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基本释义
- adv.大约;几乎;到处,各处;无所事事;周围,在……附近;无序地,凌乱地;朝相反方向
- prep.关于,对于;目的是;针对(问题);忙于,从事于;对……表示(情绪或心态);各处,四下;在……附近;(某人或某事物)具有(某种特性);围绕
- adj.现成的,能得到的;即将(做……)的,快要(发生……)的 (be about to do sth.);四处走动的
- 人名 (About)(法)艾保特(姓氏)
词语例句
大约adv.
高中四级六级考研Wine contains about 10% alcohol.
葡萄酒含有约10%的酒精。
About that time, Tony Inglis' engineering and transport company got the job to remove phone boxes from the streets and sell them out.
大约在那个时候,托尼·英格利斯的工程和运输公司得到了一份工作,把电话亭从街上搬走并卖掉。
The team found that exercise reduced the speed of rapid eye movements by about 8%, preventing their ability to capture new visual information.
研究小组发现,运动降低了约8%的快速眼球运动移动速度,阻碍其发挥捕捉新的视觉信息的能力。
几乎adv.
四级六级考研I've met just about everyone.
我几乎每个人都见到了。
AlphaGo's victory and Taylor's defeat happened at about the same time.
阿尔法狗的胜利和泰勒的失败几乎同时发生。
Now, just about everyone has a smartphone, connected to the internet almost everywhere almost all the time.
现在几乎每个人都有一部智能手机,几乎随时随地都可以上网。
到处,各处adv.
六级The children were rushing about in the garden.
孩子们在花园里跑来跑去。
It had, apparently, been fished out of existence; and the once might Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor.
显然,由于捕捞,它已经灭绝了;而曾经很强大的纽芬兰舰队现在在海底四处搜寻疯狂地找蟹。
无所事事adv.
四级People were standing about in the road.
人们在路上闲站着。
This reminds me unpleasantly of Sunnyhill School in Streatham, with its harsh tarmac, where I used to hang about in corners fantasising about wildlife.
这让我不快地想起了斯特里塔姆的桑尼希尔学校,那里有粗糙的柏油路,我曾在学校的角落里闲逛,幻想着野生动植物。
- I'm definite about this.我对这事毫无疑问。来自《牛津词典》
- He's mad about you.他对你疯迷。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- She had some misgivings about what she was about to do.她对自己要做的事有些疑虑。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- stand about闲立着
- all about关于……的一切
- go about着手做
- be about to do sth.即将(马上)做某事
- be up and about(病人病情好转)起床走动
- About Us关于我们;公司介绍;新闻中心
- come about发生;产生;出现
- set about开始;着手;考虑
- About a Boy单亲插班生;关于一个男孩;非关男孩;一个男孩
- Much Ado About Nothing无事生非;都是男人惹的祸;抱得有情郎;庸人自扰
词语扩展
- about/round/around
- approximately/about
- approximately最接近的,误差极小
- about大致接近,误差可大可小;
- almost/approximately/about/nearly/roughly/around
词义分布
英英释义
- adj.on the move
- adv.(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- adv.all around or on all sides
- adv.in the area or vicinity
- adv.to or among many different places or in no particular direction
- adv.in or to a reversed position or direction
- prep.used for introducing a particular subject
关于;在…方面- He knows a lot about architecture.他建筑学方面所知甚多。
- He never complains about his wife.他从不抱怨妻子。
- adv.used in front of a number to show that the number is not exact
大约;左右- The child was about eight years old.那孩子八岁上下。
- It got dark at about six o'clock.六点左右天黑了下来。
短语
- 即将做某事to be going to do something very soonI think he's about to leave.我觉得他要走了。
词源
- about大约来自古英语onbutan, a- 同on , -b同by, -ut为out词根。字面意思为在外面的,后指大约。
- about附近,大约,转向,左右,周围词根词缀为ab + out, 最初的意义是“在…外面的周围”,“关于”的意义出现在13世纪。