Meaning

「Come across」是一個常用的英文片語動詞,主要有兩種意思。

  • 首先,它可以表示「偶然遇見」或「偶然發現」。例如,如果你在街上偶然遇到一個多年前的朋友,你可以說:「I came across my old friend on the street today.」這裡的「come across」強調的是偶然性,並非刻意安排。
  • 其次,「come across」也可以用來描述某人給他人的印象或形象。例如,如果某人第一次見面給你留下了良好的印象,你可以說:「He comes across as a very friendly person.」在此情境中,「come across」表示的是某人所傳達給他人的印象。
  • 總之,「come across」是一個多義的片語,既可以指偶然的相遇或發現,也可以用來描述印象或形象。了解這兩種用法有助於更靈活地使用這個片語。

    Today's Sentences

    01

    You won’t believe what I came across today!

    Situation

    You won’t believe what I came across today!

    你不會相信我今天發現了什麼!

    Let me guess, another stray dog?

    讓我猜猜,又是一隻流浪狗?

    No, even better.
    A vintage Polaroid camera at a yard sale!

    不,更好的是。
    在庭院拍賣中找到一台復古的 Polaroid 相機!

    Knowing you, the dog will probably end up in the next photo.

    了解你之後,狗狗可能會出現在下一張照片中。

    02

    I smiled the moment I came across it.

    Situation

    Guess what?
    I found your love letter from high school!

    猜猜怎麼了?
    我找到了你高中時期的情書!

    What?! You still have that?
    I thought you’d given it up ages ago!

    什麼?!你還留著那個嗎?
    我以為你早就放棄了!

    I smiled the moment I came across it.
    It still makes my heart skip.

    我一看到它就微笑了
    它仍然讓我的心跳漏了一拍

    Wow, I must’ve been charming back then.

    哇,我當時一定很有魅力。

    Writer's Note

    "Come across" is an intransitive and inseparable phrasal verb.

    「Come across」是一個不及物且不可分的片語動詞。
    1. Intransitive - A phrasal verb that needs an object to complete its meaning.
      Structure: "Subject + come across + object"
      Example 1: I came across an old photo while cleaning the attic.
      Example 2: She came across a great little cafe downtown.
      Example 3: We came across a stray dog on our walk.
    2. Intransitive - 一個需要受詞來完成其意義的片語動詞。
      Structure: 「Subject + come across + object」
      Example 1: 我在打掃閣樓時偶然發現了一張舊照片。
      Example 2: 她偶然發現了市區的一家很棒的小咖啡館。
      Example 3: 我們在散步時偶然遇見了一隻流浪狗。
    3. Inseparable - When an object cannot be placed between the particle and verb.
      Structure: "Subject + come across + object"
      Example 1: He comes across as very confident, but he’s actually shy.
      Example 2: We came across a stray dog on our walk.

      Structure: "Subject + come across + as + adjective/noun"
      Example 3: He comes across as very confident, but he’s actually shy.
      Example 4: Your message came across as a little too serious.

      Structure: "Subject + come across (+ adverb/prepositional phrase)"
      Example 5: His humor doesn’t always come across in text messages.
      Example 6: Her passion really came across during the speech.
    4. 不可分割 - 當一個物體不能被放在小品詞和動詞之間時。
      結構: 「主語 + come across + 受詞」
      例子 1: 他給人一種非常自信的感覺,但他其實很害羞。
      例子 2: 我們在散步時遇到了一隻流浪狗。

      結構: 「主語 + come across + as + 形容詞/名詞」
      例子 3: 他給人一種非常自信的感覺,但他其實很害羞。
      例子 4: 你的訊息給人的感覺有點太嚴肅。

      結構: 「主語 + come across (+ 副詞/介系詞片語)」
      例子 5: 他的幽默感不總是在簡訊中傳達出來。
      例子 6: 她的熱情在演講中真正地表達了出來。

    Related words: Appear, encounter, find, happen upon, meet, run across, run into, seem, strike, stumble upon.

    相關 詞彙:Appear, encounter, find, happen upon, meet, run across, run into, seem, strike, stumble upon.
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