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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++do·ing /ˈduːɪŋ/ noun  1 be somebody’s (own) doing DO something/TAKE ACTIONif something bad is someone’s doing, they did or caused it 是某人(自己)干的坏事 If you fall into this trap, it will be all your own doing. 如果你中了这个圈套,那是你自找的。2 take some doing informalWORK HARD to be hard work 得费劲,得花功夫 We had to be on the parade ground for 5.30 a.m. and that took some doing. 我们得在清晨5点半到阅兵场上集合,那可不是件轻松的事。3 doings [plural] events, activities etc that someone is involved in 参与的事,所做的事 Supper is a family get-together, where the doings of the day are talked about. 晚餐是家人的聚会,一天里发生的事情就在这个时候谈论。
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doingLaurie had a warmth of personality in all his doings with people and politics.Mrs Archer was a shy woman and shrank from society; but she liked to be well-informed as to its doings.
do·ing nounChineseSyllable
is if did Corpus bad doing, something they someone’s or caused


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doing
doing /ˈduːɪŋ/ noun
 Word Family: verb: do, outdo, overdo, redo, undo; noun: deedmisdeed, do, doing; adjective: done, overdone, undone
1. be sb’s (own) doing if something bad is someone’s doing, they did or caused it:
    If you fall into this trap, it will be all your own doing.
2. take some doing informal to be hard work:
    We had to be on the parade ground for 5.30 a.m. and that took some doing.
3. doings [plural] events, activities etc that someone is involved in:
    Supper is a family get-together, where the doings of the day are talked about.


doingBrE /ˈduːɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈduːɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [countable, usually plural, uncountable] a thing done or caused by sb 所做的事;发生的事;所作所为I've been hearing a lot about your doings recently. 我最近不断听到很多关于你的所作所为。🔊🔊I promise you this was none of my doing (= I didn't do it). 我向你保证这不是我干的。🔊🔊take some ˈdoingtake a lot of ˈdoingto be hard work; to be difficult 费劲;有困难Getting it finished by tomorrow will take some doing. 要在明天完成有点难度。🔊🔊