go to town

英語

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動詞

go to town (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 goes to town，現在分詞 going to town，過去式 went to town，過去分詞 gone to town)

1. 僅按字面意思，並無比喻或俗語義；參見go、to、town。
2. (俗語) 熱情地做，熟練地做

   She really went to town with the party preparations.

   她準備派對準備得很開心。

   • 2014年11月12日, Calum MacLeod, 「As with 2008 Olympics, China spends big to look good」, 出自 USA Today‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC，於14 November 2014歸檔自原頁面‎^[2]:

     The greatest impact, good and bad, fell on the city's northeast suburbs, 60-plus minutes from the downtown Huairou district, a key APEC venue. Obama and other VIPs spent just seven hours there Tuesday, but Huairou went to town as perhaps only China can. The district spent about $4.9 billion preparing for APEC, according to state media including the Beijing Youth Daily and China Daily newspapers.

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   • 2018年10月15日, Steven Pye, 「When Gary Lineker scored four goals to help England win 4-2 in Spain」, 出自 The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Never slow to bang the drum, the English press went to town, calling Lineker the “Matador of Madrid” and announcing that “Spain are Linekered.”

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   • 2018 November, N. K. Jemisin, How Long 'til Black Future Month?‎^[4], Hachette, →ISBN:

     The news channels had been the first to figure out that particular wrinkle, but the religions really went to town with it.

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   • 2022年5月29日, Tom Lamont, 引 Jim Howick, 「『We were always trying to push boundaries』: Jim Howick on breaking taboos, coping with life and the joy of dogs」, 出自 The Observer‎^[5], →ISSN:

     Oh, I went to town in the last lockdown, spent a lot of money on the paints, the brushes, the figurines for a game called Hero Quest.

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近義詞

• go to work

參見

• go to town on
• go all out
• have a field day

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