VOA一分鐘英語：單詞 “get” 的五種用法

很多時候，越是簡單短小的單詞，其含義和用法越豐富。比如，動詞 “get”——除了可表示 “獲得” 以外，它還可以表示 “明白；到達” 等等。
 
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Hi, I'm Sian from BBC Learning English. Today, I'm going to give you five uses of the verb get. So you get five lessons for the price of one!
Number one – get can mean buy or obtain. I got myself a new phone last weekend.
Number two – get can mean receive. So you can get a present, an email, or bad news. One second, I just got a message. 
Number three – get with an adjective can mean become. Ugh! So many messages! I'm getting really annoyed!
Number four – get can also mean understand. Hang on, someone's just sent me a joke… I don't get it! ‘In tents!’ I get it!
Number five - get can also mean arrive. I need to get home early. So I'm off!
I love getting messages from you all. So write some comments using one of these uses of get!
 
用法總結(jié)
Five uses of get
1. Get can mean buy or obtain.
動詞 “get” 可以表示 “購買，獲得”。
I got myself a new phone last weekend.
Look what I've got for you!
 
2. Get can mean receive.
動詞 “get” 可以表示 “收到”。
I just got a message.
Did you get my email?
 
3. Get with an adjective can mean become.
動詞 “get” 后接形容詞可以表示 “變得……”。
So many messages! I'm getting really annoyed!
The soup is getting cold.
 
4. Get can also mean understand.
動詞 “get” 可以表示 “理解，明白”。
I don't get the joke.
Sorry, I don't get what you mean. 
 
5. Get can also mean arrive.
動詞 “get” 還可以表示 “到達”。
I need to get home early so I'm off!
What time will you be able to get here?