词汇 | crack on |
释义 | Phr V crack on cracks, cracking, cracked crack on British informal to continue what you are doing with energy and enthusiasmLet's crack on now and try to finish by six o'clock. crack on Ⅰ verb 1 to tell someone something; to reveal a secret AUSTRALIA, 1965. 2 to go ahead. A variation of the sense 'to hurry', hence 'to move forward' UK, 2001. 3 to flirt; to try to seduce someone US, 1982. 4 to succeed in gaining sexual favours from another AUSTRALIA, 1955⇨ See: CRACK ALONG Ⅱ ⇨ crack along; crack on verb to move swiftly. From the use of a whip to encourage speed UK, 1837 crack on BrE informal to continue working hard at something in order to try and finish it: We've got a lot to do, so we'd better crack on.+with I'm hoping to crack on with the decorating this weekend.■ SIMILAR TO: get on especially spoken crack onTo do or (especially) continue doing something fervently, determinedly, or with great haste. Crack on with that report, Tom, we need it by this afternoon. After a moment of insight into how I would end the story, I decided to crack on with my novel until the break of morning. |
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