about
prep. 关于,对于; 为了; 忙于; 在…地方,在各处; 围绕
adv. 大约,左右; 几乎; 到处; 闲着; 附近; 掉头
adj. 现成的; 即将发生的
You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
She came in for a coffee, and told me about her friend Shona...
她进来喝了杯咖啡,并向我谈起了她的朋友肖纳。
She knew a lot about food...
她对食物很在行。
When you mention the things that an activity or institution is about, you are saying what it involves or what its aims are.
Leadership is about the ability to implement change.
领导才能就是要有实施变革的能力。
You use about after some adjectives to indicate the person or thing that a feeling or state of mind relates to.
'I'm sorry about Patrick,' she said...
“我为帕特里克感到难过,”她说。
I feel so guilty and angry about the whole issue.
我对整件事深感内疚和气愤。
If you do something about a problem, you take action in order to solve it.
Rachel was going to do something about Jacob...
蕾切尔将对雅各布有所行动。
He said he'd ask Nina for a divorce, but he never did anything about it.
他说会跟尼娜提出离婚,可是他却从未付诸实际。
When you say that there is a particular quality about someone or something, you mean that they have this quality.
There was a warmth and passion about him I never knew existed...
他身上有一股我从不知道的热情和激情。
I think there's something a little peculiar about the results of your test.
我认为你的化验结果有点不对劲。
About is used in front of a number to show that the number is not exact.
In my local health centre there's about forty parking spaces...
我们本地的保健中心约有40个停车位。
The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.
通货膨胀率大约为2.7%。
If someone or something moves about, they keep moving in different directions.
Everyone was running about.
大家都在跑来跑去。
If you put something about a person or thing, you put it around them.
Helen threw her arms about him...
海伦张开双臂拥抱他。
She was elegantly dressed with a double strand of pearls about her neck.
她着装典雅,搭配着一条双层珍珠项链。
If someone or something is about, they are present or available.
There's lots of money about these days for schemes like this.
近来这类计划资金充足。
If you are about to do something, you are going to do it very soon. If something is about to happen, it will happen very soon.
I think he's about to leave...
我看他要走了。
Argentina has lifted all restrictions on trade and visas are about to be abolished...
阿根廷已经取消所有贸易限制,签证制也将废止。
If someone is out and about, they are going out and doing things, especially after they have been unable to for a while.
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...
尽管还很痛,她已经基本上行动如常。
The regulations were relaxed and the prisoners could get out and about a bit.
规定有所放宽,犯人可以出去短暂放风。
If someone is out and about, they are going to a lot of different places, often as part of their job.
They often saw me out and about.
他们经常看见我四处奔波。
1. on the move;
1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
2. all around or on all sides;
3. in the area or vicinity;
4. to or among many different places or in no particular direction;
5. in or to a reversed position or direction;
6. in rotation or succession;
7. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost';
about, around, round
这些词均有"在周围,在附近"之意。
almost, nearly, about, approximately, around, roughly
这些副词均有"大约,差不多"之意。
about to do something
想要,就要(做某事)
be not about to do something
不愿意(做某事)
be on about how about just about
know what one is about what about
(非正式)明白,知道,心中有数
She is always worrying about little things.
她老是为小事烦恼.
I shall have to read up on this subject if I am to give a talk about it.
如果我准备做一次关于这课题的讲座,我就必须把它彻底研究一番.
They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.
关于他的爱情生活,他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语.
She is very virulent about her former employer.
她对她过去的老板恨之入骨.
He answered that he knew nothing about it.
他回答说关于此事他一无所知.
prep. 关于
prep. 大约;几乎
virtuallyapproximatelynearlypracticallyalmost
prep. 在四周
adj. 即将的;打算
其他释义
onoverapproximatelyconcerningofthepointnearlyalmostuponaround