become
verb
uk/bɪˈkʌm/us/bɪˈkʌm/became|becomebecomeverb(BE)
A2[L]
tostartto be:
变成;成为;变得I was becomingincreasinglysuspiciousof hismotives.我越来越怀疑他的动机。
It was becomingcold, so welitthefire.天气越来越冷了,所以我们就燃起了火。
After giving upsmoking, he becamefatandirritable.戒烟后,他发福了,而且老爱发火。
Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first womanprimeministerin 1979.玛格丽特·撒切尔于1979年成为英国第一位女首相。
He has just become afather.他刚刚当上爸爸。
to become
- becomeMy arm was becoming more and more painful.
- getIt’s getting dark now.
- growTempers had been growing more and more frayed during the evening.
- goMy hair is going white.
- turnThe sky turned black.
- Of the four millionpeoplewho have becomevegetariansinBritain,nearlytwo-thirds are women.
- When did you become a UScitizen?
- People can becomeinfectedaftereatingraworundercookedmeat.
- Hestartedhisworkinglifeas anengineerbutlaterbecame ateacher.
- Prince Juan Carlos of Spain becamekingin 1975.
Starting and beginning
- be in the first flush ofidiom
- be/get in on the ground flooridiom
- begin
- branch out
- break intosomething
- develop
- export
- get down to businessidiom
- grow
- half-cock
- here
- here goes!idiom
- hit the ground runningidiom
- inaugurate
- strike
- strike out(somewhere)
- stuck
- stumble intosomething
- swing into actionidiom
- takesomethingup
becomeverb(SUIT)
[T]old-fashioned
tocausesomeone tolookattractive, or to besuitablefor someone:
使好看;适合,适于Thatcolourreally becomes you.那个颜色很适合你。
Attracting and tempting
- affinity
- allure
- alluringly
- arrest
- attract
- charisma
- charm offensive
- charm the pants offsomeoneidiom
- chum
- clickbait
- glamour
- honey trap
- incentive
- jump out atsomeone
- lure
- tempt
- temptation
- temptingly
- ticklesomeone'sfancyidiom
- va-va-voom
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Being suitable or unsuitable
Phrasal verb
become ofsomeone/something