a) (also come round British English)VISIT to come to someone’s home or the place where they work in order to visit them 拜访,探访SYN come over
I’ll come around later and see how you are.
我稍后过来,看看你的情况如何。
Why don’t you come round for lunch?
你过来吃午饭怎么样?
b) (also come roundBritish EnglishBrE)CHANGE YOUR MIND to change your opinion so that you now agree with someone or are no longer angry with them 改变观点〔认可对方或不再生气〕
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It took him a while to come around to the idea.
他过了一会儿才改变观点,接受这个主意。
Don’t worry – she’ll come round eventually.
别担心,她最后总会消气的。
c) (also come roundBritish EnglishBrE)HAPPEN if a regularevent comes around, it happens as usual 〔如往常一样〕发生;降临
By the time the summer came around, Kelly was feeling much better.
夏天来到时,凯莉感觉好多了。
d)American EnglishAmECONSCIOUS to become conscious again after you have been unconscious 苏醒,恢复知觉SYN British English come round
When she came around her mother was sitting by her bed.
她恢复知觉醒来时,母亲坐在她的床边。
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You might feel a little sick when you come around from the anesthetic.
麻醉醒来时可能会感到有一点不舒服。
Examples from the Corpus
come around• She was coming round after her operation, but she still felt dizzy and very sleepy.• We're hoping that they'll eventually come round to accepting our offer.• We had to talk to Sam for a long time before he came round to our way of thinking.• He'll come around eventually. He doesn't have any choice, does he?• Henry's eyelidsflickered. 'He's coming around!' Marie cried.• My mother stopped speaking to me when I first married Tom, but she's slowly coming around now.• A lot of employers are coming around to the idea that older employees have a lot to offer a company.