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become

verb
 OPAL S
🔊/bɪˈkʌm/
🔊/bɪˈkʌm/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they become
🔊/bɪˈkʌm/
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he / she / it becomes
🔊/bɪˈkʌmz/
🔊/bɪˈkʌmz/
past simple became
🔊/bɪˈkeɪm/
🔊/bɪˈkeɪm/
past participle become
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-ing form becoming
🔊/bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/
🔊/bɪˈkʌmɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1.  
     linking verb to start to be something开始变得；变成；成为
    • + adj. It soon became apparent that no one was going to come.很快就很清楚，没人会来。🔊🔊
    • It is becoming increasingly clear that something has gone seriously wrong.事情已经变得越来越严重，这已经变得越来越明显。
    • When did you first become aware of the problem?您是什么时候第一次意识到这个问题的？
    • It was becoming more and more difficult to live on his salary.他越来越难以靠他的工资维持生计了。🔊🔊
    • She was becoming confused.她开始糊涂了。🔊🔊
    • + noun She became queen in 1952.她于 1952 年成为女王。🔊🔊
    • The bill will become law next year.该议案将于明年成为法律。🔊🔊
    • Over the last five years she has become part of the family.在过去的五年中，她已成为一家人。
    • How can I become a member of the society?我怎样才能成为社会的一员？
    • She’s studying to become a teacher.她正在学习成为一名老师。
    • His job has become his whole life.他的工作成了他的一生。
  2. [transitive, no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) become somebody (formal) to be suitable for somebody适合（某人）；（与…）相称
    • Such behaviour did not become her.这种举止与她的身份不相称。🔊🔊
  3. [transitive, no passive] (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) become somebody (formal) to look attractive on somebody使（人）显得漂亮；使好看 synonym suit
    • Short hair really becomes you.你理短发很好看。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginOld English becuman ‘come to a place, come (to be or do something)’ (see be-, come), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bekomen and German bekommen ‘get, receive’.
Idioms
what became, has become, will become of somebody/something?
  1. used to ask what has happened or what will happen to somebody/something（遭遇）如何；（结果）怎么样
    • What became of that student who used to live with you?以前和你住在一起的那个学生后来怎么样了？🔊🔊
    • I dread to think what will become of them if they lose their home.我不敢设想他们如果无家可归将会怎么样。🔊🔊