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PREP
關(guān)于;對于;涉及;在…方面
You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns.
例句
She came in for a coffee, and told me about her friend Shona...
她進(jìn)來喝了杯咖啡，并向我談起了她的朋友肖納。
She knew a lot about food...
她對食物很在行。
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PREP
包含;目的是;為了
When you mention the things that an activity or institution is about, you are saying what it involves or what its aims are.
例句
Leadership is about the ability to implement change.
領(lǐng)導(dǎo)才能就是要有實施變革的能力。
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PREP
對…表示（情緒或心態(tài)）
You use about after some adjectives to indicate the person or thing that a feeling or state of mind relates to.
例句
'I'm sorry about Patrick,' she said...
“我為帕特里克感到難過，”她說。
I feel so guilty and angry about the whole issue.
我對整件事深感內(nèi)疚和氣憤。
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PREP
針對（問題）
If you do something about a problem, you take action in order to solve it.
例句
Rachel was going to do something about Jacob...
蕾切爾將對雅各布有所行動。
He said he'd ask Nina for a divorce, but he never did anything about it.
他說會跟尼娜提出離婚，可是他卻從未付諸實際。
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PREP
（某人或某事物）具有（某種特性）
When you say that there is a particular quality about someone or something, you mean that they have this quality.
例句
There was a warmth and passion about him I never knew existed...
他身上有一股我從不知道的熱情和激情。
I think there's something a little peculiar about the results of your test.
我認(rèn)為你的化驗結(jié)果有點(diǎn)不對勁。
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ADV
大約;左右
About is used in front of a number to show that the number is not exact.
例句
In my local health centre there's about forty parking spaces...
我們本地的保健中心約有40個停車位。
The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.
通貨膨脹率大約為2.7%。
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ADV
四下；到處
If someone or something moves about, they keep moving in different directions.
例句
Everyone was running about.
大家都在跑來跑去。
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PREP
圍繞；環(huán)繞
If you put something about a person or thing, you put it around them.
例句
Helen threw her arms about him...
海倫張開雙臂擁抱他。
She was elegantly dressed with a double strand of pearls about her neck.
她著裝典雅，搭配著一條雙層珍珠項鏈。
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ADJ
在手頭的;現(xiàn)成的;能得到的
If someone or something is about, they are present or available.
例句
There's lots of money about these days for schemes like this.
近來這類計劃資金充足。
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ADJ
即將（做…）的；快要（發(fā)生…）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.
例句
I think he's about to leave...
我看他要走了。
Argentina has lifted all restrictions on trade and visas are about to be abolished...
阿根廷已經(jīng)取消所有貿(mào)易限制，簽證制也將廢止。
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PHRASE
（尤指一段時間無法自由行動后）四處走動，外出活動
If someone is out and about, they are going out and doing things, especially after they have been unable to for a while.
例句
Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...
盡管還很痛，她已經(jīng)基本上行動如常。
The regulations were relaxed and the prisoners could get out and about a bit.
規(guī)定有所放寬，犯人可以出去短暫放風(fēng)。
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PHRASE
（常因工作）奔波
If someone is out and about, they are going to a lot of different places, often as part of their job.
例句
They often saw me out and about.
他們經(jīng)常看見我四處奔波。