1、go on
繼續做
Unemployment is likely to go on rising this year.
今年的失業人數可能會繼續上升。
I'm all right here. Go on with your work.
我這里很好,你繼續工作吧。
進行;發生
While this conversation was going on, I was listening with earnest attention.
這場對話進行的時候,我聚精會神地聽著。
I don't know what's going on.
我不知道發生了什么事。
(做完某事后)進而,接著(做另一件事)
Alliss retired from golf in 1969 and went on to become a successful broadcaster.
阿利斯于1969年從高爾夫球界退役,繼而成為一名成功的節目主持人。
She went on to say that she had discussed it with the Canadian foreign minister.
她接著又說她已同加拿大外長就此進行了磋商。
2、quite
相當;很;頗
I felt quite bitter about it at the time.
當時我對這件事感到相當怨憤。
I was doing quite well, but I wasn't earning a lot of money.
我干得還算不錯,可是掙的錢卻不算多。
(用于強調所說的話)很,非常
It is quite clear that we were firing in self defence.
事實很清楚,我們開槍是出于自衛。
That's a general British failing. In the USA it's quite different.
那是英國人的普遍缺點。在美國,情況就大不一樣了。
(與否定詞連用,表示語氣較弱或不確定)
Something here is not quite right.
這里有什么地方不太對勁。
After treatment he was able to continue but he was never quite the same.
治療之后他又可以繼續下去了,可是再也恢復不到從前的狀態了。