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1. V-I When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there. 来 (某地)

Two police officers came into the hall. 两位警官来到大厅里。

Come here, Tom. 来这儿，汤姆。

We heard the train coming. 我们听见火车来了。

The impact blew out some of the windows and the sea came rushing in. 冲击力击碎了一些窗户，海水冲了进来。

2. V-T When someone comes to do something, they move to the place where someone else is in order to do it, and they do it. Someone can also come do something and come and do something. However, you always say that someone came and did something. 来 (做某事)

Eleanor had come to see her. 埃莉诺是来看她的。

I want you to come visit me. 我希望你来看我。

3. V-I When you come to a place, you reach it. 到达

He came to a door that led into a passageway. 他来到一扇通往走廊的门前。

4. V-I If something comes up to a particular point or down to it, it is tall enough, deep enough, or long enough to reach that point. 达到

The water came up to my chest. 水漫到了我的胸部。

V-I

1. V-I If something comes apart or comes to pieces, it breaks into pieces. If something comes off or comes away, it becomes detached from something else. 破碎; 脱离

The lid won't come off. 盖子不会脱掉。

The pistol came to pieces, easily and quickly. 手枪轻易地就破碎了。

2. V-T If someone comes to do something, they do it at the end of a long process or period of time. 达到 (做某事的境界)

She said it so many times that she came to believe it. 她说了如此多遍以致于最后她都相信了。

3. V-T You can ask how something came to happen when you want to know what caused it to happen or made it possible. 达到 (做某事的地步)

How did you come to meet him?

你怎么会遇见他的？

4. V-I When a particular event or time comes, it arrives or happens. 来临; 发生

The announcement came after a meeting at the White House. 通告是在白宫的一次会议后发布的。

There will come a time when they will have to negotiate. 他们终将会进行谈判的。

5. comingN-SING 来临; 发生

Most of my patients welcome the coming of summer. 我的大多数病人都喜欢夏天的来临。

6. V-I If a thought, idea, or memory comes to you, you suddenly think of it or remember it. (想法、主意或记忆等) 突然出现

He was about to shut the door when an idea came to him. 他正准备关门时，突然想起了一个主意。

7. V-I If money or property is going to come to you, you are going to inherit or receive it. (钱财) 降临 (在某人身上)

He did have retirement money coming to him when the factory shut down. 工厂倒闭时，他的确领到了退休金。

8. V-I If a case comes before a court or tribunal or comes to court, it is presented there so that the court or tribunal can examine it. (案子) 被提交到 (法庭)

The membership application came before the committee in September. 会员资格申请9月呈交给了委员会。

9. V-I If something comes to a particular number or amount, it adds up to it. 合计达

Lunch came to $80. 午餐合计达80美元。

10. V-I If someone or something comes from a particular place or thing, that place or thing is their origin, source, or starting point. 来自

Nearly half the students come from overseas. 几乎一半学生来自海外。

Chocolate comes from the cacao tree. 巧克力来自可可树。

11. V-I Something that comes from something else or comes of it is the result of it. 源自

There is a feeling of power that comes from driving fast. 开快车可以产生力量感。

Some good might come of all this gloomy business. 某种好的结果也许会从这种惨淡的经营中产生。

12. V-T If someone or something comes first, next, or last, they are first, next, or last in a series, list, or competition. 排在 (第一、下一个或最后)

The two countries have been unable to agree which step should come next. 这两个国家无法就下一步该怎么走达成一致。

The alphabet might be more rational if all the vowels came first. 要是所有的元音都排在前面，字母表也许会更合理些。

13. V-I If a type of thing comes in a particular range of colours, forms, styles, or sizes, it can have any of those colours, forms, styles, or sizes. (以某些颜色、形式、样式、尺码) 出现

Bikes come in all shapes and sizes. 自行车有各种不同的形状和大小。

14. V-I The next subject in a discussion that you come to is the one that you talk about next. 谈到

Finally, I come to the subject of genetic engineering. 最后，我来谈基因工程。

15. V-LINK You use come in expressions such as come to an end or come into operation to indicate that someone or something enters or reaches a particular state or situation. 达到 (某种状态或情形)

The summer came to an end. 夏天结束了。

Their worst fears may be coming true. 他们最恐惧的事也许会变成现实。

16. PREP You can use come before a date, time, or event to mean when it arrives. For example, you can say come spring to mean "when the spring arrives." 到来

Come the election on the 20th of May, we will have to decide. 5月20日选举到来时，我们就不得不做出决定。

PREP

1. PHRASE You can use the expression when it comes down to it or when you come down to it for emphasis, when you are giving a general statement or conclusion. 归结起来[强调]

When you come down to it, however, the basic problems of life have not changed. 然而，归结起来，生活的基本问题并未改变。

2. PHRASE You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious. 突然意识到

He was his distant relative, as was everyone else on the island, come to think of it. 我突然意识到, 他像岛上的其他人一样是他的远亲.

3. PHRASE When you refer to a time or an event to come or one that is still to come, you are referring to a future time or event. 未来的

I hope in years to come he will reflect on his decision. 我希望在未来的几年里他会反思他的决定。

4. PHRASE You can use expressions like I know where you're coming from or you can see where she's coming from to say that you understand someone's attitude or point of view. 态度; 观点

To understand why they are doing it, it is necessary to know where they are coming from. 要理解他们为什么这样做，有必要知道他们的想法。

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