come on phrasal verbphr v a) come on! spoken i. HURRYused to tell someone to hurry 快點!Come on, we’ll be late! 快點,我們要遲到了!
ii. used to encourage someone to do something 〔表示鼓勵〕來吧! 幹吧! 加油!Come on, you can do it! 來吧,你行的!
Come on, cheer up! 打起精神,開心點!
iii. UNTRUEused to tell someone that you know that what they have just said was not true or right 别逗了!算了吧! 得了吧!Oh come on, don’t lie! 哦,得啦,别撒謊!
iv. ANGRYused to make someone angry enough to want to fight you 〔用於挑釁對方〕來呀﹗來吧﹗Come on, then, hit me! 那麽來呀,打我呀!
b) come on in/over/up etc spoken used to tell someone to come in, over, up etc, usually in a friendly way 〔通常以友好的語氣說〕進來呀/過來呀/上來吧等Come on in – I’ve made some coffee. 進來吧,我煮了點咖啡。
c) if a light or machine comes on, it starts working 〔燈或機器〕打開;開動A dog started barking and lights came on in the house. 一條狗開始吠叫,屋裏的燈亮了起來。
d) if an illness comes on, you start to be ill with it 〔疾病〕開始侵襲I can feel a headache coming on. 我覺得頭開始痛了。
e) if a television or radio programme comes on, it starts 〔電視或廣播節目〕開始,開播Just at that moment, the news came on. 就在那時候,開始播新聞了。
f) if rain or snow comes on, it starts 〔雨或雪〕開始下The rain came on just before lunchtime. 就在午飯前開始下雨了。
g) to come onto a stage or sports field 〔在戲劇表演中〕上台,登台;〔在體育比賽中〕上場,出場He scored only two minutes after he’d come on. 他上場僅兩分鐘就進球得分了。
h) PROGRESSto improve or make progress 提高,進步The children are really coming on now. 孩子們現在進步很大。
Your English is coming on really well. 你的英語進步很大。
i) come on somebody/somethingDISCOVERCHANCE/BY CHANCE to find or discover someone or something by chance 偶然找到[發現]某人/某物We came on a group of students having a picnic. 我們碰到一群學生在野餐。
j) come on strong informalATTRACTED TO somebody to make it very clear to someone that you think they are sexually attractive 〔對異性〕大獻殷勤,表示強烈好感 come on• Oh come on! We don't have all day!• Come on, you two, we're going to be late.
come on!• Come on! We're already late!• Here boy, come on Pecos, good dog. come on strong• The Republicans were coming on strong.• But the defense came on strong in the playoffs.• He'd come on strong towards the end of his round to pull up within a shot of us.