【come】

come about 發生；(風等)改變方向；轉帆

Ex: I will never understand how it came about that you were an hour late on such a short journey.

Ex: The wind has come about to the north.

Ex: We came about and sailed on the port tack.

 

come across 遇見；講清楚；看起來似乎是

Ex: The other day I came across a book that you might like.

Ex: Your speech came across very well; everyone understands your opinion now.

Ex: The stranger came across as being nervous.

 

come across with 交出；說出

Ex: The robber gave the old man’s arm a twist, and he at once came across with all the money he had in his pocket.

 

come along 一道走；趕快；再努力點兒；進展；生長；到來

Ex: John wants to come along with us to the movie.

Ex: Come along, it’s nearly ten o’clock.

Ex: Come along, someone must know the answer to my question.

Ex: He was coming along well after the operation.

Ex: How’s your coming along?

Ex: Those seedlings are coming along well in the greenhouse.

Ex: He went to London whenever the chance came along.

 

come amiss 不稱心；有妨礙

Ex: Nothing came amiss to a hungry man.

Ex: Nothing came amiss to him.

 

come apart at the seams 難過至極；衰老；失敗

Ex: After his divorce, Joe seemed to be coming apart at the seams.

Ex: Poor old Smith isn’t the man he used to be; he’s coming apart at the seams.

Ex: The Government’s financial policy was coming apart at the seams.

 

come around 到來；改變看法；恢復健康(生機)

Ex: May Day will soon come around.

Ex: John’s opposed to our ideas at present, but in the time he’ll come around.

Ex: After this much-needed rain, my flowers will come around.

come back 回嘴；回想起來；回來

Ex: He came back at her with a nasty remark.

Ex: At first I could not remember why seemed so familiar; then it all came back.

Ex: Long skirts have been out of fashion for a long time, but they are coming back.

 

come by 通過；得到

Ex: I moved my car out of the way so that the heavy lorry could come by.

Ex: Detailed information is hard to come by.

 

come across one’s mind 忽然想起

Ex: The thought came across my mind that I didn’t do my homework.

 

come after 跟在…後面；追趕

Ex: He came after his father.

Ex: As soon as we started across the field, the farmer came after us waving a big stick.

 

come at 拿到；找到；了解；向…撲過來

Ex: Put the food where the cat can’t come at it.

Ex: First-class men are hard to come at.

Ex: It was a long time before we came at the truth.

Ex: The crazy man came at me with a meat-ax.

 

come before 比…重要；提交討論；面對

Ex: The building of homes and schools should come before the building of new office blocks.

Ex: The complaint will come before the United Nations Assembly next week.

Ex: Such a book ha not yet come before the public.

 

come between 干預(某兩人的事)；妨礙；使不和

Ex: It is never wise to come between a man and his wife.

Ex: I’m not going to let a small matter like that come between me and my work.

Ex: The lovers swore to let nothing and nobody to come between them.

 

come for 來拿；來接；走來(打、咬某人)

Ex: I’ve come for her belongings.

Ex: John came for her at her lodgings.

Ex: A fierce–looking dog dashed out of the gate and came for me.

 

come into 進入；開始；得到

Ex: His car came into collision with a bus at the crossroads.

Ex: Such deed comes into conflict with the law of the country.

Ex: No one knows when such a custom first came into existence.

Ex: Such strange ideas came into my mind.

Ex: He is not the sort of man to come easily into line with the rest of his colleagues.

Ex: As they reached the top of the hill, the sea came into sight.

Ex: The two peoples have come into full understanding.

*come into one’s own 得到重視

Ex: With the success of the Model T Ford, the automobile industry came into its own.

*come into rank with 與…並駕齊驅

Ex: there is a tendency for women to come into rank with men in this respect.

*come into season (水果、魚等)上市

Ex: Tomatoes came into season much earlier in Italy than in Northern Europe.

*come into vogue 開始流行            *come into a fortune    繼承財產

*come into office 上任；就職          *come in to prominence 有名

 

come near 走近；幾乎

Ex: Come near me, child, I can’t hear you.

Ex: The book comes near perfection.

*come near starving 濒於餓死

 

come of …出身於；由…造成；有…結果

Ex: He came of a famous family of diplomats.

Ex: Poverty comes of idleness.

Ex: That’s what comes of disobeying the instruction.

 

come off 脫離；(稅)被免除

Ex: A button has come off my coat.

Ex: Under the new trade agreement, the import tariff comes off certain kind of goods.

*come off it 住口；別胡扯

Ex: He told me to come off it, as I had no right to give him orders.

 

come on 偶然遇見；發現；想起

Ex: As we turned the corner, we came on a group of men who were waiting for the public house to open.

Ex: I came on this old photograph in the back of the drawer.

Ex: Suddenly it came on me where I had seen her before.

come out 離開；結果；擺脫

Ex: Nothing came out of this talk.

Ex: The screw was rusty and wouldn’t come out of the wall.

*come out of the blue 突如其來

Ex: The news of the firm’s failure came out of the blue－ everyone thought the company was very successful.

 

come over 突然產生(某種感覺)；突然發生(某種情況)

Ex: A fit of dizziness came over the patient.

Ex: A great change came over his life.

*come a trick over sb. 開某人玩笑

 

come to 達到；共計；涉及；談到；被…繼承

Ex: After much talk, they came to an agreement.

Ex: The bill came to $30.

Ex: When it comes to politics, I know nothing.

Ex: Now we came to the section of health.

Ex: The house came to him on his father’s death.

 

come under 隸屬於；歸入…類；遭受

Ex: come under this section

Ex: The committee will come under the Foreign Office.

Ex: They came under heavy enemy gunfire.

 

come upon 偶然遇到；(災難、恐懼等)突然向…襲來；(想法等)突然產生；降落在；要求

Ex: I came upon an old friend of mine in the library yesterday.

Ex: A misfortune came upon him.

Ex: At this moment, a strange idea came upon him.

Ex: A lead came upon her book as she was reading.

Ex: She came upon him for alimony.

 

come with 隨同…出現

Ex: Wisdom comes with age.

Ex: Robins came with the spring.

*come with a hair(straw) of succeeding 差點兒成功；功敗垂成