go on for   (TTS發音)

approach；get nearer（a time，a number，an age，etc. ）（時間、數字或年齡等）接近；靠近

    He must be going on for forty. 他一定是快40歲了。

    It's going on for midnight. 現在快午夜了。

    The population of the city is going on for 500，000：該市人口將近50萬。

    “Good Lord！It's going on for ten o'clock and I promised to see Mr. Wang at half past nine. ”“天哪！已經快10點了，我答應9︰30去會見王先生的。”