喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture two things held up next to each other to see whether they match. A coat and a person: the coat is not beautiful by itself, it is right on this person. A remark and a moment: the words are not clever by themselves, they are right for this day. Becoming praises the fit, never the thing alone.

可以想成把兩樣東西擺在一起，看合不合。一件外套配上一個人：外套本身漂不漂亮不是重點，重點是穿在這個人身上對了。一句話…更多收起可以想成把兩樣東西擺在一起，看合不合。一件外套配上一個人：外套本身漂不漂亮不是重點，重點是穿在這個人身上對了。一句話配上一個場合：話本身聰不聰明也不是重點，重點是在這一天說出來剛剛好。becoming 誇的一直是「配在一起」的效果，不是單獨那樣東西。所以同一件外套換一個人穿，可能就不 becoming 了。

Two branches

穿在身上合不合

配的是外表：東西加上這個人，看起來對了。

adjective · C1

If clothes, a colour or a hairstyle are becoming, they make the person who wears them look good.

好看的；襯人的

說出口合不合場合

同一個「合不合」，只是這次配的是行為和場合，不是衣服和身體。

adjective · C1

If words or behaviour are becoming, they are right for the person or for the situation they are in.

得體的

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

becomingnoun/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    human-sciencesphilosophysciencesThe act or process by which something becomes.

    • By tracing the turns from U.S. to Japan to China, we can see that becoming American, the classic ethnic American narrative, itself opens to further becomings and unbecomings and rebecomings that address mobility and ethnicization […]

becomingadj/bɪˈkʌm.ɪŋ/

  • 1

    pleasingly suitable; fit; congruous; beautiful

    • This is our latest, said the salesgirl. Victory Red. Or here I've Carmine, which is very becoming on sallower skin like yours, so it is. If you don't mind me saying.
  • 2

    decent, respectable

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。