around的中文翻譯是什麼意思

around

US/əˈraʊnd/

UK/əˈraʊnd/

prep. 圍繞; 從那邊; 繞過; 符合; 到處

adv. 大約; 四周; 圍繞; 到處; 閒散地; 出現; 走紅的; 掉頭

around的柯林斯釋義

PREP環繞；圍繞；包圍

To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.

She looked at the papers around her...
她看了看四周的檔案。
Today she wore her hair down around her shoulders.
今天她的頭髮披在肩上。

PREP繞過；越過

If you move around a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look around a corner or obstacle, you look to see what is on the other side.

The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner...
攝影師停止按動快門，匆匆繞過拐角。
I peered around the edge of the shed — there was no sign of anyone else.
我仔細察看了棚子周邊，沒有其他人。

ADV朝著相反方向；向著對立面

If you turn around, you turn so that you are facing in the opposite direction.

I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard...
我轉過身，在黑板上寫下了題目。
He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us.
他慢慢直起身子，坐在凳子上轉過身來面對著我們。

PREP在…四處；朝…四周

If you move around a place, you travel through it, going to most of its parts. If you look around a place, you look at every part of it.

I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet...
我在莫斯科到處遊逛，城裡非常安靜。
He glanced discreetly around the room at the other people.
他謹慎地瞥了一眼房間裡的其他人。

PREP在…地方;至…的各處

If someone moves around a place, they move through various parts of that place without having any particular destination.

These days much of my time is spent weaving my way around drinks parties...
這些天，我多半都是在酒會上晃悠過去的。
They milled around the ballroom with video cameras.
他們扛著攝像機在舞廳裡轉來轉去。

ADV至（某人的家拜訪）

If you go around to someone's house, you visit them.

She helped me unpack my things and then we went around to see the other girls.
她幫我開啟行李，然後我們去看望其他女孩們。

ADV閒著；無所事事

You use around in expressions such as sit around and hang around when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and not doing anything very important.

I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs...
我只會閒待著，什麼事也不做。
After breakfast the next morning they sat around for an hour discussing political affairs.
第二天早飯後，他們閒坐著聊了一個小時政治話題。

ADV到別處

If you move things around, you move them so that they are in different places.

Furniture in the classroom should not be changed around without warning the blind child...
教室中的桌椅如需要挪動，應事先告訴這個盲童。
She moved things around so the table was beneath the windows.
她挪動傢俱使桌子靠在窗邊。

ADV旋轉;圍繞

If a wheel or object turns around, it turns.

The boat started to spin around in the water.
船開始在水中打旋。

PREP在各處；遍及

You use around to say that something happens in different parts of a place or area.

Police in South Africa say ten people have died in scattered violence around the country...
南非警方稱，在全國各地零星發生的暴力事件中，有10人死亡。
Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River.
在肯亞東部的塔納河一帶經常發現陷入沼澤的大象。

ADV在某處

If someone or something is around, they exist or are present in a place.

The blackbird had a quick, wary look in case the cat was anywhere around...
這隻烏鶇迅速警惕地張望了一眼，以防那隻貓就在附近。
Just having lots of people around that you can talk to is important...
有許多能交談的人在身邊很重要。

PREP在…周圍；在…身邊

The people around you are the people who you come into contact with, especially your friends and relatives, and the people you work with.

We change our behaviour by observing the behaviour of those around us...
我們透過觀察周圍人的舉止改變自己的行為。
Those around her would forgive her for weeping.
她身邊的人會原諒她掉眼淚的。

PREP以…為中心；以…為基礎

If something such as a film, a discussion, or a plan is based around something, that thing is its main theme.

...the gentle comedy based around the Larkin family...
根據拉金一家的故事改編的輕喜劇
The discussion centered around four subjects.
討論圍繞4個主題展開。

ADV又;迴圈地;週而復始地

You use around in expressions such as this time around or to come around when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly.

Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around...
這次本特森參議員又拒絕參與。
When July Fourth comes around, the residents of Columbia City throw a noisy party.
每逢7月4號美國獨立日，哥倫比亞城的居民們都會舉行熱鬧的聚會。

PREP繞…一圈

When you are giving measurements, you can use around to talk about the distance along the edge of something round.

She was 40 inches around the hips.
她臀圍40英寸。

ADV大約

Around means approximately.

My salary was around £9,000 plus a car and expenses...
我的薪水大約是9,000英鎊，還有一輛車和業務經費可支配。
Rolls Royce produces around 1,000 extremely desirable cars a year.
勞斯萊斯公司每年生產約1,000輛非常吸引人的汽車。

PREP-PHRASE大約

Around about means approximately.

There is a Green party but it only scored around about 10 percent in the vote...
雖然有一個綠黨，但在選舉中該黨只得到了大約10%的選票。
He's charging you around about a hundred pounds an hour for his services.
他提供一小時服務，要價大約100英鎊。

PHRASE各方面

You say all around to indicate that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group.

He compared the achievements of the British and the French during 1916 and concluded that the latter were better all around.
他比較了1916年英國人和法國人的成就，結論是法國人在各方面都做得更好。