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about[ə'baut]prep. 1 在…周围;在…附近;在…身边:gather about the table围桌而坐somewhere about here在这儿附近Have you a pen about you?你带着笔吗? 2 在…各处,去…各处:take the foreign guests about the campus带外宾参观校园 3 关于,对于:a book about ships关于船舶的书What is all this about?这一切是怎么回事? 4 (时刻、大小、数量等)近于:We left there about six o'clock.我们是在约6点钟离开那里的.That's about it.差不多就是这么一回事.(或:大概就这么一些了.) 5 从事于:What are you about?你在干什么? 6 [后接不定式]刚要;正准备:He was about to leave.他正想离开.
adv. 1 周围;附近;到处:ten miles about周围十英里Don't drop cigarette ashes about.不要乱弹烟灰. 2 大约;差不多:about two years ago大约两年前The work is about finished.工作快完了. 3 (转到)相反方向:About turn!(或<美>About face!)向后转!go a long way about兜了一大圈 4 轮转:take turns about轮流(做某事)
adj.[一般作表语]活动中的;在起作用的;在流行(或传播)中的:The patient is up and about again.病人已能起来走动了.Typhoid is about.伤寒在蔓延. |