come up

phrasal verbphr v

a) MOVE NEARNEARif someone comes up to you, they come close to you, especially in order to speak to you 走近，靠近〔尤为了和某人说话〕

One of the teachers came up and started talking to me.

其中一位老师走到我跟前和我说起话来。

A man came up to him and asked for a light.

一个男人走上前来向他借火。

b) TRAVEL NORTHTRAVELif someone comes up to a place, they travel north to the place where you are 北上

Why don’t you come up to New York for the weekend?

你为什么不去纽约度周末呢？

c) APPEAR OR HAPPENif a subject comes up, people mention it and discuss it 被提到，被提起 SYN arise

His name came up in the conversation.

谈话中提到了他的名字。

The subject of salaries didn’t come up.

没有谈到薪水的事。

d) PROBLEMHAPPENif a problem or difficulty comes up, it appears or starts to affect you 〔困难或问题〕出现 SYN arise

I’m afraid I’ll have to cancel our date – something’s come up.

恐怕我得取消我们的约会了——出了点事情。

The same problems come up every time.

每次都出现相同的问题。

e) if a job or an opportunity comes up, it becomes available 〔工作或机会〕出现

A vacancy has come up in the accounts department.

会计部有一个职位空缺。

f) to be dealt with in a law court 开庭审理

Your case comes up next week.

你的案件下周开庭审理。

g) be coming up to be going to happen soon 即将开始，即将到来

With Christmas coming up, few people have much money to spare.

随着圣诞节的临近，有大笔闲钱的人不多了。

h) SUN/MOONif the sun or moon comes up, it moves up into the sky where you can see it 〔太阳或月亮〕升起，出来 SYN rise

It was six o'clock, and the sun was just coming up.

那时是6点钟，太阳刚刚升起。

i) if a plant comes up, it begins to appear above the ground 〔植物〕破土而出，发芽

The first spring bulbs are just coming up.

春天的第一批新芽正在破土而出。

j) if food comes up, it goes back through your mouth from your stomach after being swallowed 〔食物〕呕出，吐出 → vomit

k) coming (right) up! spokenREADY used to say that food or drink will be ready very soon 〔食品或饮料〕马上就来！立刻就好！

‘Two Martinis, please.’ ‘Coming up!’

“请来两杯马丁尼。”“马上就来！”

Examples from the Corpus

come up• There are job vacancies from time to time. I'll let you know if anything comes up.• The sun was coming up and you could just see the tops of the mountains.• He rang to say he would be late home -- something had come up at the office.• When the opportunity to go to the States came up, Dora took it at once.• The moon came up slowly over the pine trees.• The weeds keep coming up year after year.• I sowed lots of poppies, but they haven't come up yet.

come to• Girls did not come up to him and nuzzle him.• Or else the very following things will happen: This kid came up to me and gave me a hug good night.• Total strangers used to come up to me and tell me how much they'd enjoyed the show.• An old guy come up to me in the street and asked for a dime for coffee.• One of the reserves came up to me.• Freddie's been growing so fast - he already comes up to my shoulder.• In the shallow end of the pool, the water comes up to my waist.• If Marge did come up to Rome suddenly, Tom had a lot of his own clothing hanging ready in the closet.• Marge would very likely come up to Rome.• When Southern blacks first came up to the North, it was conventional for other blacks to take them in.• A period when he was almost dead is coming up to the surface.• When we came up to the Trowbridge house, I knew Charlie was watching us from one of the windows.

come to• Girls did not come up to him and nuzzle him.• Or else the very following things will happen: This kid came up to me and gave me a hug good night.• One of the reserves came up to me.• If Marge did come up to Rome suddenly, Tom had a lot of his own clothing hanging ready in the closet.• Marge would very likely come up to Rome.• When Southern blacks first came up to the North, it was conventional for other blacks to take them in.• A period when he was almost dead is coming up to the surface.• When we came up to the Trowbridge house, I knew Charlie was watching us from one of the windows.

something’s come up• I was going to go down and take him, but - well, something's come up and I can't.

be coming up• Alison's birthday is coming up.• Don't forget you've got exams coming up in a couple of weeks' time.• Don't forget you have a test coming up on Thursday.• I'm pretty busy right now -- I have exams coming up next week.• With Christmas coming up, we didn't have much spare money.• Gripping the over head chrome rail, he stooped forward as if to see what street was coming up.• Our 12th annual Folk Festival is coming up again soon.• The wind was coming up and there was weather to port. ` Sailing is the perfect antidote for age, Reyes.• The sun was coming up as we drove away from Sobey's.• Some faces shone white in the moonlight that was coming up behind a copse.• Evidently the emergency unit was coming up First, right at us.• Shops were coming up for sale all over the precinct.• The sun was coming up, or had already come up, and the heavy mists wore a pearlescent glow.• When I got out of prison again I went to a hostel in Manchester and he was coming up there all the time.

→ come up at come1(PHRASAL VERB)

come upChinese