来 [lái]

• 动词
  • (从别的地方到说话人所在的地方) come; arrive:

    Come along with me.

    跟我来!

    Hello!; So you're here already.

    你来啦!

  • （发生; 来到） crop up; take place; come up:

    When others interfere, it always makes trouble.

    别人一干涉， 麻烦就来了。

    The rainy season is backward this year.

    今年雨季来得晚。

  • （做某个动作， 代替意义更具体的动词）:

    make an about face; make a 180-degree turn;

    来一个一百八十度的大转弯

    Let's have a game of chess.

    来一盘棋。

  • （跟“得”或“不”连用， 表示可能或不可能）:

    be unable to do big jobs and look down on small ones;

    大事做不来， 小事又不做

    I can eat red pepper, though I'm not overfond of it.

    辣椒我吃得来， 但不特别喜欢。

  • （用在另一动词前面， 表示要做某件事）:

    Let's pool our ideas and see what to do.; Let's put our heads together and see how to do it.

    大家来想办法。

    Would you like me to interpret for you?

    要不要我来帮你翻译?

  • （用在另一动词或动词结构后面， 表示来做某件事）:

    He's come back to the village to see us folks.

    他回村看望乡亲们来了。

    We've brought you good news.

    我们报喜来了。

  • 用在动词结构或介词结构与动词或动词结构之间， 表示后面部分是目的）:

    build our country with our own hands;

    用我们自己的双手来建设祖国

    How are you going to help him?

    你能用什么办法来帮助他呢?

  • （来自; 来源于） derive; come from:

    The word “girl” is derived from Middle English “girle”.

    “girl”这个词是由中世纪英文中的“girle”来的。

    The word comes from Greek.

    这个词是从希腊文来的。

• 形容词
  • (未来的) future; coming; next:
  • (未来的) future; coming; next:

    next spring;

    来春

    the coming year; next year

    来岁

• 助词
  • （表示曾经发生过什么事）:

    Why have you done such an abominable thing?

    你这是何苦来?

    When did I say so?

    这话我多会儿说来?

  • （从过去到现在） ever since:

    over the past 2,000 years;

    两千年来

    for the last ten days and more;

    十多天来

  • （用在“十、百、千”等数词或数量词后面表示概数） about; around:

    around eighty;

    八十来个

    about twenty (years old);

    二十来岁

  • （用在“一、二、三”等数词后面， 列举理由）:

    in the first place ..., in the second place ...;

    一来..., 二来...

    I haven't been to see her for a long time now. For one thing, she lives too far away; for another, I've been rather busy.

    我好久没有看她， 一来路太远， 二来没工夫。

  • （诗歌中间用做衬字）:

    not have to worry about food or clothing;

    不愁吃来不愁穿

    Spring comes with the first moon of the new year.

    正月里来是新春。

• 名词
  • （姓氏） a surname:
  • （姓氏） a surname:

    Lai Junchen

    来俊臣

来 [lai]

• （用在动词后， 表示动作朝着说话人所在的地方）:

  Come over here!

  过来!

  Did you run all the way here?

  你是一路跑来的吗?

• 短语:
  • （用在动词后， 表示动作的结果）: