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日积月累:系动词表示“变”

become, come, fall, get, go, grow, run, turn是表示状态变化的系动词,与形容词构成固定的搭配,描述“变的状态”。

I. become

例1. There are certainly things you can do to become more beautiful – inside and out. 当然,你可以做一些事情使自己从内到外变得更加美丽。

例2. Here are seven ways that you can become more powerful. 以下是七种让你变得更强大的方法。

例3. What happens if a cow becomes lame? 如果母牛跛了怎么办?

II. come

例4. If you want a qualified accountant, their services don't come cheap.如果你想要一个合格的会计师,他们的服务可不便宜。

例5. Success hasn't come easy for her.对她来说,成功来之不易。

例6. I'd always dreamed of owning my own home, and now my dream has come true. 我一直梦想着拥有自己的房子,现在我的梦想实现了。

III. fall

例7. He always falls asleep during lectures.他上课时总是睡着。

例8. Why can some people dodge COVID when others fall ill? 当其他人生病时,为什么有些人可以避开新冠病毒?

例9. The bells throughout the city will fall silent again at 1pm on January 1.1月1日下午1点全城的钟声将再次沉默。

IV. get

例10. Winter tornadoes will get more powerful as the Earth warms. 随着地球变暖,冬季龙卷风的威力将变得更强。

例11. It doesn't mean that we may get wiser as we get old. 这并不意味着年龄越大越聪明。

例12. Please don't get angry. 请不要生气。

V. go

例13. All these things would go bad before half was eaten.所有这些东西还没吃完一半就坏了。

例14.When do men usually start to go bald? 男人通常什么时候开始秃顶?

例15. Alice went blind in her right eye four years ago.爱丽丝四年前右眼失明了。

例16. Despite your best efforts, sometimes jam will just go cloudy. 尽管你尽了最大努力,有时果酱还是会发霉。

例17. The girls went crazy when they saw their favorite singer. 女孩们看到她们最喜欢的歌手时都发疯了。

例18. The disease caused Kitty to go deaf when she was 5. 这种疾病使基蒂五岁时失聪。

例19. Some will go green as soon as there's a ripple of water.有些人一上船见到水波就会晕船。

例20. Her hair was going grey. 她的头发渐渐变灰白了。

例21. This kind of cake is easy to go hard这种蛋糕容易变硬。

例22. What does it mean when a cow goes lame? 母牛跛了意味着什么?

例23. She went mad at the sight of her child lying on the ground crying. 她一看到孩子躺在地上哭就发疯了。

例24. This kind of cheese is easy to go mouldy.这种奶酪容易发霉。

例25. When she heard the news, she went pale. 当她听到这个消息时,脸色苍白。

例26. Ser Boros went purple with rage.伯罗斯爵士气得脸色发紫。

例27. He went go red with anger at the sight of his damaged car. 他一看到破损的汽车气得脸通红。

例28. What metal goes rusty if you leave it in water? 什么金属在水中会生锈?

例29. Do you know why bread goes stale? 你知道面包变质的原因吗?

例30. Everything is going wrong for me today. 我今天一切都不顺利。

VI. grow

例31. Truth never grows old. 真理永远不会过时。

例32. The king grew purple with rage. 国王气得脸色发紫。

例33. The fox may grow grey, but never good. 狐狸活到老,永远难变好。(江山易改, 本性难移。)

VII. run

例34. The river will run dry soon. 这条河很快会干涸的。

例35. You mustn’t let the children run wild and do what they like. 你不要让孩子们毫无约束,爱什么就干什么。

例36. His money was running short. 他的钱越来越少了。

VIII. turn

例37. My fingers turn blue for hours when it's cold. 天气冷的时候,我的手指会冻得发青好几个小时。

例38. The steel turns blue quickly, after which you rinse it in cold water to remove and neutralize the chemicals. 钢很快就会变蓝,然后用冷水冲洗,去除并中和化学物质。

例39. The grass had turned brown. 草已经变成棕色了。

例40. His hair is beginning to turn grey. 他的头发开始变得花白。

例41. He turned pale at the thought. 想到这个,他脸色变得苍白。

例42.When she saw this, she turned scarlet again. 她看到这一幕时,脸又变得通红。

结论:

1. “脸变色”(描述脸部所表达的情绪变化)用go或turn+表示颜色的形容词,不用become。

2. 在美式英语中,描述“变的状态”,通常用turn,而不用go。