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going noun (LEAVING)

[ S ] an occasion when someone leaves somewhere:

His going came as a shock.

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Arrivals and departures

  • admittance
  • advent
  • approach
  • arr
  • arrival
  • check
  • check in
  • check sth in
  • connection
  • dep
  • departure
  • descent
  • destination
  • entry
  • eta
  • inflow
  • influx
  • invasion
  • landfall
  • outflow

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Idiom(s)

when the going gets rough/tough
when the going gets tough, the tough get going
while the going is good

goingadjective [ after noun ]

uk/ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/

UK available or existing:

I wouldn't trust him if I were you - he's the biggest crook going (= he's the most dishonest person that exists).
I don't suppose there's any left-over pie going, is there?

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Available and accessible

  • accessible
  • at your command idiom
  • availability
  • available
  • be there for sb idiom
  • beg
  • bookable
  • come
  • come out
  • hand
  • nothing
  • on hand idiom
  • on stream idiom
  • open (sth) up
  • person
  • ready
  • ready to hand idiom
  • ready-made
  • release
  • vacant possession

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the going rate/price/salary etc.

the usual rate, price, etc. at a particular time:

£30 an hour is the going rate for a piano teacher.

-goingsuffix

uk/ -ɡəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ -ɡoʊ-/

used to refer to the activity of going to the stated place:

He grew up in a strict church-going family.

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General words for movement

  • betake
  • budge
  • budge up
  • circulate
  • come
  • gangway!
  • go around
  • head
  • manoeuvre
  • mill around
  • mobility
  • mope
  • mope around (somewhere)
  • motility
  • move
  • round
  • steer
  • stir
  • sway
  • travel

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