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adverbprepositionadjective It costs about $10. 这大约要花 10 美元。 They waited (for) about an hour.他们等了一小时左右。 He arrived (at) about ten.他是十点钟左右到的。 I'm just about ready. 我就要准备好了。 This is about the best we can hope for. 这差不多是我们所能希望的最好结果。 The children were rushing about in the garden. 孩子们在花园里跑来跑去。 Her books were lying about on the floor. 她的书在地板上东一本西一本地放着。 People were standing about in the road. 人们在路上闲站着。 There was nobody about. 附近没有人。 There's a lot of flu about. 这一带流感肆虐。 She’s somewhere about—I saw her a few minutes ago. He brought the ship about. 他掉转船头。 I've met just about everyone. 我几乎每个人都见到了。 ‘Did you reach your sales target?’ ‘Just about.’ “你的销售目标达到了吗？” “差不多了。” She should be arriving just about now. 她现在该到了。 We've been out and about talking to people all over the country. 我们游遍了全国，和各地的人交谈。 ‘Anything else?’ ‘No, that's about it for now.’ “还有什么要说的吗？” “没有了，现在我要说的就是这些。” The earth goes round/around the sun.地球绕着太阳转。 They live round/around the corner.他们住在附近。 We travelled round/around India.我们在印度各地旅行。 She turned round/around when I came in.我进来时她转过身来。 The kids were running around/round/about outside.孩子们在外面跑来跑去。 I’ve been waiting around/round/about to see her all day.为了要见到她，我等了一整天。 We left around/about 8 o’clock.我们在 8 点钟左右离开了。 a book about flowers一本关于花卉的书 Tell me all about it. 把情况全部告诉我。 What's she so angry about? 她为什么生这么大的气？ There's something strange about him. 他有点怪。 I don't know what you're on about (= talking about). 我不懂你在谈什么。 There's nothing you can do about it now. 现在你对此毫无办法。 Movies are all about making money these days. 当今电影只顾赚钱。 What was all that about? (= what was the reason for what has just happened?) 这到底是怎么回事？ Everywhere people were going about their daily business. 无论哪里，人们都在忙着干日常工作。 And while you’re about it… (= while you’re doing that)在你干这件事的同时，顺便… We wandered about the town for an hour or so. 我们在城里到处游逛了一个小时左右。 He looked about the room. 他在房间里四下看了看。 The papers were strewn about the room. 房间里四处乱扔着文件。 She's somewhere about the office. 她在办公室附近。 She wore a shawl about her shoulders. 她披了一件披肩。 How about Ruth? Have you heard from her? 露丝怎么样了？你有她的消息吗？ I'm having fish. What about you? 我吃鱼，你呢？ How about going for a walk? 去散散步怎么样？ (especially North American English) How about we go for a walk? 我们去散散步怎么样？ What about a break? 休息一下如何？ The book is about homeless people in the cities.这本书写的是城市中无家可归的人们。 The report deals with the issue of homelessness in London.这篇报道是关于伦敦的无家可归问题。 The writer discusses the problems faced by homeless people.作者讨论了无家可归者面临的种种问题。 The article presents an overview of the issues surrounding homelessness.这篇文章概述了有关无家可归的种种问题。 The novel explores the theme of friendship among homeless people.这部小说探究了无家可归者之间的友谊这个主题。 The first chapter examines the relationship between homelessness and drug addiction.第一章考察了无家可归与吸毒成瘾之间的关系。 The paper considers the question of why so many young people become homeless.这篇论文论述了为何如此多的年轻人变得无家可归的问题。 I was just about to ask you the same thing. 我刚才正要问你同一件事情。 I've never done any cooking and I'm not about to start now. 我从来没有做过饭，也不想从现在开始做起来。 |