come
verb/kʌm/
/kʌm/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they come | /kʌm/ /kʌm/ |
| he / she / it comes | /kʌmz/ /kʌmz/ |
| past simple came | /keɪm/ /keɪm/ |
| past participle come | /kʌm/ /kʌm/ |
| -ing form coming | /ˈkʌmɪŋ/ /ˈkʌmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to move to or towards a person or place
来 - + adv./prep. He left and said he was never coming back.
他走了，并且说再也不回来了。 - He came into the room and shut the door.
他进了房间，把门关上。 - She comes to work by bus.
她乘公共汽车来上班。 - My son is coming home soon.
我儿子很快就要回家了。 - Come here!
到这儿来！ - Come and see us soon!
快点来看我们吧！ - Here comes Jo! (= Jo is coming)
乔来啦！ - There's a storm coming.
暴风雨就要来了。 - come to do something They're coming to stay for a week.
他们要来待上一星期。
Extra Examples- He came towards me.
他朝我走过来。 - I hope you can come to Australia to visit us.
我希望你能来澳大利亚探望我们。 - It's looks as if there's a storm coming.
看起来暴风雨即将来临。 - When is your son coming home?
你儿子什么时候回家？
- + adv./prep. He left and said he was never coming back.
- [intransitive] to arrive at or reach a place
来到；到达，抵达（某地） - come to… They continued until they came to a river.
他们继续往前一直来到河边。 - She came to work wearing a very smart suit.
她来上班时穿着非常漂亮的套装。 - They came as far as the gate.
他们一直走到大门口。 - People came from all over the country.
全国各地的人都来了。 - Your breakfast is coming soon.
你的早餐很快就到。 - Have any letters come for me?
有给我的来信吗？ - Help came at last.
救援终于到了。
Extra Examples- What time did you come (= to my house)?
你什么时候来的（=到我家）？ - People came from all over the world to settle here.
人们从世界各地来这里定居。 - Let me know if any more mail comes.
如果有更多邮件，请告诉我。 - He came to England by ship.
他坐船来到英格兰。 - If you come late, the doctor may not be able to see you.
如果您迟到，医生可能无法见您。
- come to… They continued until they came to a river.
- [intransitive] to arrive somewhere in order to do something or get something
来做；来取；来拿 - come for something I've come for my book.
我来拿我的书。 - come about something I've come about my book.
我来拿我的书。 - come to do something I've come to get my book.
我来拿我的书。 - come doing something He came looking for me.
他来找我。
Extra Examples- I've come for those books you promised me.
我是来买你答应给我的那些书的。 - I've come to see Mrs Cooper.
我是来看库珀夫人的。
- come for something I've come for my book.
- [intransitive] to move or travel, especially with somebody else, to a particular place or in order to be present at an event
（尤指与某人）去（某处或出席某项活动） - I've only come for an hour.
我来了才一个小时。 - Thanks for coming (= to my house, party, etc.).
谢谢光临。 - come to do something Ten thousand people came to hear him speak.
上万人来听他讲话。 - come to something Are you coming later?
你稍后来吗？ - come to something with somebody Are you coming to the club with us tonight?
你今晚和我们一起去俱乐部吗？ - come with somebody Come with me—I've got something to show you.
跟我来——我有东西要给你看。 - come doing something Why don't you come skating tonight?
今晚来溜冰好吗？
Extra Examples- Please come to my party on September 10th.
请于9月10日来参加我的聚会。 - Are you coming to the theatre with us this evening?
今晚你和我们一起去剧院吗？ - I'm sorry, I won't be able to come.
抱歉，我来不了。 - Despite all the publicity, not many people came.
尽管进行了如此多的宣传，但来的人并不多。 - If you can't come to the meeting, let us know in advance.
如果您不能参加会议，请提前告知我们。
- I've only come for an hour.
- [intransitive] + noun to travel a particular distance
走过，旅行过（一段路程） - We've come 50 miles this morning.
我们今天上午走了 50 英里。 - (figurative) The company has come a long way (= made lot of progress) in the last 5 years.
公司在过去的 5 年里取得了巨大进步。
Extra Examples- He's come all the way from Tokyo.
他从东京远道而来。 - We've come a long way and we're very tired.
我们走了很长的路，我们也很累。 - How far have you come?
你从多远的地方来的？
- We've come 50 miles this morning.
- [intransitive] to move in a particular way or while doing something else
（以某种方式）移动；在移动中做 - come doing something + adv./prep. A car came flying round the corner.
一辆汽车从拐角处飞驰而来。 - A huge wave came crashing over the sea wall.
巨大的波浪冲破了海堤。 - (figurative) Questions came rushing into her head.
各种疑问涌入她的脑海。 - come doing something Don't expect me to come running every time you call.
别指望每次你打电话我都会跑过来。
Extra Examples- The children came running into the room.
孩子们跑进房间。 - A crowd of men on horses carrying spears came charging down the road.
一群人骑着马，拿着长矛，沿着道路冲来。
- come doing something + adv./prep. A car came flying round the corner.
- [intransitive] to happen
发生；出现 - The agreement came after several hours of negotiations.
协议经过几小时的谈判后才达成。 - The rains came too late to do any good.
雨季来得太晚，什么用也没有。 - Spring came late this year.
今年春天来得晚。 - The time has come (= now is the moment) to act.
采取行动的时机到了。 - His first goal came in the 81st minute.
他的第一个进球出现在第81分钟。 - come as something His resignation came as no surprise.
他的辞职毫不令人惊讶。 - Her death came as a terrible shock to us.
她的死使我们极为震惊。 - More details of the event are coming soon.
活动的更多细节即将发布。 - (informal) Come summer, people like to eat outdoors.
夏天来了，人们喜欢在户外吃饭。
Extra Examples- Dusk came quickly.
黄昏来得很快。 - I never thought the day would come when I'd feel sorry for him.
我没想到有一天我会为他感到难过。 - The deadline came and went, but there was no reply from them.
最后期限到了，又过去了，但他们一直没有回复。 - Business improved as Christmas came nearer.
圣诞节临近，生意有所改善。 - At last, the time came to leave.
终于，到了离开的时候了。 - When the moment actually came, I began to feel a little nervous.
当那一刻真的来临时，我开始感觉有些紧张。 - He wanted to be buried beside her when the time came.
他希望到时候能葬在她的身边。 - The time had come to let a younger person lead the party.
是时候让一个年轻人来领导这个政党了。 - The high point of the concert came during the drum solo.
音乐会的高潮是鼓独奏。 - Come November, the high-season horror of traffic jams subsides.
进入十一月，旺季交通拥堵的恐惧逐渐消退。
- The agreement came after several hours of negotiations.
- [transitive] come to do something used in questions to talk about how or why something happened
（用于疑问句，表示怎么或为什么） - How did he come to break his leg?
他怎么把腿弄断的？ - How do you come to be so late?
你怎么这么晚？
- How did he come to break his leg?
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (not used in the progressive tenses) to have a particular position
位于，处于（某位置） - That comes a long way down my list of priorities.
在我的优先事项中，那事远没那么紧要。 - She came second (= received the second highest score) in the exam.
她这次考试名列第二。 - His family comes first (= is the most important thing in his life).
他把家庭放在首位。
- That comes a long way down my list of priorities.
- [intransitive] come to/into something used in many expressions to show that something has reached a particular state
（用于许多表达）达到，进入（某种状态） - At last winter came to an end.
冬天终于结束了。 - He came to power in 2019.
他于 2019 年上台执政。 - We need to come to an agreement on this issue.
我们需要就这个问题达成一致。 - When will they come to a decision?
他们何时会作出决定？ - our understanding of how the universe came into existence
我们对宇宙形成过程的认识 - The trees are coming into leaf.
树开始长叶子了。
- At last winter came to an end.
- [intransitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) (of goods, products, etc.) to be available or to exist in a particular way
可提供；有（货） - come in something This dress comes in black and red.
这款连衣裙有黑、红两种颜色。 - come with something The DVD comes with several bonus features.
该数字光盘额外收录几个特辑。
- New cars don't come cheap (= they are expensive).
新汽车没有便宜的。
Extra Examples- This luxury villa comes complete with its own private swimming pool.
这栋豪华别墅配有自己的私人游泳池。
- come in something This dress comes in black and red.
- [intransitive, transitive] to become
成为；变成；变得 - + adj. The handle came loose.
这把手松了。 - The buttons had come undone.
纽扣都松开了。 - Everything will come right in the end.
一切到最后都会好起来的。 - come to do something This design came to be known as the Oriental style.
这种设计后来被称为东方风格。
- + adj. The handle came loose.
- [transitive] come to do something to reach a point where you realize, understand or believe something
达到（认识、理解或相信的程度） - In time she came to love him.
她终于爱上了他。 - She had come to see the problem in a new light.
她开始从新的角度来看待这个问题。 - I've come to expect this kind of behaviour from him.
对于他的这种举止我渐渐不感到意外了。
- In time she came to love him.
- [intransitive] (informal) to have an orgasm
达到性高潮
to a place
travel
running/hurrying etc.
happen
to a position/state
sex
Word OriginOld English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen.
Idioms Most idioms containing come are at the entries for the nouns or adjectives in the idioms, for example come a cropper is at cropper.
be as clever, stupid, etc. as they come
- (informal) to be very clever, stupid, etc.
非常聪明（或愚蠢等）
come the… (informal)
- to play the part of a particular type of person; to behave in a particular way
扮演（某类人）；以（某种方式）行事 - Don't come the innocent with me.
别跟我扮无辜。
- Don't come the innocent with me.
come again?
- (informal) used to ask somebody to repeat something
（要求重复）再说一遍，你说什么来着 - ‘She's an entomologist.’ ‘Come again?’ ‘An entomologist—she studies insects.’
“她是昆虫学家。”“请再说一遍？”“昆虫学家，她是研究昆虫的。”
- ‘She's an entomologist.’ ‘Come again?’ ‘An entomologist—she studies insects.’
come and go
- to arrive and leave; to move freely
来去；来往；自由走动 - They had a party next door—we heard people coming and going all night.
他们在隔壁聚会，我们整夜都听见人来人往的声音。
- They had a party next door—we heard people coming and going all night.
- to be present for a short time and then go away
时来时去；忽隐忽现 - The pain in my leg comes and goes.
我的腿时而疼时而不疼。
- The pain in my leg comes and goes.
come easily, naturally, etc. to somebody
- (of an activity, a skill, etc.) to be easy, natural, etc. for somebody to do
（对某人而言）轻而易举（或生来就会等） - Acting comes naturally to her.
她天生就会表演。
- Acting comes naturally to her.
come to nothing | not come to anything
- to be unsuccessful; to have no successful result
不成功；失败；毫无成果 - How sad that all his hard work should come to nothing.
他的所有辛勤劳动竟全部付诸东流，太让人伤心了。 - Her plans didn't come to anything.
她的计划全落空了。
- How sad that all his hard work should come to nothing.
come to that | if it comes to that
- (informal, especially British English) used to introduce something extra that is connected with what has just been said
（引出与刚提及的事物相关的事）说起…来，既然如此，假如那样的话 - I don't really trust him—nor his wife, come to that.
我不太信任他。说起信任，我也不信任他的妻子。
- I don't really trust him—nor his wife, come to that.
come what may
- despite any problems or difficulties you may have
不管出现什么问题；无论有什么困难；不管怎样 - He promised to support her come what may.
他答应不管出现什么问题都支持她。
- He promised to support her come what may.
how come (…)? (informal)
- used to say you do not understand how something can happen and would like an explanation
（用以表示不理解情况是如何发生的，希望得到解释）怎么回事，怎么发生的，怎样解释 - ‘I think you owe me some money.’ ‘How come?’
“你好像欠我钱。”“怎么会呢？” - If she spent five years in Paris, how come her French is so bad?
既然她在巴黎待了五年，她的法语怎么还会这样糟糕？
- ‘I think you owe me some money.’ ‘How come?’
not come to much
- to not be important or successful
不重要；无关紧要；不成功
to come
- (used after a noun) in the future
将来；未来的 - They may well regret the decision in years to come.
他们过几年之后很可能会为这个决定而后悔。 - This will be a problem for some time to come (= for a period of time in the future).
这将是未来一段时期里的一个问题。
- They may well regret the decision in years to come.
when it comes to (doing) something
- when it is a question of something
当涉及某事（或做某事）时 - When it comes to getting things done, he's useless.
一涉及做事，他便不中用了。
- When it comes to getting things done, he's useless.
where somebody is coming from
- (informal) somebody’s ideas, beliefs, personality, etc. that makes them say what they have said
（决定某人言论的）某人的全部背景 - I see where you're coming from (= I understand what you mean).
我明白你究竟是什么意思。
- I see where you're coming from (= I understand what you mean).