get to the bottom of
/ˌɡet tə ðə ˈbɒtəm əv/NEUTRAL · B2
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字面意思: «到達……的底部»
意思
to find out the real cause of something or the truth about it
查明真正的原因或真相.
例句
- 1The engineer promised to get to the bottom of the strange noise in our boiler.
- 2We still haven't got to the bottom of why the website crashed on Friday.
- 3The head teacher is determined to get to the bottom of who broke the window.
- 4Maria spent a week checking bank statements and finally got to the bottom of the missing money.
- 5Did the police ever get to the bottom of the break-ins on our street?
文法
只有 get 變化形式:gets、getting、got。of 後面一定要接受詞:名詞或 what/why 子句。
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