Word · Frequency #5939
doing
/ˈduːiŋ/
noun
行为；所作所为
a deed or action, especially one for which someone is responsible
- 1.
A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
行为或行动,尤指某人需对其负责之事
行为或行动,尤指某人需对其负责之事；行为；活动
In use
The mess in the kitchen was my doing, so I cleaned it up without being asked.
The team's win was largely the coach's doing, since she had planned every step.
Such doings cannot be ignored; someone must take responsibility.
Connections
Collocations
- take some doing
- 需要费一番功夫；很费劲
- Getting everything ready on time took some doing.按时把所有东西准备好费了一番功夫。
- one's doings
- 某人的所作所为
- He refused to answer for his doings.他拒绝对自己的所作所为负责。
- daily doings
- 日常活动；日常事务
- The blog records her daily doings.这个博客记录她的日常活动。
- evil doings
- 恶行；坏事
- The story is about the evil doings of a corrupt official.这个故事讲的是一个腐败官员的恶行。
- the doings of
- …的活动；…的行为
- People are always curious about the doings of the rich and famous.人们总是对富人和名人的动向感到好奇。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：do是‘做’，doing是‘行为、所做之事’；自己做的自己负责。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：书面叙事、正式场合谈论责任时 该义项多用于正式书面语或较正式的口语，常见于表示“是某人的作为/责任”的结构（如 It was my doing），日常口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
表示“行为、所作所为”时，尤指某人需对其负责的具体行动。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words suing, pursuing, viewing, brewing, and chewing rhyme with doing: their stressed vowel is /uː/ followed by /ɪŋ/. 'going' is a useful spelling lookalike (also ends in -oing) but sounds different: BrE /ˈɡəʊɪŋ/, AmE /ˈɡoʊɪŋ/, so it does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.