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phr

• ① 到达;得到;接近(★偶用被动式)
  • I can't get at the box on the shelf.我拿不到架子上的那个盒子。

• ② 找到(★偶用被动式)
  • The doctor could not be got at.那位医生别人无法找到。

• ③ 了解(意义、真理等);知道(★偶用被动式)
  • We want to get at the truth.我们想要了解真相。

• ④[通常用进行式或动名词]攻击;挖苦;批评(★可用被动式)
  • You're always getting at me.你总是在挖苦我。

• ⑤[通常用进行式]意指;暗示
  • I don't know what you are getting at.我不知道你的意思指的是什么。

• ⑥ 【英口】贿赂,收买(某人)(★常用被动式)
  • Some of the congressmen have been got at to let the law be passed.有些国会议员被收买,以便让那项法律得以通过。