新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

about

英 [əˈbaʊt]

[ADJ, ADV, PREP]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 在场的 , 可得到的
If someone or something is about, they are present or available.
2. 就要…的
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.
双语例句
例：
I think he's about to leave.
我想他就要离开。
例：
Argentina has lifted all restrictions on trade and visas are about to be abolished.
阿根廷已经取消了所有的贸易限制，签证就要被废除了。

ADV. 副词

1. 大约
About is used in front of a number to show that the number is not exact.
近义词
approximately , around
双语例句
例：
The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 per cent.
通货膨胀率大约在2.7。
2. 到处
If someone or something moves about, they keep moving in different directions.
近义词
around

PHRASE. 习语

out and about
1. （尤指一段时间无法正常行动后）到外面活动
If someone is out and about, they are going out and doing things, especially after they have been unable to for a while.
双语例句
例：
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal.
尽管很疼，她已经在几乎像正常人一样到外面活动了。

PREP. 介词

1. 关于 , 对于
You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
双语例句
例：
She knew a lot about food.
她对食品懂得很多。
例：
He never complains about his wife.
他对他妻子从不抱怨。
2. 涉及 , 旨在
When you mention the things that an activity or institution is about, you are saying what it involves or what its aims are.
双语例句
例：
Leadership is about the ability to implement change.
领导才能是一种实行变革的能力。
3. 为…感到（用在某些形容词后，表示与某种感觉或心态有关的人或事）
You use about after some adjectives to indicate the person or thing that a feeling or state of mind relates to.
双语例句
例：
'I'm sorry about Patrick,' she said.
“我为帕特里克感到难过，”她说道。
4. 针对
If you do something about a problem, you take action in order to solve it.
双语例句
例：
Rachel was going to do something about Jacob.
雷切尔要对雅各布采取行动。
5. 在…（具有某种品质）
When you say that there is a particular quality about someone or something, you mean that they have this quality.
双语例句
例：
There was a warmth and passion about him I never knew existed.
他身上有一种我从来没有认识到的热情和激情。
6. 围绕
If you put something about a person or thing, you put it around them.
近义词
around
7. 各处
If you move about a place, you keep moving in different directions within that place.
近义词
around