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单词 shoot
释义 shoot

shoot // verb [no obj] (shot, shot /; AmE /)

1 (used with an adverb or preposition)

to increase very quickly:

Profits shot up 40% last year.

The dollar briefly shot above 120 yen. See note at INCREASE

2 (used with an adverb or preposition)

to become important, powerful, famous, etc. suddenly or quickly:

They think he will shoot to the top of the company.

She shot to fame by building up the company from nothing into a stock market star.

OVERSHOOT, UNDERSHOOT

PHRASAL VERBS

shoot for sth (AmE)

to try to achieve or get sth, especially sth difficult:

We've been shooting for a pay raise for months.

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