be-

prefix

/bɪ/

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(in verbs构成动词) to make or treat somebody/something as使…变成；把…当作
- Don't belittle his achievements (= say they are not important).不要贬低他的成就。
- An older girl befriended me.一个年纪大些的女孩对我很友善。
(in adjectives ending in -ed构成以 -ed 结尾的形容词) wearing or covered with穿着；戴着；裹着
- heavily bejewelled fingers戴满珠宝的手指
- bespattered with mud溅满污泥
(in verbs and adjectives ending in -ed构成以 -ed 结尾的动词和形容词) to cause something to be使；使成为
- The ship was becalmed (= there was no wind so it could not move).帆船因无风而停航。
- The rebels besieged the fort.叛乱者包围了城堡。
used to turn intransitive verbs (= without an object) into transitive verbs (= with an object)（与不及物动词结合，构成及物动词）
- She is always bemoaning her lot.她总是怪命不好。
More Like This Prefixes
Prefixes
- a-
- ante-
- anti-
- be-
- co-
- de-
- demi-
- dis-
- en-
- ex-
- extra-
- hyper-
- hypo-
- il-
- in-
- infra-
- inter-
- intra-
- mis-
- non-
- off-
- oft-
- out-
- over-
- para-
- post-
- pre-
- pro-
- re-
- retro-
- semi-
- sub-
- trans-
- ultra-
- un-
- under-
- up-

Word OriginOld English, weak form of bī ‘by’.