Meaning
- To encounter or find something unexpectedly.
- To give a certain impression or be perceived in a particular way.
- To successfully communicate or make your message understood.
Today's Sentences
01
You won’t believe what I came across today!
Situation
You won’t believe what I came across today!
你不會相信我今天遇到了什麼！
Let me guess, another stray dog?
讓我猜猜，又是一隻流浪狗嗎？
No, even better.
A vintage Polaroid camera at a yard sale!
不，更好的是。
在跳蚤市場發現一臺復古的 Polaroid 相機！
在跳蚤市場發現一臺復古的 Polaroid 相機！
Knowing you, the dog will probably end up in the next photo.
了解你，狗狗很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！
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？
我還以為你早就放棄了！
我還以為你早就放棄了！
I smiled the moment I came across it.
It still makes my heart skip.
我微笑了，當我遇到它的那一刻。
它仍然讓我的心怦然一跳。
它仍然讓我的心怦然一跳。
Wow, I must’ve been charming back then.
哇，我那時候一定很有魅力。
Writer's Note
"Come across" is an intransitive and inseparable phrasal verb.
「Come across」 是一個不及物且不可分離的片語動詞。
- 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. - 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.
Intransitive - 需要一個受詞來完成其意義的片語動詞。
Structure: 「Subject + come across + object」
Example 1: 我在清理閣樓時，came across 一張舊照片。
Example 2: 她在市中心 came across 一家很棒的小咖啡館。
Example 3: 我們在散步時 came across 一隻流浪狗。
Structure: 「Subject + come across + object」
Example 1: 我在清理閣樓時，came across 一張舊照片。
Example 2: 她在市中心 came across 一家很棒的小咖啡館。
Example 3: 我們在散步時 came across 一隻流浪狗。
不可分開 - 當一個物件不能放在介系詞和動詞之間時。
結構: 「Subject + come across + object」
例子 1: 他給人的印象是非常自信，但實際上他很害羞。
例子 2: 我們在散步時遇到了一隻流浪狗。
結構: 「Subject + come across + as + adjective/noun」
例子 3: 他給人的印象是非常自信，但實際上他很害羞。
例子 4: 你的訊息給人的感覺有點太嚴肅。
結構: 「Subject + come across (+ adverb/prepositional phrase)」
例子 5: 他的幽默感並不總是能在文字訊息中表達出來。
例子 6: 她的熱情在演講中真正展現出來了。
結構: 「Subject + come across + object」
例子 1: 他給人的印象是非常自信，但實際上他很害羞。
例子 2: 我們在散步時遇到了一隻流浪狗。
結構: 「Subject + come across + as + adjective/noun」
例子 3: 他給人的印象是非常自信，但實際上他很害羞。
例子 4: 你的訊息給人的感覺有點太嚴肅。
結構: 「Subject + come across (+ adverb/prepositional phrase)」
例子 5: 他的幽默感並不總是能在文字訊息中表達出來。
例子 6: 她的熱情在演講中真正展現出來了。
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.
