about

英 [ə'baʊt] 美 [ə'baʊt]

• prep. 关于；大约；在 ... 周围
• adv. 大约；附近；到处；在周围
• adj. 即将的；正要的；在流行中的

详尽释义

prep. 介词

1. 关于，对于
2. 从事于，忙于
3. 在...的附近，在...的周围 ，在...的身边
4. 大约在...时候
5. 在...身上
6. 在...的性格中
7. 围绕
8. 在…到处，在…四处

adv. 副词

1. 大约，左右，将近
2. 到处，处处，四处，各处
3. 几乎，差不多
4. 周围
5. 在附近，在近处，附近
6. 在四周
7. 向相反方向，向后转，掉转方向
8. 凌乱地

英英释义

Adjective:

1. on the move;

   "up and about"
   "the whole town was astir over the incident"
   

Adverb:

1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;

   "lasted approximately an hour"
   "in just about a minute"
   "he's about 30 years old"
   "I've had about all I can stand"
   "we meet about once a month"
   "some forty people came"
   "weighs around a hundred pounds"
   "roughly $3,000"
   "holds 3 gallons, more or less"
   "20 or so people were at the party"
   

2. all around or on all sides;

   "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"
   "let's look about for help"
   "There were trees growing all around"
   "she looked around her"
   

3. in the area or vicinity;

   "a few spectators standing about"
   "hanging around"
   "waited around for the next flight"
   

4. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction;

   "wandering about with no place to go"
   "people were rushing about"
   "news gets around (or about)"
   "traveled around in Asia"
   "he needs advice from someone who's been around"
   "she sleeps around"
   

5. in or to a reversed position or direction;

   "about face"
   "suddenly she turned around"
   

6. in rotation or succession;

   "turn about is fair play"
   

7. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but;

   "the job is (just) about done"
   "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"
   "we're almost finished"
   "the car all but ran her down"
   "he nearly fainted"
   "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"
   "the recording is well-nigh perfect"
   "virtually all the parties signed the contract"
   "I was near exhausted by the run"
   "most everyone agrees"
   

例句

用作介词 (prep.)

1. Tell me all about it.
   告诉我关于这件事的一切。
2. It is about six o'clock now.
   现在是六点钟左右。
3. It was a long flight and it took about fourteen hours.
   时间真长,飞了大约十四个小时。
4. All about us in the store were piles of goods.
   在这家店里,我们周围到处都是成堆的商品。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Dinner is about ready.
   中饭就要做好了。
2. He spoke to a few spectators standing about.
   他和站在附近的围观者交谈。
3. He's eighty now, and doesn't get about much any more.
   他现在80岁了,不能再到处走动了。
4. He glanced quickly about and then stepped aside.
   他向四周扫了一眼,然后站在一旁。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He was about to start.
   他即将动身。
2. A new book is about to be brought out.
   一本新书即将出版。
3. I was about to go out when he called on me.
   当他来访时，我正要外出。
4. There is a rumor about that they're getting divorced.
   正传闻说他们要离婚。

经典引文

• A mead Bordered about with warbling water brooks.

  出自： W. Owen

• Be wary, look about.

  出自：Romeo Juliet , Shakespeare

词汇搭配

• about to 即将
• about one's person 随身带着
• bandy about 随意摆布
• beat about the bush 转弯抹角
• be about 大约
• just about 差不多
• what about (对于) ... 怎...
• all agog about something 焦急地期待着...
• about-ship 改变航向
• get 得到
• go 去
• about-turn 向后转
• fart 放屁
• fool 傻瓜
• about-face 向后转
• close about 包围(围住)
• argue about 讨论(议论)
• dream about 梦见
• cut about 乱砍
• come about 发生，产生，实现...

词语用法

1. 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；
2. 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；
3. 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).

4. about + 不定式，表示“即将要去做某事”。

   Don't go out now - we're about to have lunch.

5. about与动词go组成短语时，为副词，意为“着手做，从事”。

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。

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指按粗略估计，常代替about。

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• almost 几乎
• approximately 大约
• concerning 关于，涉及，就…而言...
• around 到处
• on 在 ... 之上
• nearly 几乎
• upon 在 ... 上
• of 关于
• virtually 实际上
• practically 实际上
• over 在 ... 的上方...
• the 那
• point 观点
• roughly 粗略地
• on the point of 即将
• near 近的
• round 圆的
• apropos 关于
• as regards 关于
• in relation to 关于
• ready to 准备, 快要, 乐于...
• on the subject of 关于(论述
• re 关于
• regarding 关于
• with reference to 关于
• in the region of 在 ... 左右
• nearby 附近的
• to 对于
• ready 准备好的
• most 最多的
• close to 接近于
• just about 差不多
• more or less 或多或少
• nigh 近的
• or so 大约
• astir 活动的
• well-nigh 几乎
• some 一些