(1) get可与形容词连用,意思与become(变得)相似。
- She got tired with running.
她跑得很累。 - I get awfully tired of those things.
我变得非常讨厌那些东西。 - As autumn sets in, it is getting/becoming colder and colder.
随着秋天的到来,天气变得越来越冷了。
(2) ①go也可与一些形容词连用,特别是常与表示颜色的词连用。
- Leaves go brown in autumn.
树叶秋天变黄了。 - People go red/pale/white with anger.
人生起气来面色会发红/变苍白。
②其他类似的短语还有:go blue with cold, go green with seasickness, go purple with rage等。
③go还可跟一些形容词连用,表示人或事物向坏的方面变化,特别是当这种变化是永久或难以逆转时,如:People go mad/crazy/bald/deaf/blind/grey...但go不与old, tired, ill连用。其他类似短语还有:a horse goes lame, machines go wrong, beer goes flat, jam goes sugary, meat goes bad, milk goes sour, cheese goes mouldy, bread goes stale/hard, iron goes rusty等。
(3) ①turn也常用于这类短语,用法比go更正式。
- His old father's hair turned grey in a few weeks.
他老父亲的头发在几周内就变得花白了。 - With the approach of Christmas, the weather turned colder .
随着圣诞节的临近,天气变得更冷了。 - The milk will speedily turn sour if you do not put it in the icebox.
如果你不把牛奶放进冰箱,它很快就会变酸。
②turn用作此意时,也可接名词(前面多不加冠词)。
- When her servant left to have a baby, Lady Susan had to turn cook .
她的仆人离开去生孩子时,苏珊女士不得不自己做饭。 - He used to be a teacher till he turned writer .
他成为作家之前是一名教师。