be·come
verb OPAL S
/bɪˈkʌm/
/bɪˈkʌm/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they become | /bɪˈkʌm/ /bɪˈkʌm/ |
| he / she / it becomes | /bɪˈkʌmz/ /bɪˈkʌmz/ |
| past simple became | /bɪˈkeɪm/ /bɪˈkeɪm/ |
| past participle become | /bɪˈkʌm/ /bɪˈkʌm/ |
| -ing form becoming | /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/ /bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/ |
- linking verb to start to be something
开始变得；变成；成为 - + adj. It soon became apparent that no one was going to come.
情况很快就明了了，没人会来。 - It is becoming increasingly clear that something has gone seriously wrong.
已经出现严重错误，这一点越来越明显。 - When did you first become aware of the problem?
您什么时候第一次意识到这个问题？ - It was becoming more and more difficult to live on his salary.
他越来越难以靠他的工资维持生计了。 - She was becoming confused.
她开始糊涂了。 - + noun She became queen in 1952.
她于 1952 年成为女王。 - The bill will become law next year.
该议案将于明年成为法律。 - Over the last five years she has become part of the family.
在过去的五年里，她已经成为这个家庭的一员。 - How can I become a member of the society?
我怎样才能成为社会的一员？ - She’s studying to become a teacher.
她正在学习成为一名教师。 - His job has become his whole life.
他的工作已经成为他的全部生活。
Which Word? become / get / go / turnbecome / get / go / turnThese verbs are used frequently with the following adjectives:become ~ get ~ go ~ turn ~ involved used to wrong blue clear better right sour accustomed worse bad bad pregnant pregnant white red extinct tired crazy cold famous angry bald ill dark blind - Become is more formal than get. Both describe changes in people’s emotional or physical state, or natural or social changes.
- Go is usually used for negative changes.
- Go and turn are both used for changes of colour.
- Turn is also used for changes in the weather.
- + adj. It soon became apparent that no one was going to come.
- [transitive, no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses) become somebody (formal) to be suitable for somebody
适合（某人）；（与…）相称 - Such behaviour did not become her.
这种举止与她的身份不相称。
- Such behaviour did not become her.
- [transitive, no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses) become somebody (formal) to look attractive on somebody
使（人）显得漂亮；使好看 - Short hair really becomes you.
你理短发很好看。
- Short hair really becomes you.
Word OriginOld English becuman ‘come to a place, come (to be or do something)’ (see be-, come), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bekomen and German bekommen ‘get, receive’.
Idioms
what became, has become, will become of somebody/something?
- used to ask what has happened or what will happen to somebody/something
（遭遇）如何；（结果）怎么样 - What became of that student who used to live with you?
以前和你住在一起的那个学生后来怎么样了？ - I dread to think what will become of them if they lose their home.
我不敢设想他们如果无家可归将会怎么样。
- What became of that student who used to live with you?