Meaning
基本用法：
1. 偶然遇到某人：比如，“I came across my old friend at the mall.” 这句话表示在购物中心偶然遇到了老朋友。
2. 无意中发现某物：例如，“She came across a rare book in the library.” 意思是在图书馆偶然发现了一本罕见的书。
3. 表达某物或某人给人的印象：例如，“He comes across as a very confident person.” 这里表示他给人的印象是一个非常自信的人。
这个短语可以用在不同的情境中，帮助描述那些没有计划或意料之外的发现或见面。通过使用“come across”，你的表达会更生动和自然。Today's Sentences
01
You won’t believe what I came across today!
Situation
You won’t believe what I came across today!
Let me guess, another stray dog?
No, even better.
A vintage Polaroid camera at a yard sale!
在庭院拍卖会上找到一台复古的Polaroid相机！
Knowing you, the dog will probably end up in the next photo.
02
I smiled the moment I came across it.
Situation
Guess what?
I found your love letter from high school!
我找到了你高中时写的情书！
What?! You still have that?
I thought you’d given it up ages ago!
我以为你早就放弃了呢！
I smiled the moment I came across it.
It still makes my heart skip.
它仍然让我心跳加速。
Wow, I must’ve been charming back then.
Writer's Note
"Come across" is an intransitive and inseparable phrasal verb.
- 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.
结构: "Subject + come across + object"
例子 1: 我在打扫阁楼时偶然发现了一张旧照片。
例子 2: 她在市中心偶然发现了一家很棒的小咖啡馆。
例子 3: 我们在散步时偶然遇到了一只流浪狗。
结构: “主语 + come across + 宾语”
例子 1: 他给人的印象是非常自信，但实际上他很害羞。
例子 2: 我们在散步时遇到了一只流浪狗。
结构: “主语 + come across + as + 形容词/名词”
例子 3: 他给人的印象是非常自信，但实际上他很害羞。
例子 4: 你的信息给人的感觉有点太严肃了。
结构: “主语 + come across (+ 副词/介词短语)”
例子 5: 他的幽默感并不总是能在短信中传达出来。
例子 6: 她的热情在演讲中确实展现得淋漓尽致。
Related words: Appear, encounter, find, happen upon, meet, run across, run into, seem, strike, stumble upon.
