词组讲解
1. come to one's senses **觉醒;恢复意识,苏醒
解 习语;词义溯源:变成[有意识、有知觉(senses)]的状态
例 Isuggest you take a few days to come to your senses before you buy the
Grandeur2 you
want so much. You've got a bad case of“consumer fever!” You can't afford it, but you want it
anyway. Does that make sense?
2. come to terms with sb. or sth. / come to terms **达成协议,妥协;(勉强)接受
解 习语;词义溯源:达成[协议(terms)]
例 This generation of British seems to have come to terms with the fact that England is no
longer the great world power it once was. With this
realization3, they are, for better or worse, not
tied to the past the same way their parents' generation was.
3. come to the
fore1 **(问题等)涌现;脱颖而出
解 习语;词义溯源:变成[在前面的(to the fore)]的状态
例
Gang4 activities among children of the wealthy came to the fore when police arrested over
a dozen members of an AAA gang who had been terrorizing local high school students. Every TV
news program and major newspaper featured special reports on the
shameful5 but interesting
problem.
4. come 〔get〕 to the point **谈到要点;直截了当地说
解 习语;词义溯源:变成[切题(to the point)]的状态
例 We haven't got all night, Bob. Do you think you could come to the point so we can all get
out of here before it's late?
5. come to think of it **想起来了;的确;再三考虑
解 习语;词义溯源:开始[想到(think of)];用于描述突然想起某事或认识到其重
要性;参照when (now) I come to think of it
例 Yesterday I told you I had never made an
overseas6 long distance call from the office, but
come to think of it, I have. I think it was to Singapore. But it was long time ago, so I didn't
remember it at first.
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