| 词组 | come to |
| 释义 | come to 1. come to sth to reach a particular state or situation - used especially in the following phrases come to an end (=finish) ▪ My stay in San Francisco was coming to an end, and I decided to visit Natalie one last time. come to an agreement (=agree about something, especially formally) ▪ It was several months before we eventually came to an agreement. it comes to the point where (=used to say that you have reached a particular situation) ▪ It came to the point where we could no longer bear to talk to each other. 2. come to a decision/conclusion/verdict to make a decision about something, or to decide what you think about something: ▪ All the candidates were good, and it took us a long time to come to a decision. ▪ By the end of the holiday, we'd come to the conclusion that camping in England isn't much fun. 3. when it comes to sth especially spoken used to introduce the particular subject that you are going to talk about or deal with: ▪ When it comes to relationships, everyone makes mistakes. ▪ Joe didn't sing or play guitar particularly well, but when it came to songwriting, he was a genius. ▪ The government has had little success when it comes to education. 4. come to power to officially start to rule a country - used about leaders, parties, or groups: ▪ The Communists came to power in China in 1949. ▪ Nasser came to power in a nationalist revolution, which signalled the end of European domination of Egyptian affairs. 5. come to nothing/not come to anything to develop or not develop into something successful: ▪ It was obvious that the relationship would come to nothing in the end. ▪ I had a great idea for a book once, but it never came to anything. 6. come to sth spoken if you come to a particular point or subject in a discussion or speech, you start to talk about or deal with it after talking about others first: ▪ There are reasons for our decision, which I'll come to later. ▪ I'm coming to the Labour party's proposal in a minute. ▪ We now come to item three on the agenda. 7. come to sth to be a particular total when the numbers or amounts are added together: ▪ At the end of the evening the bill came to $50. 8. come to sb if a thought or idea comes to you, you think of it or remember it, especially suddenly: ▪ I've forgotten the name of the restaurant - it'll come to me in a minute. ▪ The idea for the programme first came to us when we were in America. 9. come to to become conscious again after an accident or operation: ▪ When I came to, I was lying in a hospital bed. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come around/round |
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