go onとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

go on (三人称単数 現在形 goes on, 現在分詞 going on, 過去形 went on, 過去分詞 gone on)

1. To continue in extent.

   The meeting seemed to go on forever.

   Synonyms: endure; see also Thesaurus:persist

2. To continue an action.
   • 1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 84:

     She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.

   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.

   Synonyms: advance, carry on, forthgo, proceed, resume

3. To proceed.

   He went on to win a gold medal.

   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:

     […] while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be going on with.

   Synonyms: carry on, continue; see also Thesaurus:proceed

4. To talk about a subject frequently or at great length.

   Will you stop going on about your stupid holiday.

   Sam goes on and on about Pokémon.

   • 2002, Jane Green, Bookends, 2003 trade paperback edition, →ISBN, page 67:

     "I don't believe you." I shake my head. "How on earth did you remember that? I must have told you years ago." […]

     "First of all, you go on about it far more than you think you do, […] ."

   Synonyms: blather, prattle, rabbit; see also Thesaurus:chatter

5. To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.

   We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date.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.

6. To happen (occur).

   What's going on?!

   I really don't want to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors.

   Synonyms: come to pass, take place; see also Thesaurus:happen

参考

• going on
• goings-on
• go on then
• what's going on?

間投詞

go on

1. Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener.
2. Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity.

   A: He asked Fiona to marry him.

   B: Go on!

   A: It's true, I swear.

   Synonyms: fiddlesticks, go on with you, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

3. (Australia, New Zealand) Expressing encouragement, see come on.

   Go on! You can do it!

語源 1

Shortened from gooney, from obsolete gony ("simpleton", circa 1580), of unknown origin. Perhaps a familiar term derived from Middle English gone, a variant of gome (“man, person”). Gony was applied by sailors to the albatross and similar big, clumsy birds (circa 1839). Goon first carried the meaning "stupid person" (circa 1921).

• The meaning of "hired thug" (circa 1938) is largely influenced by the comic strip character Alice the Goon from the Popeye series.
• The "fool" sense was reinforced by the popular radio program, The Goon Show, starring Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.
• The "guard" sense was influenced by both senses 1 and 2, though not by the Goon Show reference, which arose about 10 years after WWII.

名詞

goon (複数形 goons)

1. A thug; a usually muscular henchman with little intelligence (also known as a 'hired goon').
   • 2009 February 22, Kevin Baker, “Blood on the Street”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.

2. A fool; someone considered silly, stupid, awkward, or outlandish.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess‎^[2]:

     Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.

3. (ice hockey, derogatory)  An enforcer or fighter.
4. (Britain, WWII, PoW スラング) A German guard in a prisoner-of-war camp.
5. (Internet slang) A member of the comedy web site Something Awful.

派生語

• goony
• goon baiting
• goon squad