a)if something comes out, it is removed from a place 〔從某處〕移掉,去掉
These stains will never come out!
這些污迹永遠也去不掉了!
b)if information comes out, people learn about it, especially after it has been kept secret 〔尤指被保密的信息〕被人所知,洩露
No doubt the truth will come out one day.
毫無疑問總有一天會真相大白。
It’s come out that several ministers received payments from the company.
真相被揭露出來,幾名部長收受了那家公司的錢。
c)PHOTOGRAPHTCPif a photograph comes out, it shows a clear picture 〔照片〕清楚地沖洗出來
I took some photographs, but they didn’t come out.
我拍了一些照片,但沖洗出來效果不好。
The wedding photos have come out really well.
婚禮的照片沖印出來效果很好。
d)BECOME AVAILABLEAVAILABLEif a book, record etc comes out, it becomes publicly available 〔書、唱片等〕推出,發行
When is the new edition coming out?
新版什麽時候出版?
e)FINISH IN A PARTICULAR WAYif something comes out in a particular way, that is what it is like after it has been made or produced 結果爲,制造成〔某種樣子〕
I’ve made a cake, but it hasn’t come out very well.
我做了個蛋糕,但做得不是很好。
The cover has come out a bit too big.
罩子做得太大了一點。
f)BE SAIDSAY/STATEif something you say comes out in a particular way, that is how it sounds or how it is understood 〔以某種方式〕被說出;被理解成
His words came out as little more than a whisper.
他的話就像是耳語。
That didn’t come out the way I meant it to.
那不是我原先想說的意思。
I tried to explain everything to her, but it came out all wrong (=not in the way I intended).
我試圖跟她解釋這一切,但越解釋越糟糕。
g)if someone comes out in a particular way, that is the situation they are in at the end of an event or series of events 結果,結局
The more experienced team came out on top.
經驗更豐富的球隊排名最高。
of
She came out of the divorce quite well.
她順利地挺過了離婚這一關。
h)BECOME CLEARCLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto be easy to notice 顯現,顯出
His right-wing opinions come out quite strongly in his later writings.
他的右翼觀點在他後來的文章裏非常明顯。
i)SAY PUBLICLYSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANto say publicly that you strongly support or oppose a plan, belief etc 公開表示〔贊同或反對的〕觀點
in favour of
The board of directors has come out in favour of a merger.
董事會已經表示支持合並。
against
Teachers have come out against the proposed changes.
教師對於提議的這些變革表示反對。
At least he’s got the courage to come out and say what he thinks.
至少他有勇氣公開說出自己的想法。
j)SUNAPPEARif the sun, moon, or stars come out, they appear in the sky 〔太陽、月亮或星辰〕出現,顯現
The sky cleared and the sun came out.
天空放晴,太陽出來了。
k)FLOWEROPENif a flower comes out, it opens 〔花朵〕開放
The snowdrops were just starting to come out.
雪花蓮剛開始開放。
l)GAYSYif someone comes out, they say that they are gay when this was a secret before 承認自己是同性戀
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That summer, I decided to come out to my parents.
那年夏天,我決定向父母坦白我是同性戀。
m)STOP WORKING/GO ON STRIKEBritish EnglishBrE informal to refuse to work, as a protest 罷工
Nurses have threatened to come out in support of their pay claim.
護士們威脅說要以罷工來支持她們的加薪要求。
We decided to come out on strike.
我們決定舉行罷工。
n)SSif a young woman came out in the past, she was formally introduced into upper-class society at a large formaldance 〔舊時的少女通過舞會〕正式進入上流社會社交界
Examples from the Corpus
come out• When I turned on the tap a brownish liquidcame out.• Use plenty of washingpowder otherwise mud and grassstains won't come out.• A few new facts came out at the trial.• The moon came out from behind a cloud.• The truth about the scandalcame out long after he had left office.• I can't get the ketchup to come out of the bottle.• There's oilcoming out of your engine.• As the sky grew darker, the stars came out one by one.• During the hearing it came out that she had tried to commitsuicide.• Johncame out to his family last year.
come of• A sound comes out of his mouth like a nail being out of a plank of greenpine.• The t-shirt is white with a horrible looking plasticaliencoming out of it, jaws open, blood everywhere.• I can't get these pen marks to come out of my shirt.• When water is running, water comes out of one fixture or another.• As you surface, the pressure on your body fluidsdecreases and the nitrogencomes out ofsolution.• We're waiting to see what comes out of the inquiry before we make a decision.• All the smartstuffcomes out of the programmer's head in the way he or she built the system.• Nipperscame out of the psycho-social lives of children.• Much of what came out of the Rio Summit did not have an immediate effect.• He came out of the surfexhausted and starving and naked.• Yet you be surprised at the number of people come out of there talking about their twenty-year guarantee.
come out and say• This old ladycame out and said about the cough - she gave me a dose of cough medicine.• It was the first time I had ever come out and said anything like that when the children could hear me.• For one thing, he came out and said he hatedfunk, a Peppersmainstay.• If he had something to say, let him come out and say it!• When he announced his success and I went to congratulate him, he almost came out and said it.• A: Lieutenant Calley came out and said take care of these people.• The old bloke at receptioncomes out and says there's a call for Claire Parsons.• No politician here can come out and saytobacco is bad for you and expect to be re-elected.
come to• One of the girls from the village, Victorine went on: used to come out to help me with the cleaning.• After all, she might have seen it on the ceptors and come out to help.• Instead, he spent his 4 years in prison and came out to lead his organization again.• Ellie came out to the farm and stayed for three days.• They stopped asking him to come out to their political rallies.• In other major cities, students came out tovoice their grievances, worries and hopes about reform.• Am I glad we came out to work for the entireseason, Rosie!
come out on strike• Don't worry about them coming out on strike.• Five enterprises in Yeltsin's home town of Sverdlovsk came out on strike.• The student body thereupon came out on strike.• From 7 April 1916, SouthMetropolitanstaffcame out on strike against the employment of women drivers.• Unionleaders are calling on their members to come out on strike from next Monday.• The government just didn't expect teachers to come out on strike in support of the miners.• From the start, there was much confusion about who should come out on strike to support the miners.