词组区别: (hard to) come by 得到, 获得, get by 存活, 度日, come along a. 进展, 进度, 发展 b. 偶然发生, come around 回心转意, hard done by 不公平对待, come about 发生, come on 变好, 有进步, 取得进展, go about something 具体去做, 实际去做, 实际完成. go about one's business 做自己的事, anything to go by 什么指标, 算是个标准, 可资借鉴: come through I. transitive (come through something 挺过来) to be still alive, working, or making progress after a difficult or dangerous experience. To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it. The city had faced racial crisis and come through it. He's too old to come through a fall like that. It's been a very upsetting time but we've come through it together. II. intransitive if something such as a signal or a message comes through, you receive it. The call to the police came through at 5:40 p.m. If something comes through, it arrives, especially after some procedure has been carried out. A huge cheer of relief went up when the result came through. The news came through at about five o'clock on election day. a. if a document that you are expecting comes through, it is sent to you. The job offer still hasn't come through. b. To be approved. Good news—your auto loan came through 下来了, 被批了, 批准了! The insurance came through after all 保险最终还是被批了. III. intransitive if a feeling or quality that someone or something has comes through, it can be clearly understood or seen. If a feeling or message comes through, it is clearly shown in what is said or done. I hope my love for the material came through, because it is a great script. Their talk is often hard to fathom but their exuberance still comes through. Her disbelief comes through 显而易见 in the questions she asks. IV. intransitive informal to do something that you have agreed or promised to do. If you come through with what is expected or needed from you, you succeed in doing or providing it. He puts his administration at risk if he doesn't come through on these promises for reform. We found that we were totally helpless, and our women came through for us. The team came through when it mattered. Breaking Bad: ...the best oncologist, I mean, not even just in New Mexico... ...but one of the top 10 in the entire nation... ...his name is Dr. Delcavoli... ...and we see him on Friday. I mean, Marie really came through for us 说到做到, 信守承诺. She had her boss call, and.... show/shine/come through if a quality in someone's character shows/shines/comes through, people can see it in the way that person behaves, speaks, or writes. There was a quality of simplicity that shone through in her life and letters. come through with something to give someone something they need, especially when they have been worried that you would not produce it in time Our representative in Hong Kong finally came through with the figures. 0. come on I. if an illness comes on, it starts to affect you. If you have an illness or a headache coming on, you can feel it starting. Tiredness and fever are much more likely to be a sign of flu coming on. I can feel another headache coming on 来袭, 袭来. II. If something or someone is coming on well, they are developing well or making good progress. Lee is coming on very well now and it's a matter of deciding how to fit him into the team. The knee's coming on fine, I'm walking comfortably already. His English is coming on 有进步, 正在变好, 进展不错, isn't it?. III. If a new season or type of weather is coming on, it is starting to arrive. Winter was coming on again. I had two miles to go and it was just coming on to rain. come on strong informal to show very clearly that you are determined to do something, especially to start a sexual relationship with someone. come on stream to start to work or be effective The new power station will come on stream next month. be/come on the scene to start to exist or to get involved in a situation or activity a band that first came on the scene in the 1980s. come out on top/come out tops to be the best or the winner. Phil always comes out on top. good things come to those who wait(all things come to those who wait. all things in time. a penny saved is a penny earned. April showers bring May flowers. good things are worth waiting for. patience is a virtue) A patient seeker will be satisfied in due time; patience is a virtue. come good/right 好起来, 变好, 没事 to end well or successfully. In spite of problems, we kept on filming and hoped it would come good in the end. Don't worry. Things will come good. come to no good to end up badly; to come to a bad end. The street gang leaders came to no good in the end. things are looking up 开始好转, 有好转迹象, 开始变好 Things are or appear to be improving or becoming more hopeful. Since I got a salary increase, things are looking up. Things are looking up at school. I'm doing better in all my classes. Things are looking up for families across the country as the economy continues to rebound. I just found out that I got the job I wanted—things are really looking up! take a turn for the better/worse = change for the better 好转, 转好, 转坏, 变得更糟糕, 变好 (=become better/worse): The weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. The spokesman said the situation in Sarajevo had taken a dramatic turn for the better. 1. come by (something) I. to obtain money, wealth, or goods. to find or get something. to get something, especially something that is hard to get. To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily. I don't know how she came by that 怎么有了, 怎么到手, 怎么弄到的. A loyal friend is hard to come by 不易得, 很难得到, 难求. Somehow he came by a substantial fortune. How did you come by such a beautiful house? How did you come by that haircut? Where did you come by that new shirt? Mitchell had acquired some wealth, although whether he came by it honestly or dishonestly is not clear. A good boss is not so easy to come by. It's unclear how he came by his wealth. Side Effect Movie: I've tried everything else.You don't know, Martin.You've never had this. Youdon't know what it's like.Okay? Every afternoon it's like...It's like there's this poisonous fog bank rolling in on my mind, and I'm paralyzed 一动不能动. If I have to start over, I think I should see a different doctor. I'm sorry you feel that way. I understand your frustration. I've been doing a lot of, um, running on the treadmill here to try and get in shape and stimulate serotonin.You're not feeling like you're in a "poisonous fog"? No. No, not so much anymore. That phrase really stuck with me. How did you come by it? I don't know, really. Um...I guess it's just...I guess that's how I felt back then.You know, maybe I heard it or read it somewhere. Back on the boat with Martin, we used to always see the fog rolling in. I'm sure a lot of depressed people have felt that way before. The important thing is that I think the fog is finally lifting 雾开始消散. And I really think I'm going to be ready to get out of here soon. Usage notes: often used in the form hard to come by 一票难求: Fresh meat and fish were hard to come by. Bruce Springsteen concert tickets prove hard to come by. easy to come by 唾手可得, 到处都是, 随便哪里都有 easily found; easily purchased; readily available. Please be careful with that phonograph record. It was not easy to come by. A good dictionary is very easy to come by. II. to learn a skill I had to work hard to learn to skate. I didn't come by it easily. III. to stop some place for a visit. Can you come by our place for a few minutes on the way home? Please come by sometime. low-hanging fruit 唾手可得的果实, 现成的, 手到擒来, 易如反掌 (one's for the taking) (idiomatic) Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means. low-hanging fruit 唾手可得的果实, 现成的 (idiomatic) Easily obtained gains; what can be obtained by readily available means.hard to come by 不可多得, 难得到, 难搞到手 难觅, 无处寻觅, 难找 To come by something means to obtain it or find it. to obtain money, wealth, or goods. How did you come by that cheque? In rural France, English language magazines are rather hard to come by. At that time, teaching jobs abroad were hard to come by. The structure is completely unique, rising from the plot 地块 like something from a science fiction novel, with a pool inspired by a postage stamp and surrounded by its own eco-system. Potential buyers though have been hard to come by as the area has witnessed a slow down in trophy home sales. The asking price has fluctuated from $8m to $14m over the last few years. Now, Unique Estate have confirmed to the Australian Financial Review that Alkira will be auctioned without a guide price 指导价 at the end of the month to the highest bidder. Mitchell had acquired some wealth, although whether he came by it honestly or dishonestly is not clear. II. to learn a skill. I had to work hard to learn to skate. I didn't come by it easily. 2. hard done by 收到不公正对待, 不公正待遇 If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly. The hall porter was feeling hard done by at having to extend his shift. hard going 经历困难, 难懂, 难明白, 难理解. 很费劲. difficult to do or understand. difficult and tiring to do, deal with, or make progress with. If you say that something is hard going, you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort. The talks had been hard going at the start. I find her books a bit hard going. It was a good course but I found it hard going in parts. be hard hit 受灾严重, 受到严重影响 To be hard hit by something means to be affected very severely by it. California's been particularly hard hit by the recession. be hard put/pushed to do sth 费一番劲, 不容易, 费一番力气 If someone is hard put to do something or, in British English if they are hard pushed to do something, they have great difficulty doing it. Mr Morton is undoubtedly cleverer than Mr Kirkby, but he will be hard put to match his popularity. take sth hard If you take something hard, you are very upset or depressed by it. Maybe I just took it too hard. 3. get by 存活, 将就, 勉强度日, 维生, 维持生计, 勉强过活, 活下去 to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money. (intransitive, idiomatic) To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level. Do you think they can get by on only one salary? How can he get by on so little money? We can get by with four computers at the moment, but we'll need a couple more when the new staff arrive. get by 勉强度日 to have just enough of something such as money or knowledge so that you can do what you need to do. My arithmetic isn't very good, but I get by. get by on: I couldn't possibly get by on £500 a month. get by with 凑合着用, 勉勉强强, 将就: You could probably get by with that computer, but a more powerful one would be better. come by something to get something, especially something that is hard to get. How did you come by such a beautiful house?. 4. get along I. (intransitive, idiomatic, often followed by with) 合得来. = hit it off, click. To interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble. I wish the kids would get along better. She never did get along with her brother. II. (idiomatic) To survive; to do well enough. She didn't have a lot of money, but she had enough to get along. go along to get along 无可无不可的, 不挑剔的, 什么样都可以的, 怎么都行的. 听话, 顺从的 (idiomatic) To conform in order to have acceptance and security. Don invented a myth of himself, then made it a reality, and he had the stupidity—or the intelligence—to never stop believing in the myth. Lane Pryce, a go-along-to-get-along guy if ever there was one, doesn't have that myth. All he has is the ability to give and give and give until there's nothing more to take. Nobody wanted to speak out of turn( speak/talk out of turn 不识相, 乱讲话, 乱说话, 说不该说的 (slightly formal) to say something that you should not have said or that you did not have the authority to say. to say something unwise or imprudent; to say something at the wrong time. Excuse me if I'm speaking out of turn, but what you are proposing is quite wrong. Bob was quite honest, even if he was speaking out of turn. I'm sorry if I spoke out of turn, but somebody had to tell him the facts. ). Nobody wanted to go against the prevailing wisdom 一般共识. 随大流, 不特立独行( I. generally accepted; widespread. "the prevailing opinion". II. most frequent or conspicuous; predominant. "the prevailing wind is from the north". ). Everyone wanted to go along to get along. That's how you got promoted in the IMF. 5. live by something 遵守 to behave according to a particular set of beliefs or principles. He argued that even criminals have a code of ethics that they live by. live by/on your wits to have no real job but make the money that you need by being clever or dishonest. man cannot live by bread alone 人生光有面包是不够的, 人需要的不仅仅是吃饱穿暖 used for saying that people need more than food, money, and possessions in order to have a good life. 6. come about 怎么回事, 怎么发生的. 发生, 怎么搞得, 怎么回事 I. To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen. We have to ask, how did this come about? How did this damage come about? This came about due to the windstorm. We have to ask, how did this come about? How did this damage come about? This came about due to the windstorm. II. To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. [for a ship or boat] to turn. Look how easily this boat comes about. Now, practice making the boat come about. milk duds: According to the manufacturer, the word "Milk" in the name refers to the large amount of milk in the product; the use of "dud" came about because the original aim of having a perfectly round piece was found to be impossible. come to pass To happen; to occur. II. [for a ship or boat] to turn. Look how easily this boat comes about. Now, practice making the boat come about. come about 怎么回事, 怎么发生的. 发生, 怎么搞得, 怎么回事 I. to happen, especially by chance. When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened. Any possible solution can only come about through dialogue. That came about when we went to Glastonbury last year. It came about that he combined his businesses. come about through: The increase in production has come about through the use of technology. it comes about that 不知怎么的, 不知道怎么回事: I don't know how it came about that we stopped loving each other. II. if a ship comes about, it changes direction. 7. come around (to something) to change your opinion of something. To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first. 回心转意. Give her time给一些时间, 给点时间, and she may come around and see things your way. I want to go, and I think she'll come around and we'll actually take a vacation. come around To regain consciousness after a faint etc. come around (to some place) I. to come to some place for a visit. You must come around to our place for a while. Do come around and have dinner with us sometime. II. and come around (to visit) and come around (for a visit) to pay a casual visit to someone. Why don't you come around to visit next week? Why don't you come around for a visit? You are welcome any time. talk around someone 说服, 让...回心转意(come around) to succeed in persuading someone to agree to something, To persuade someone. talk someone around to succeed in persuading someone to agree to something. She's not happy it, but I'm sure I can talk her around. American English synonyms or related words for this sense of talk around: To persuade someone to agree with or support you: persuade, win over, woo, sway, target, carry, reason with, convert, sweeten up, get in with. 8. come along I. You tell someone to come along to encourage them in a friendly way to do something, especially to attend something. to go somewhere with someone I've never seen a baseball game – do you mind if I come along 跟随着, 跟着去? There's a big press launch today and you're most welcome to come along. to go somewhere so that you can be with someone who went there earlier Ray had some work to finish and decided to come along later. II. You say 'come along' to someone to encourage them to hurry up, usually when you are rather annoyed with them. Come along, Osmond. No sense in your standing around. III. When something or someone comes along, they occur or arrive by chance. I never thought I would get married until you came along. How did he come along? 你们是怎么认识的, 你们是怎么爱上的 Oh, he was a friend of mine. Then one day, it just clicked. He decided to give the money to the first stranger who came along. He told me to work hard and take every opportunity that comes along. I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny. It was lucky you came along. IV. If something is coming along, it is developing or making progress. to make progress, or to get better in quality, skill, or health. The building work was coming along nicely. The building work was coming along nicely 进展顺利. be coming along with something 进展如何, 近况如何, 现在是什么情况: How's Kathleen coming along with her swimming? How's Kathleen coming along with her swimming? The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month. Thomas is more relaxed and his skills are coming along. The Pentagon spokesperson says talks are coming along quite well. How's Ferguson coming along? be getting/coming along [with] used for saying how well someone is progressing or succeeding. How is your garden coming along? How are you getting along with your Arabic. be/come/go along for the ride to take part in an activity that other people are doing although you are not really interested in it The guys all went to a football game, and I went along for the ride. come along 进展怎样, 进度如何, 到什么程度了, 到什么阶段了 I. to develop or improve. To progress; to make progress. [usually progressive] to make progress, or to get better in quality, skill, or health. How's dinner coming [along]? The building work was coming along nicely. be coming along with something 怎么样了: How's Kathleen coming along with her swimming? The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month. Thomas is more relaxed and his skills are coming along. II. 出现. to appear or be available. to arrive, or to become available. Don't worry, boy, some one will come along and rock your world soon. He decided to give the money to the first stranger who came along. He told me to work hard and take every opportunity that comes along. Sometimes an album comes along that just sounds better than anything else you've heard in a long time. III. 跟过来, 跟着去. (intransitive, followed by "with") To accompany. to go somewhere with someone. I've never seen a baseball game – do you mind if I come along? I'd like you to come along with me to the opera. a. to go somewhere so that you can be with someone who went there earlier. Ray had some work to finish and decided to come along later. 9. go about something 做完, 完成, 实现, 真正去做, 实际去做 to approach the doing of something in a particular way. to do something. We'd like to help but we're not sure how to go about it. How do you go about getting a visa? How should I go about researching this topic? Would you tell me how to go about it. How do you go about getting a visa?. Mr. Sigourney Weaver受访谈prayers for bobby: It's the only practical way to go about this. I am glad to have the chance to get the word out, and people have finally seen that. go about something/doing something to do something. We'd like to help but we're not sure how to go about it. How do you go about getting a visa? go about/around四处溜达 with someone or something to go around in the company of someone or something. I always go about with my friends. Fran has been going around with James. get around to doing something找到时间, 找到时机, 找到机会 (spoken) to find time to do something. I wanted to see that movie but never got around to it. has come and gone 来了又走了 has already arrived and has already departed. No, Joy is not here. She's come and gone. Sorry, you are too late for your appointment. The doctor has come and gone. go on about something滔滔不绝, 三句话不离 Talk too much. He's always going on about his kids. go about your business 装的没事人似的, 跟没事人似的, 该干什么干什么 to do what you usually do. to continue doing what you usually do: In spite of last night's terrorist attack, most people seem to be going about their business as if nothing had happened. How could she make such a big mistake and then go about her business as if it never happened?. "The licences aren't just issued to anyone here, there's no comparison 没法比 with the United States," the owner said. "It's inflammatory ( [in'flæmətəri -tri] 让人火大的, 让人生气的. 让人光火的. 惹人生气的. Tending to inflame or provoke somebody. Sam posted an inflammatory comment in the talk page. ) to link [the recent massacres] with this, to say they shouldn't be made here at all. They're made for a purpose and they're not sold to the public. We're the quiet minority 老老实实, 脚踏实地做自己事, 遵纪守法的人 (摘自一篇文章: We were the quiet minority. We were the ones who would work quietly just for our own advancement without accepting a welfare check. That's what the newspapers and magazines at that time said. The whole notion of model minority was a social and political construct to place Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans in complete contradiction and conflict with African Americans and the civil rights movement. At the time, it was a creation 生捏硬造的, 胡编烂造的; it was a fiction. Certainly, there are examples of Chinese American science winners and kids who come with nothing. In my own family, we were children of immigrants and could go on to college and try to make something of ourselves. But that doesn't capture the complexity of who we are ( complexity I. The quality or condition of being complex. II. Something complex: a maze of bureaucratic and legalistic complexities. ). Supposedly we are the minority that doesn't have any problems, the minority that doesn't ever need to speak up about anything, the minority that has the road paved in gold ahead of us. That's simply not true at all. ), we just go about our business做我们该做的事, 做我们正常做的事 and it's very frustrating to be constantly up against it( be up against it to be having or likely to have serious problems or difficulties. With seven members of the team missing, Hull are going to be up against it. Many families are up against it, unable to afford even basic items. be up against something/somebody 面对的. if you are up against a situation, a person, or a group of people, they make it very difficult for you to achieve what you want to achieve. in conflict with something; facing something as a barrier. I am up against some serious problems. When I saw how deeply the racist views were held I began to understand what we were up against. The Welsh rugby team will really be up against it (= have a lot of problems) when they take on France next week. ).". 10. Prince Harry may be reconnecting with his wild side if new photographs are anything to go by ( 可资借鉴, 可以当作例证 可参照, 可参考. 'is anything to go by' means 'in our experience' or 'in the experience of the person writing' or 'in the experience of the person speaking'. Another example of 'is anything to go by' could be: you're standing on a station platform, you're looking at your watch, the train is late, you go up to a guard and say: 'When is the next train to London?' And the guard might say, 'Well, if previous trains are anything to go by, it will be half an hour late', meaning that his previous experience of the trains running late is about thirty minutes. Another example would be if, perhaps, we invited a well-known pop star onto our programme, Britney Spears, for example and we said, 'If we had Britney Spears on the programme, do you think we would get lots more listeners' letters asking us questions?' And our producer might say, 'Well, if last week's programme with Phil Collins is anything to go by, yes we would.' So in his experience in something similar is anything to go by. So it begins with if: 'if x is anything to go by then... something else.' So remember how to construct that: it's 'if' and 'is anything to go by', 'then', and then the concluding sentence.). go-by A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away. Give a proposal the go-by. Some songs to which we have given the go-by. — Prof. Wilson. go by I. to move past, in space or time. To pass or go past without much interaction. I like to sit and watch the world go by. You can watch the trains going by from this window. You can't let an opportunity like that go by - it's too good to miss. Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about her. in days gone by. in the past: The house was a railway station in days gone by. II. To pay a short visit: My parents were away when we went by last week. III. to be called, to use as a name. His full name is Ernest Tinkleton, but he goes by the name of Ernie. IV. To follow; to assume as true for the purposes of making a decision, taking an action, etc. I'm only going by what my teacher said. You got my pic, and you are imagine a lot of things out of that pic, but I don't your pics to go by. that's not fair. 11. bring about 因而发生, 导致发生, 导致变化 to make something happen, especially to cause changes in a situation. social changes that have been brought about by new technology. Major spending is required to bring about substantial improvements in housing. To bring something about means to cause it to happen. One way they can bring about political change is by putting pressure on the country. However, upon learning about the role, the actor actually requested to play Leonard instead, since he thought that between the best buds, he had the bigger chance to have a romantic partner. This decision was brought about by his frustration with being stuck in roles that had no romantic story arcs. 12. bring something on I. 这是怎么发生的, 这是哪里来的. 这是刮得什么风啊. 这是从何说起. to make something bad or unpleasant happen. to make something happen, usually something bad: The loud music brought on another one of his headaches. Stress can bring on an asthma attack. What's brought this on? Have I upset you somehow? Sheldon: I have decided, instead of wallowing [ˈwɑloʊ] in sadness about Amy it is time that I find myself a new female companion. Penny: Oh. Good for you. Leonard: What brought this on? II. to help someone to improve or make progress. Teachers have to bring on the bright children and at the same time give extra help to those who need it. III. to make plants or crops grow faster. Keeping the young plants in a greenhouse will help bring them on. bring it on informal used to say that you are prepared and willing to deal with something bad that is likely to happen. bring the curtain down on something 终结一个时代 to cause or mark the end of an event or situation Richardson brings the curtain down on one of the most amazing managerial careers of all-time this weekend. bring/keep someone up to date (with/on something) to inform someone of all the most recent news and changes in a situation. The newsletter will keep you up to date with our progress.
occur VS happen VS come about VS take place(均可用语某事件的发生, come about还可用于状态, 但均不能用语艺术作品等.): Both happen and come about may be used with events, and come about may be used with states, but neither is ordinarily used with works of literature or of another art. Happen refers to accidental or unplanned events. Occur is the same with happen but it is used in formal situations. Take place is used for pre-arranged events: events that has been planned. Why did World War I happen? How did it happen that WW I started? How did it come about that Germany was defeated? How did peace come about?
Dad's viral Facebook post for young son battling congenital heart defect: In his seven short years, Carter Gentle has undergone five open-heart surgeries to treat a congenital heart defect. The procedures (procedure I. a way of doing something, especially the correct or usual way. Companies use a variety of testing procedures to select appropriate candidates. procedure for: The procedure for doing this is explained fully in Appendix 3. follow a procedure: Those ticket holders who followed the proper procedure will receive a full refund. standard/proper procedure正常程序, 标准程序: Apparently the way we were treated is standard procedure in the department. II. 手术过程. a medical operation that is done in a particular way. It's a difficult procedure that can take 7 or 8 hours. grievance procedure a formal series of actions that an employee has to go through when they want to complain officially about the way that they have been treated at work. ) — including recent emergency surgery to repair the pacemaker he's had since birth — have left a number of deep scars on the Maine boy's small torso. Carter was so upset by scarring from his latest procedure that he was inconsolable 安慰不过来的 for close to an hour, the boy's father, country singer Mark Gentle, wrote in a Facebook post. "We were a little apprehensive ( 不敢的. slightly worried or nervous. apprehensive about: Leonora felt very apprehensive about his visit. apprehensive of: It's a strategy that many teachers are apprehensive of using. ) to post this, but I feel it's important. He said that he's afraid people will think he is ugly (because of the scars)," Gentle wrote. "That was hard to hear 受不了 ( One man said that he was "hard to hear," meaning that he had trouble hearing others, not that they couldn't hear him. 'I went and picked her up and she basically started telling me about her situation, which was hard for me to hear 听不下去 because she was my favourite little cousin when I was growing up,' he told Daily Mail Australia. 'Basically she was living on the streets, she became addicted to ice and was doing terrible things to get by. She didn't have anything.' ) as a parent. We told him that his scars are beautiful and make him look like a superhero." Our personal favourite feedback? "Chick dig scars, dude! Embrace them," from Facebook user David Newland. Just try telling that to his parents when he's a teen! make out: Do you speak German? I can make it out 理解 a little bit, but not fully.
