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词汇 doing
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Definition of doing in English:

doing

noun ˈduːɪŋˈduɪŋ
  • 1usually doingsThe activities in which a particular person engages.

    活动

    the latest doings of television stars

    电视明星们的最新活动。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A methodical man, he kept a journal in which he made brief entries of all his doings.
    • And some of those threats will emerge because of our own doings.
    • Once my brain has absorbed the week, and can regurgitate it coherently, I'll record my doings here as usual.
    • We shall keep you well informed of their doings.
    • Nineteenth-century scholars and 11th-century landowners may not have had much in common, but they did share a profound suspicion of the state and its financial doings.
    • His widow later said that in his last desperate days the only thing that cheered him were news reports of the doings of his two protégés.
    • Another week, they watch a bird for 5 minutes or so and describe its doings.
    • The problems in the education system cannot be explained simply as the doings of a handful of poor administrators.
    • So he walked 60 kilometres to the nearest town and reported his father's doings to the secret police.
    • While the doings of ‘private contractors’ still pop up in articles about prisoner abuse, what such mercenary outfits are up to on the home front is hardly ever mentioned.
    • Well, it's wonderful the way in which the doings of American royalty are getting mixed on the show with those of British royalty.
    • Cid had heard about the doings of his other friends by way of his parents back in Seattle.
    • I'll write an account of my day and my doings on the train to Angouleme, tomorrow.
    • The humorist kept the balance of satire by laughing at his own follies and doings.
    • Governments should not grant marriage licenses, or otherwise keep record of their citizens' private doings.
    • Although the developments are not the outcome of our doings, our omissions have certainly contributed to the gravity of the situation.
    • He obviously thought I was about to report his evil doings to the MRT panel.
    • In a way all of us are ill-prepared for suddenly some enormous spotlight coming on to us and onto our private lives, and onto our doings, and so on.
    • I can't believe I got so caught up in my own doings I forgot the Fourth!
    • He has created a semi-official parallel administration within the White House and has fought like a tiger to keep his doings private.
    Synonyms
    performance, performing, carrying out, effecting, execution, implementation, implementing, bringing off, discharge, discharging, achievement, accomplishment, realization, completion, completing
    informal pulling off
    archaic acquittal
    rare effectuation
    exploit, activity, act, action, undertaking, deed, feat, endeavour, work, venture, enterprise, achievement, accomplishment
    (doings), performance, behaviour, conduct
    handiwork
    informal caper
    1. 1.1informal Excrement, especially that of a domestic animal.
      〈非正式〉(尤指家养动物的)排泄物
      it is my duty to clear up the guard dog's doings
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I look forward to seeing him telling these outside contractors to stop serving warmed-over mechanically recovered chicken's doings and start serving decent food.
  • 2doingsinformal treated as singular or plural Used to refer to things when one has forgotten their name or when no one word easily covers them.

    〈非正式,主英〉那些玩意(用来指忘了名称或说不清楚的东西)

    the drawer where he kept the doings

    他放那些玩意的抽屉。

    Synonyms
    thing, whatever it is (called)
    informal whatsit, whatnot, doofer, thingummy, thingamajig, thingamabob, what's-its-name, what-d'you-call-it, oojamaflip, oojah, gizmo
    British informal doobry, doodah, gubbins
    North American informal doodad, doohickey, doojigger, dingus, hootenanny
    Australian/New Zealand informal thingo
  • 3informal A beating or scolding.

    〈非正式〉打;骂

    someone had given her a doing

    有人揍了她一顿。

Phrases

  • be someone's doing

    • Be the creation or fault of the person named.

      某人的作品(或过错)

      he looked at Lisa as though it was all her doing

      他看着莉萨,好像都是她的错。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • For a few minutes afterward, I couldn't decipher if the bed shaking was my doing, or if they were aftershocks.
      • Carving them had been her brilliant idea, but the practical aspect as well as the definite creation had been my doing.
      • The second and third times were her doing, so I can hardly regret those.
      • ‘I suppose it was your doing,’ she observed; ‘it's a harmless piece of lunacy, but people would think you dreadfully silly if they knew of it.’
      • This has in no way been our doing either directly or indirectly.
      • If the problem was your doing, then ask yourself what you can learn from it and move on.
      • He hates to see you blue, and he'd hate it even more if he thought it was his doing.
      • I have been in prison and been bankrupt but that is my doing, not the country's.
      • I know you are wondering why your middle name is Sophie and you were told that was Julian's doing.
      • She looked around the basement and knew the decorations were Christine's doing.
  • take some doing

    • Be difficult to achieve.

      it would take some doing to calm him down

      让他平静下来得花点心思。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It takes some doing to sing before eight million viewers.
      • The reopening was achieved, which took some doing, and the infrastructure has been improved.
      • ‘There were no pictures there that our mainstream audience could find offensive, which took some doing,’ he says.
      • You law students might think that we old law profs just dash these things off in an hour, but, in fact, it takes some doing.
      • Filling more than 104,000 sandbags takes some doing!
      • It took some doing to stand still when there were bullets flying about but you had to, to save your life.
      • They can mark one, perhaps two, but keeping an eye on Ireland's three most potent forces at the same time will take some doing.
      • This took some doing, I don't mind saying, as there were three of us who ‘shared’ the computer.
      • To send a horse 12000 miles to win Australia's most famous race took some doing and to do it twice makes it even more astonishing.
      • I'm not disheartened… it will take some doing to undo the bad habits of a lifetime.
      Synonyms
      effort, exertion, work, hard work, application, labour, toil, struggle, strain

Rhymes

bluing, misdoing

Definition of doing in US English:

doing

nounˈduɪŋˈdo͞oiNG
  • 1usually doingsThe activities in which a particular person engages.

    活动

    the latest doings of television stars

    电视明星们的最新活动。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, it's wonderful the way in which the doings of American royalty are getting mixed on the show with those of British royalty.
    • In a way all of us are ill-prepared for suddenly some enormous spotlight coming on to us and onto our private lives, and onto our doings, and so on.
    • While the doings of ‘private contractors’ still pop up in articles about prisoner abuse, what such mercenary outfits are up to on the home front is hardly ever mentioned.
    • Once my brain has absorbed the week, and can regurgitate it coherently, I'll record my doings here as usual.
    • Another week, they watch a bird for 5 minutes or so and describe its doings.
    • I'll write an account of my day and my doings on the train to Angouleme, tomorrow.
    • So he walked 60 kilometres to the nearest town and reported his father's doings to the secret police.
    • I can't believe I got so caught up in my own doings I forgot the Fourth!
    • Governments should not grant marriage licenses, or otherwise keep record of their citizens' private doings.
    • Although the developments are not the outcome of our doings, our omissions have certainly contributed to the gravity of the situation.
    • His widow later said that in his last desperate days the only thing that cheered him were news reports of the doings of his two protégés.
    • He has created a semi-official parallel administration within the White House and has fought like a tiger to keep his doings private.
    • The problems in the education system cannot be explained simply as the doings of a handful of poor administrators.
    • A methodical man, he kept a journal in which he made brief entries of all his doings.
    • We shall keep you well informed of their doings.
    • And some of those threats will emerge because of our own doings.
    • The humorist kept the balance of satire by laughing at his own follies and doings.
    • Nineteenth-century scholars and 11th-century landowners may not have had much in common, but they did share a profound suspicion of the state and its financial doings.
    • He obviously thought I was about to report his evil doings to the MRT panel.
    • Cid had heard about the doings of his other friends by way of his parents back in Seattle.
    Synonyms
    performance, performing, carrying out, effecting, execution, implementation, implementing, bringing off, discharge, discharging, achievement, accomplishment, realization, completion, completing
    exploit, activity, act, action, undertaking, deed, feat, endeavour, work, venture, enterprise, achievement, accomplishment
  • 2informal A beating or scolding.

    〈非正式〉打;骂

    someone had given her a doing

    有人揍了她一顿。

  • 3Effort; activity.

    it would take some doing to calm him down

    让他平静下来得花点心思。

    Synonyms
    effort, exertion, work, hard work, application, labour, toil, struggle, strain

Phrases

  • be someone's doing

    • Be the creation or fault of the person named.

      某人的作品(或过错)

      he looked at Lisa as though it was all her doing

      他看着莉萨,好像都是她的错。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The second and third times were her doing, so I can hardly regret those.
      • Carving them had been her brilliant idea, but the practical aspect as well as the definite creation had been my doing.
      • I know you are wondering why your middle name is Sophie and you were told that was Julian's doing.
      • She looked around the basement and knew the decorations were Christine's doing.
      • I have been in prison and been bankrupt but that is my doing, not the country's.
      • This has in no way been our doing either directly or indirectly.
      • He hates to see you blue, and he'd hate it even more if he thought it was his doing.
      • ‘I suppose it was your doing,’ she observed; ‘it's a harmless piece of lunacy, but people would think you dreadfully silly if they knew of it.’
      • If the problem was your doing, then ask yourself what you can learn from it and move on.
      • For a few minutes afterward, I couldn't decipher if the bed shaking was my doing, or if they were aftershocks.
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