āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to get at
[phrase form: get]
01
āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āϞāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to cause irritation or annoyance to someone
Transitive: to get at sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His habit of tapping his pen on the desk during meetings gets at everyone in the room.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϞāĻŽ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻ
āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏ āϰā§āĻŽā§āϰ āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āĻāϤā§, āĻāĻžāύāϤā§
to reach an understanding of something through questioning, investigation, or analysis
Transitive: to get at sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's always so secretive; it 's hard to get at her true feelings.
āϏ⧠āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāϤ āĻā§āĻĒāύā§āϝāĻŧ; āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŋāύāĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāύā§
to be able to have access to or reach something
Transitive: to get at sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ca n't seem to get at the back of the cupboard; it's too cluttered.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āύāĻž; āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
04
āĻā§āώ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to try to bribe or corrupt someone in power
Transitive: to get at someone in power
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Corrupt officials often get at law enforcement agencies to avoid prosecution.
āĻĻā§āϰā§āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰā§āĻŽāĻāϰā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻāύ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āώ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
05
āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāύā§
to contact or reach someone, especially when this is difficult or requires some effort
Transitive: to get at sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's in a remote area, and it 's hard to get at her through conventional means of communication.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻā§āύ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āϝā§āĻāĻžāϝā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāύāĨ¤
06
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
to criticize or attack someone, usually in a subtle or indirect manner
Transitive: to get at someone's shortcoming or mistake
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The critics did n't hesitate to get at the flaws in the movie.
āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻāϰāĻž āĻāϞāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰā§āϰ āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϞ⧠āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻāϰā§āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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