become後面也可以跟名詞，例如：

121）a．He became a university student last September．

b．He entered the university last September．

c．He began to study as a student at the university last September．

（去年九月，他成為大學生。）

122）a．John soon became the most popular student in his class．

b．John soon got to be the most popular student in his class．

（約翰很快在班上成為最受歡迎的學生。）

grow作系動詞用，後面也跟形容詞，例如：

123）a．Time is growing short．

b．Time is getting short．

c．Time is becoming short．

（時間越來越短。）

124）a．The air has grown cold．

b．The air has turned cold． c．The air is now cold．

（空氣變得冷了。）

125）a．She grew pale．

b．She turned pale．

（她變得蒼白。）

126）a．His strength grew faint．

b．He became weak．

（他身體變得虛弱。）

127）a．The sounds of the music grew fainter in the distance．

b．The sounds of the music were fading away in the distance．

（樂聲在遠處逐漸消逝。）

128）a．The sea is growing calmer．

b．The sea is becoming quieter．

（大海平靜起來了。）

be growing to的主語如果是有生命的，其含義相當于 be getting to或 be becoming，例如：

129）a．He is growing to be more and more like his father．

b．He is getting to be more and more like his father．

（他變得越來越像他的父親了。）

130）a．She is growing to like him better．

b．She is becoming fond of him．

（她越來越喜歡他。）

grow to believe的意思等于 become more convinced或 gradually form the belief，例如：

131）a．He grew to believe that what he did was right．

b．He became more and more convinced that what he did was right．

c．He gradually formed the belief that what he did was right．

（他越來越相信他所做的是對的。）

come當系動詞用，後跟的形容詞多是褒義，如come true/right/easy/natural等，其含義相當于become，prove to be，例如：

132）a．His dreams have come true．

b．His dreams have been realized．

（他的夢想實現了。）

133）a．He says everything will come all right in the end．

b．He says everything will prove to be correct in the end．

（他說到頭來一切都會是正确的。）

134）a．It comes easy with practice．

b．It proves to be easy when it is put into practice．

（實際去做它并不難。）

135）a．That sort of thing comes natural to him．

b．He does that sort of thing without hav－ing to learn or make an effort．

（那一類事情對他是輕而易舉的。）

come後面跟形容詞open/loose，或帶有前綴un-的過去分詞，表示“松開”、“散開”等概念，例如：

136）a．The door has come open．

b．The door is now open．

（門打開了。）

137）a．The handle／hinge has come loose．

b．The handle／hinge is now loose．

（把手／活頁已經松了。）

138） a．The door has come unhinged．

b．The door is now unhinged．

（門的活頁已經掉了。）

139）a．The flap of the envelope has come unstuck．

b．The flap of the envelope is unstuck．

（信封口沒有粘上。）

140）a．The knot has come untied．

b．The knot is untied．

（繩結已經解開了。）

141）a．The buttons on my coat have come unfastened．

b．The buttons on my coat are unfastened．

（我上衣的扣子都松開了。）

142）a．The child's shoe laces have come undone．

b．The child's shoe laces are undone．

（這個孩子的鞋帶松了。）

系動詞go後跟的形容詞，大多數是貶義的，如go bad／wrong／rotten／dead／sour／bald／blind／mad等，例如：

143）a．The meat has gone bad．

b．The meat is now bad．

（肉壞了。）

144）a．The machine has gone wrong．

b．Something has gone wrong with the machine．

（這台機器出毛病了。）

145）a．Fruit quickly goes rotten in hot summer．

b．Fruit quickly goes／becomes bad in hot summer．

c．Fruit quickly rots in hot summer．

d．Fruit quickly decays in hot summer．

（在炎熱的夏天，水果很快就腐爛。）

146）a．The engine went dead．

b．The engine became useless．

（這引擎不能用了。）

147）a．The milk went sour．

b．The milk turned sour．

（牛奶壞了。）

148）a．He's going bald．

b．He's becoming hairless．

（他的頭發秃了。）

149）a．The poor man went blind at the age of sixty．

b．The poor man lost his eyesight at the age of sixty．

（這個可憐的老人在六十歲時眼睛瞎了。）

150）a．The old woman went mad．

b．The old woman went insane．

（這個老婦人瘋了。）