1、go on
继续做
Unemployment is likely to go on rising this year.
今年的失业人数可能会继续上升。
I'm all right here. Go on with your work.
我这里很好,你继续工作吧。
进行;发生
While this conversation was going on, I was listening with earnest attention.
这场对话进行的时候,我聚精会神地听着。
I don't know what's going on.
我不知道发生了什么事。
(做完某事后)进而,接着(做另一件事)
Alliss retired from golf in 1969 and went on to become a successful broadcaster.
阿利斯于1969年从高尔夫球界退役,继而成为一名成功的节目主持人。
She went on to say that she had discussed it with the Canadian foreign minister.
她接着又说她已同加拿大外长就此进行了磋商。
2、quite
相当;很;颇
I felt quite bitter about it at the time.
当时我对这件事感到相当怨愤。
I was doing quite well, but I wasn't earning a lot of money.
我干得还算不错,可是挣的钱却不算多。
(用于强调所说的话)很,非常
It is quite clear that we were firing in self defence.
事实很清楚,我们开枪是出于自卫。
That's a general British failing. In the USA it's quite different.
那是英国人的普遍缺点。在美国,情况就大不一样了。
(与否定词连用,表示语气较弱或不确定)
Something here is not quite right.
这里有什么地方不太对劲。
After treatment he was able to continue but he was never quite the same.
治疗之后他又可以继续下去了,可是再也恢复不到从前的状态了。