about
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əˈbaʊt]
- 美式音标 [əˈbaʊt]
- 国际音标 [ə'baut]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adv. 大约;将近;到处;(特定位置)四下;闲着;周围;掉头
- prep. 关于;目的是;针对;忙于;因为;在……到处;在……四处;在……附近;在……(具有某种品质);围绕;为……感到
- adj. 在场的,可得到的;就要……的;四处走动的;有证据的,在起作用的
- n. (About) (法、印、美)阿布(人名)
词源解说
- 9世纪前进入英语,直接源自古英语的onbutan,意为在……之外。
用法辨析
- 在指“不久就要……”时,后通常接不定式,如about to start。也有接动名词,如about starting。但是不可再加表示时间的词,如不可说about starting at once;
- 指“大约”的意思时,表达方式有about ten,about half等。注意ten和half都是明确的数量,about不该用在“多少不定”的词前,如about more than ten,about less than half;
- 与at搭配使用时,about是副词,没有at时,about 是介词。句中可有at,也可没有,意思相同。I went (at) about five (o'clock).
- about + 不定式,表示“即将要去做某事”。Don't go out now - we're about to have lunch.
- about与动词go组成短语时,为副词,意为“着手做,从事”。
英汉例句
- Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.
别抱怨不好的事,要对好的事心存感恩。 - If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.
对于现况的不满,不能只是抱怨,要有勇气作出改变。 - Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.
医生们抱怨他们疲于应付医药公司的销售人员。 - She is always worrying about little things.
她老是为小事烦恼. - I shall have to read up on this subject if I am to give a talk about it.
如果我准备做一次关于这课题的讲座,我就必须把它彻底研究一番.
词组短语
- come about 发生;产生;出现
- talk about 谈论;议论;谈到;讨论
- carry about 随身携带;带着;携带;随身照顾
- about prep 关于;有关;涉及;四处
- speak about 谈及;聊及;谈起;道及
短语
英英字典
- (CONNECTED WITH) on the subject of, or connected with
- (NO ORDER) positioned around a place, often without a clear purpose or order
- (POSITION) in a particular place
- (APPROXIMATELY) a little more or less than the stated number or amount
- (ALMOST) almost
- (ALL DIRECTIONS) in many different directions
- (NO ORDER) positioned around a place, often without a clear purpose or order
- (PLACE) in or near a place
- (INTENDING) to be going to do something very soon
- You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
- When you mention the things that an activity or institution is about, you are saying what it involves or what its aims are.
- You use about after some adjectives to indicate the person or thing that a feeling or state of mind relates to.
- If you do something about a problem, you take action in order to solve it.
- When you say that there is a particular quality about someone or something, you mean that they have this quality.
- If you put something about a person or thing, you put it around them.
- About is used in front of a number to show that the number is not exact.
- If someone or something moves about, they keep moving in different directions.
- About is also a preposition.
- If someone or something is about, they are present or available.
- If you are about to do something, you are going to do it very soon. If something is about to happen, it will happen very soon.
- how about&rarrsee how
- what about&rarrsee what
- just about&rarrsee just
- If someone is out and about, they are going out and doing things, especially after they have been unable to for a while.
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专业释义
- 转至相反航向;倒转,掉转
- 关于