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词汇精选:about的用法和辨析

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一、详细释义:

词汇精选:about的用法和辨析

adj.

在附近的


例句:

There are some questionable characters from our point of view hanging about the neighbourhood.

有几个形迹可疑的人总是在这儿附近转来转去。


例句:

People living near the airport are pushing for new rules about night flights.

住在机场附近的居民强烈要求作出夜间飞行的新规定。


存在的,活动着的;四处走动的


例句:

The man was so weak that he could just drag himself about.

这个男人太虚弱了,他只能慢慢地活动活动。


例句:

Butterflies are about early this year.

今年蝴蝶活动得早。


即将…的


例句:

The match is about to begin.

比赛即将开始。


例句:

The autumn harvest is about to start.

秋收即将开始。


在起作用的


例句:

The antibodies that bring this about are called agglutinins.

起这个作用的抗体称为凝集素。


例句:

Where money is concerned, the ordinary rules of conduct is not about.

在钱的问题上,一般的行为准则是不起作用的。


adv.

比…稍多或稍少,在…稍前或稍后,大约,左右


例句:

About one month. I'm just sightseeing.

大约一个月。我只是观光旅游。


例句:

The airport is about ten miles distant from the city.

机场距离城市大约十英里远。


【口】将近


例句:

About noon she made her escape with her work to the East room.

将近中午的时候,她拿起了自己的活逃回了东室。


例句:

Passepartout, about nine o'clock, went out upon the platform to take the air.

上午将近九点钟的时候,路路通走到车桥上去透透空气。


【口】(用于含蓄的言语)够了


例句:

I' ve had just about enough.

我已经差不多够了。


例句:

That's about all.

就这些。


(表示动向)到处,各处,处处


例句:

As a salesman, I am on the road about three weeks per month.

身为业务员,一个月当中有三个星期我都到处奔走兜揽生意。


例句:

He scrabbled about in the bush for the ball.

他在灌木丛中爬着到处找球。


在传播中,在流动中,在周围活动


例句:

The children were rushing about in the garden.

孩子们在花园里跑来跑去。


例句:

There is a lot of flu about.

这一带流感肆虐。


附近,不远


例句:

There was nobody about.

附近没有人。


向后转


例句:

The first lieutenant faced his men about.

中尉命令他的队伍向后转。


例句:

He brought the ship about.

他调转船头。


prep.

关于,对于,有关


例句:

Well, I'm not going to argue about this in any way.

关于这个问题,这会儿我不打算争辩下去。


例句:

I don't know anything about e-commerce.

关于电子商务我什么都不知道。


将近…的时候,大约在…


例句:

About noon she made her escape with her work to the East room.

将近中午的时候,她拿起了自己的活逃回了东室。


例句:

He came at a time when I was about to leave for London.

在我计划去伦敦的时候他来了。


从事于,忙于


例句:

When I think of their deformities, of the monstrous styles they chose, of the flatulence and tediousness of their works, of all the chaos and confusion they wallowed in, of the obstacles they heaped up about them, I feel an exaltation.

一想到他们残缺不全的肢体、他们选择的荒诞风格,他们所从事的工作的浮夸和乏味、他们耽溺于其中的杂乱无章状态以及他们在自己身边设置的种种障碍—我便觉得异常高兴。


例句:

Everywhere people were going about their daily business.

无论那里人们都在忙着干日常工作。


例句:

We should not go about our work blindly. We must get rid of our blindness.

我们不应该盲目从事工作,必须消除盲目性。


(表示动向)在…到处,在…各处


例句:

Meantime, Rushton was still going about the house.

这时候,拉什顿还在到处转来转去。


在…附近,离…不远


例句:

She's somewhere about the office.

她在办公室附近。


例句:

The story is being whispered about the neighbourhood.

这个故事正在附近流传。


二、词义辨析:


about,around,round

这些词均有“在周围、在附近”之意。about既可表静态,也可表动态。around主要用于美国,静态或动态均可。round主要用于英国,多半指动态。


三、词义辨析:


almost,nearly,about,approximately,around,roughly

这些副词均有“大约,差不多”之意。almost指在程度上相差很小,差不多。nearly与almost含义基本相同,侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。about常可分almost和nearly换用,但about用于表示时间、数量的“大约”时,实际数量可能多也可能少。approximately多用于书面语,指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。around多用于非正式场合,常见于美国英语。roughly指按精略估计,常代替about。


四、参考例句:


Worrying about what everyone thinks about you.

担心别人对你的看法。


Go about your business !

忙你自己的事吧!


Be careful about fires!

小心火烛!


How about this weather

今天天气怎样?


What about your teeth?

你的牙齿怎么样?


Everything was about robots.

所有事都和机器人有关。


He drifts about aimlessly.

他漫无目的地四处走。


Come about six p.m..

下午六点来。


Characters drift about aimlessly.

人物总是漫无目的地四处漂泊。


Talk about ideas.

谈论想法。