become后面也可以跟名词，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，他成为大学生。）

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．

（约翰很快在班上成为最受欢迎的学生。）

grow作系动词用，后面也跟形容词，例如：

123）a．Time is growing short．

b．Time is getting short．

c．Time is becoming short．

（时间越来越短。）

124）a．The air has grown cold．

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

（空气变得冷了。）

125）a．She grew pale．

b．She turned pale．

（她变得苍白。）

126）a．His strength grew faint．

b．He became weak．

（他身体变得虚弱。）

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

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

（乐声在远处逐渐消逝。）

128）a．The sea is growing calmer．

b．The sea is becoming quieter．

（大海平静起来了。）

be growing to的主语如果是有生命的，其含义相当于 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．

（他变得越来越像他的父亲了。）

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

b．She is becoming fond of him．

（她越来越喜欢他。）

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．

（他越来越相信他所做的是对的。）

come当系动词用，后跟的形容词多是褒义，如come true/right/easy/natural等，其含义相当于become，prove to be，例如：

132）a．His dreams have come true．

b．His dreams have been realized．

（他的梦想实现了。）

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

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

（他说到头来一切都会是正确的。）

134）a．It comes easy with practice．

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

（实际去做它并不难。）

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．

（那一类事情对他是轻而易举的。）

come后面跟形容词open/loose，或带有前缀un-的过去分词，表示“松开”、“散开”等概念，例如：

136）a．The door has come open．

b．The door is now open．

（门打开了。）

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

b．The handle／hinge is now loose．

（把手／活页已经松了。）

138） a．The door has come unhinged．

b．The door is now unhinged．

（门的活页已经掉了。）

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

b．The flap of the envelope is unstuck．

（信封口没有粘上。）

140）a．The knot has come untied．

b．The knot is untied．

（绳结已经解开了。）

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

b．The buttons on my coat are unfastened．

（我上衣的扣子都松开了。）

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

b．The child's shoe laces are undone．

（这个孩子的鞋带松了。）

系动词go后跟的形容词，大多数是贬义的，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．

（肉坏了。）

144）a．The machine has gone wrong．

b．Something has gone wrong with the machine．

（这台机器出毛病了。）

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．

（在炎热的夏天，水果很快就腐烂。）

146）a．The engine went dead．

b．The engine became useless．

（这引擎不能用了。）

147）a．The milk went sour．

b．The milk turned sour．

（牛奶坏了。）

148）a．He's going bald．

b．He's becoming hairless．

（他的头发秃了。）

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

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

（这个可怜的老人在六十岁时眼睛瞎了。）

150）a．The old woman went mad．

b．The old woman went insane．

（这个老妇人疯了。）