a :to study or look at (something) in a careful way仔细研究;仔细查看
The book goes through every detail of the French Revolution.这本书详细介绍了法国大革命的每个细节。
Let's go through the plan one more time.我们再仔细捋一遍这个计划吧。
b :to look in or at (something) in order to find something:to search in or through (something)搜寻
I found him going through my closet.我发现他正在我的衣橱里翻找。
c :to experience (something)经历;经受
He's going through a painful divorce.他正在经历一场痛苦的离婚。
I understand what you're going through.我理解你正遭受的痛苦。
In order to learn the job well, you have to go through several months of training.为了熟悉这份工作,你必须接受几个月的培训。
The book has already gone through four editions. [=the publishers have already released four editions of the book]这本书已经发行了四版。
d :to spend or use all of (something)花完;用完
He went through all the money he inherited.他把继承的遗产挥霍一空。
They went through three bottles of wine with dinner.晚餐时他们喝光了三瓶葡萄酒。
e :to occur throughout (something)贯穿
A note of despair goes through the narrative. [=there is a note of despair throughout the narrative]故事贯穿着绝望的气氛。
◊ If something (such as an idea or a song) is going through your head/mind, you are thinking about it or remembering it.考虑;记住
I don't know what was going through her mind [=I don't know what her thoughts were; I don't know why she did this] when she agreed to help him.我不知道她答应帮他的那一刻是怎么想的。
That song keeps going through my head.那首歌在我脑海里回荡。
f :to do (something)做(某事)
It took him about an hour to go through his usual morning routine.他花了大概一小时才完成早上的日常工作。
Before we practice the next section, let's go through the chorus once again.我们把合唱段再练唱一次,然后练习下一段。
◊ Something (such as a law or contract) that goes through is officially accepted and approved.正式通过;正式被批准
The bill is expected to go through easily.这个议案有望顺利通过。
The proposed deal failed to go through.提出的交易没有做成。
The bill went through Congress/Parliament [=was passed by Congress/Parliament] without difficulty and soon became law.议案在国会/议会顺利通过,并很快成为了法律。
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go through with (something):to do (something that you have thought or talked about)执行
He was always threatening to quit his job, but I never thought he'd actually go through with it. [=I never thought he would actually do it]他总在威胁要辞职,但我想他根本就不会那么做。