v.变成；成为；变得；适合（某人）；使（人）显得漂亮

Vast areas of land have become desert. 广大的地区均已变成沙漠。

You may also find that reading has become more fun than work! 你或许也会发现阅读已经变成是有趣的事，而不是工作。

The entrepreneur has become a news figure. 这位企业家变成了新闻人物。

Every one cannot become businessman. 不是所有的人都能成为商人。

This place has become a famous summer resort. 这个地方已成为一个避暑胜地。

This priest wants to become a bishop. 这位牧师想成为主教。

I was pleased to see how peaceable the horse had become. 我很高兴地看到这匹马变得这么温顺。

The weather became warmer. 天气变暖和了。

Class distinctions have become less important during the last 50 years. 在过去五十年间，社会等级差别已经变得不那么重要了。

Such behavior did not become her. 这种举止与她的身份不相称。

Short hair really becomes you. 你理短发的确很帅。

become用作系动词时,意思是“成为,变得”,表示情况的开始、发展和结束的变化。后接名词、形容词(或其比较等级)、过去分词作表语,偶尔也可接带疑问词的动词不定式。常用在书面语中。

become后接动词的过去分词可表示被动或结果，此时一般不接by短语。

become用作及物动词时,还可表示“适宜,合适”。

become of只能与疑问代词what(ever)连用,用于直接或间接疑问句中,表示“变得怎样”,后接人或有形的东西,多用于完成时或将来时。

become是非持续性动词，不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。但可用于完成时态。

become不可用于被动结构。

become一般不用于进行时态,但有时为了生动,或为了留有余地,可以用于进行时。例如:You are becoming something of a diplomat yourself.你变得有点外交家的味道了。Why do you keep this room so bare?It's becoming just a place for you to dump your books.你为什么把这间屋子弄得空空荡荡的?它简直成为你扔书的地方了。