单词 | going-over |
释义 | going-overˌgoing-ˈover noun [singular] informal 1 EXAMINEa thorough examination of something to make sure it is all right 彻底检查,仔细审查 → once-over The media gave his personal life a pretty firm going-over. 媒体对他的私生活刨根究底。 2 give something a going-over informal to improve the condition of something, for example by cleaning it thoroughly 改善某物;彻底清理某物 You ought to give the place a going-over with the Hoover once in a while. 你应该隔一阵子就用吸尘器把家里收拾收拾。 3. give somebody a going-over informal British EnglishBrEHIT to hit someone and hurt them 把某人痛打一顿 Examples from the Corpus going-over• I gave him a good going-over, I can tell you.• It was neat as a new pin and showed no signs of the going-over it had suffered when Newman was last there. |
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