going on片语动词

发生、进行

Nobody could tell me what was going on in the meeting room.

没有人能告诉我会议室里到底发生了什么事。

接近、快到、将近

My grandmother is seventy-nine, going on eighty.

我奶奶七十九岁，快满八十了。

继续、持续

The negotiations have been going on for three months now.

谈判已经持续进行了三个月。

要忙的事、待处理的事口语

I have too much going on at work to travel this month.

我工作上有太多事要忙，这个月没法出游。

喋喋不休、唠叨口语，常与 about 连用

He kept going on about how cheap his new apartment was.

他一直不停地说他的新公寓有多便宜。

活动、行为、怪事常用复数

The neighbors were curious about the strange goings-on next door.

邻居们对隔壁那些奇怪的举动感到好奇。