2015年4月23日 星期四

in one go, care for/to do something


On April 23rd 2005 the founders of YouTube uploaded an amateurish video of themselves at the zoo, standing in front of elephants. Today a billion people, or around a third of all internet-users, visit YouTube every day. When it comes to disrupting television, YouTube’s record is more mixed than any of Google's executives care to admithttp://econ.st/1GlGq8G

One way of trying to draw a line under a disastrous period of trading is to announce all the bad news in one go. This is what Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, did on April 22nd when it announced results for the year ending February 28th. Tesco made the largest pre-tax loss, of £6.4 billion ($9.6 billion), in British retail history http://econ.st/1Of8Up4

Britain's biggest retailer announces its worst-ever results
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(care for/to do something) Like or be willing to do or have something:would you care for some tea?

go

noun (plural goes)

informal
1chiefly British An attempt or trial at something:have a go at answering the questions yourself
2British A person’s turn to use or do something:had a go on Nigel’s racing bikecome on Tony, it’s your go
2.1Used in reference to a single item, action, or spell ofactivity:he drank a pint in one go
3[MASS NOUN] British Spirit, animation, or energy:there’s no go in me at all these days
3.1Vigorous activity:it’s all go around here
4dated state of affairs:this seems a rum sort of go
4.1An attack of illness:he’s had this nasty go of dysentery
5North American An enterprise which has beenapproved:tell them the project is a go

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