- 1v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/nearly reaching (a number/age)將近；快要
To be nearly a certain time, age, or number.
快到某個時間、年紀或數字，英文說 be going on (for)：going on 60 就是「快六十了」。也有 16 going on 70 的玩笑說法，指「年紀十六，行為卻像七十歲那麼老成」。
示範例句 · Example
Grandma must be going on for eighty now, but she still goes swimming.
中文翻譯奶奶現在一定將近八十了，但她還是會去游泳。
- 2v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/go ahead of others先走；先過去
To go somewhere ahead of the other people you are with.
一群人裡，你「先往前走、別人隨後跟上」，英文用 go on (ahead)。畫面是 go（走）加 on（繼續往前），把自己和後面的人拉開一點距離。常說 You go on, I'll catch up.（你先走，我趕上去。）
- 3v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/talk too much講個不停
口語To talk too much, often in a way that becomes boring.
一個人話太多、講不停，英文口語用 go on，或 go on about something（一直講某件事）。常說 go on and on，加強「沒完沒了」。和「鼓勵別人說」的 4 不同——這裡帶點受不了、嫌煩的味道。
- 4v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/nag / criticize repeatedly嘮叨；念個不停
口語To keep criticizing someone or asking them to do something, in a way that them.
一直唸某人、催某人做事，唸到對方煩，英文用 go on at someone。go on（持續）加 at（對著某人），箭頭對準一個人。常見 go on at someone to do something（一直催某人去做某事）或 go on at someone about something（為某事一直唸）。
- 5v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/make progress進展；進行（得如何）
口語To develop or make progress — used to ask or say how something is coming along.
問一件事「進行得怎麼樣、有沒有進步」，英式口語會用 How's it going on? 或 How are things going on? 這裡 go on 指「事情往前發展」，畫面同樣是 go（往前）加 on（持續）。
常見搭配
how's it going on?
進行得如何？
used to ask how something is developing
How's it going on with the school play?
going on well
進行得順利
developing in a good way
Everything's going on well so far.
意思相反
stallgo backwards
- 6v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/continue without stopping繼續
To keep doing something or keep being in the same situation, without stopping.
「go on」把 go（往前走）和 on（不間斷）合起來：一件事像往前走的腳步，一步接一步不停下。後面常接 doing something（go on working 繼續工作）或 with something（go on with the lesson 繼續上課）。比單講 continue 更口語、更有「就這樣一直下去」的感覺。
常見搭配
go on doing something
繼續做某件事
to keep doing an activity without stopping
She went on reading as if she hadn't heard me.
go on with something
接著把某件事做下去
to continue an activity you had started
Let's go on with the game after lunch.
go on like this
再這樣下去
to continue in the same (often bad) way
If things go on like this, we'll miss the bus.
- 7v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/keep happening持續
If a sound, action, or event goes on, it keeps happening for a long time without stopping.
這個 go on 的主詞是一件事或一個聲音，不是人：噪音、雨、吵架自己「一直持續」。常說 go on and on，表示「沒完沒了、持續很久」。on 在這裡就是「不間斷」的畫面。
- 8v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/happen / take place發生
To happen — used to talk about events or activities that are taking place.
這個 go on 指「正在發生」，主詞通常是一件事或一整個場面。問「現在是什麼狀況」時，英文最常用 What's going on?。同一個 go on，主詞是「事情」時是「發生」，主詞是「動作」時才是「繼續」（go on working）；靠主詞就能分辨。比單講 happen 更口語。
- 9v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/do something next接著做
To do something next, after you have finished something else.
做完一件事，「接著」去做下一件，英文用 go on to do something：go（往前走）到下一步。和 1a) 的 go on doing 不一樣——go on doing 是「同一件事繼續做」，go on to do 是「換成下一件事去做」。
- 10v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/keep talking繼續說
To keep talking, especially after a pause or after changing to a new subject.
說話停了一下，再「接著說下去」，英文用 go on。單講一句 Go on. 就是「你說，我在聽」的鼓勵。寫故事時也常用 he went on 來接續一個人的話。
- 11v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/base a judgment on根據；憑藉
To use something as a reason or piece of proof when you form an opinion or decision.
做判斷時手上有的線索或證據，英文說 have something to go on：go on something 就是「靠這個往前推」。常用否定句 not much to go on（沒什麼線索可循）。
- 12v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/switch on開啟；啟動
If a machine, light, or heating goes on, it starts working or turns on.
燈、暖氣、機器「開了、運轉起來」，英文用 go on（相對於 go off 關掉）。這裡的 on 就是開關的「開」，畫面是電源接通、東西動起來。
- 13v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/time passes流逝；過去
If time goes on, it passes.
時間「一點一點過去」，英文用 time goes on。常見句型 as time went on（隨著時間過去），後面接「慢慢產生的變化」。畫面就是時間像往前走的腳步，不停地前進。
- 14v/ˌɡoʊ ˈɑːn/ · /ˌɡəʊ ˈɒn/the way someone behaves（這樣）下去；表現
口語The way someone goes on is the way they behave or act.
講一個人「照這個樣子表現、行事」，英式口語會用 the way someone goes on。常用在擔心的語氣裡：The way she's going on...（她再這樣下去……），後面接擔心的結果。
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
go onverb詞源 1
- 1
To continue in extent.
- The meeting seemed to go on forever.
- This road goes on for another twenty miles.
- 2
To continue an action.
- I think I've said enough now; I'm not sure I should go on.
- He went on walking even when the policeman told him to stop.
- 3
To proceed (to do something).
- He started the competition badly but went on to win the gold medal.
- "Do you want to hear a joke?" — "Oh, all right, go on then."
- 4
To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject).
- Near-synonyms: blather, prattle, drone on, rabbit; see also Thesaurus:chatter
- Will you stop going on about your stupid holiday?
- 5
To happen (occur).
- What's going on downstairs? What's all that noise down there?
- I really don't want to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors.
- 6
To move or proceed so as to become "on" in any of various senses.
- Bertha's about to finish her song. Who's going on next?
- Smith went on for Jones at left back after Jones got injured.
go onintj詞源 1
- 1
Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener.
- Go on! You were saying about those other ones too?
- 2
Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity.
- A: He asked Fiona to marry him. B: Go on! A: It's true, I swear.
- 3
Expressing encouragement, see come on.
- Go on! You can do it!
- 4
Yes; okay; it's a deal.
- —So three hundred on the chair then, and can we do two-fifty on the clock? —Go on, then.
go onverb詞源 2/ˈɡoʊˌɒn/
- 1
To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by.
- We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date.
- I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。