词汇精选：around的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
adv.
大约
例句：
The journey will take around ten days.
这次旅行大约要用十天时间。
例句：
These four groups of diseases account for around 80% of all NCD deaths.
在周围，在附近
例句：
Even when those around her panic she always maintains an olympian calm.
即使周围的人都惊惶不已，她也总是保持着超然的镇静。
例句：
Let me see if he is around.
我看看他是否在附近。
旋转
例句：
The windmill kept turning around.
风车不停地转动着。
例句：
The boat started to spin around in the water.
船开始在水中打旋。
到处，四处
例句：
He backed away from the edge, looking all around at the flat horizon.
他从边上退了回来，环顾着周围平直的地平线。
例句：
My Mornings are spent rushing around after him.
我每天早上都跟着他到处跑。
prep.
在周围，在附近
例句：
They sat around the table.
他们围桌而坐。
例句：
Today she wore her hair down around her shoulders.
今天她的头发披在肩上。
在某处
例句：
Just having lots of people around that you can talk to is important.
有许多能交谈的人在身边很重要。
例句：
You see very little of this wine around these days.
近来很少看见这种葡萄酒。
围绕
例句：
They went around the town, not through it.
他们没有穿过而是绕着该镇而行。
例句：
The earth goes around the sun.
地球绕着太阳运转。
到处，四处
例句：
I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet.
我在莫斯科到处游逛，城里非常安静。
例句：
They milled around the ballroom with video cameras.
他们扛着摄像机在舞厅里转来转去。
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、相关短语：
around the clock
昼夜24小时,日夜不停地,夜以继日地
beat around the bush
拐弯抹角，说话兜圈子，旁敲侧击
bring around
1. 使苏醒2. 带某人串门3. 说服某人同意（某事）4. 将（话题）导向...
bum around
游荡,游手好闲
come around
复醒,复原;顺便来访;被别人说服，改变想法
fool around
胡闹,瞎弄;鬼混,无所事事
get around
规避;说服;争取;花时间和精力去做;传播;随意走走; 旅行
go around
v.到处走动，够分配，分发，流传，流行
hang around
ph.1.闲荡2.聚在...，邻近，徘徊3.围绕，迫近
horse around
胡闹,鬼混,起哄
jazz around
v. 游荡
kick around
粗暴而轻率地对待,仗势欺;到处跑来跑去,常换行业
一、参考例句：
Stop whining around me!
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You hang around cafes.
你在各家咖啡馆来回转游。
Encourage those around you.
你应该多鼓励他们。
He gads around town.
他在城里闲逛
Work around procrastination.
克服拖延症。
One way around that
那怎么办？
Go around H.R.
绕过人力资源部门。
He drives me around.
他开车带我到处走走。
be centred around
围绕，以……为中心
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy.
苦修僧人反复旋转而不感到头晕。
