息息相關(guān):about用法解析
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
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痛苦的秘密在于有閑工夫擔(dān)心自己是否幸福。
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一、關(guān)于about,你應(yīng)該知道的用法有
adj.
1.在附近的
There are some questionable characters from our point of view hanging about the neighbourhood.
有幾個(gè)形跡可疑的人總是在這兒附近轉(zhuǎn)來轉(zhuǎn)去。
2.存在的,活動(dòng)著的;四處走動(dòng)的
The man was so weak that he could just drag himself about.
這個(gè)男人太虛弱了,他只能慢慢地活動(dòng)活動(dòng)。
3.即將…的
The match is about to begin.
比賽即將開始。
4.在起作用的
The antibodies that bring this about are called agglutinins.
起這個(gè)作用的抗體稱為凝集素。
adv.
1.比…稍多或稍少,在…稍前或稍后,大約,左右
About one month. I'm just sightseeing.
大約一個(gè)月。我只是觀光旅游。
2.【口】將近
About noon she made her escape with her work to the East room.
將近中午的時(shí)候,她拿起了自己的活逃回了東室。
3.【口】(用于含蓄的言語)夠了
I' ve had just about enough.
我已經(jīng)差不多夠了。
4.(表示動(dòng)向)到處,各處,處處
As a salesman, I am on the road about three weeks per month.
身為業(yè)務(wù)員,一個(gè)月當(dāng)中有三個(gè)星期我都到處奔走兜攬生意。
5.附近,不遠(yuǎn)
There was nobody about.
附近沒有人。
prep.
1.關(guān)于,對于,有關(guān)
Well, I'm not going to argue about this in any way.
關(guān)于這個(gè)問題,這會(huì)兒我不打算爭辯下去。
2.將近…的時(shí)候,大約在…
He came at a time when I was about to leave for London.
在我計(jì)劃去倫敦的時(shí)候他來了。
3.從事于,忙于
When I think of their deformities, of the monstrous styles they chose, of the flatulence and tediousness of their works, of all the chaos and confusion they wallowed in, of the obstacles they heaped up about them, I feel an exaltation.
一想到他們殘缺不全的肢體、他們選擇的荒誕風(fēng)格,他們所從事的工作的浮夸和乏味、他們耽溺于其中的雜亂無章狀態(tài)以及他們在自己身邊設(shè)置的種種障礙—我便覺得異常高興。
4.(表示動(dòng)向)在…到處,在…各處
Meantime, Rushton was still going about the house.
這時(shí)候,拉什頓還在到處轉(zhuǎn)來轉(zhuǎn)去。
5.在…附近,離…不遠(yuǎn)
She's somewhere about the office.
她在辦公室附近。
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二、詞義辨析:表示“在周圍”的還有哪些詞呢?
about, around, round
這些詞均有“在周圍、在附近”之意。
about既可表靜態(tài),也可表動(dòng)態(tài)。
around主要用于美國,靜態(tài)或動(dòng)態(tài)均可。
round主要用于英國,多半指動(dòng)態(tài)。
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三、詞義辨析:about的同義詞還有哪些呢?
almost, nearly, about, approximately, around, roughly
這些副詞均有“大約,差不多”之意。
almost指在程度上相差很小,差不多。
nearly與almost含義基本相同,側(cè)重指數(shù)量、時(shí)間或空間上的接近。
about??煞謅lmost和nearly換用,但about用于表示時(shí)間、數(shù)量的“大約”時(shí),實(shí)際數(shù)量可能多也可能少。
approximately多用于書面語,指精確度接近某個(gè)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)以致誤差可忽略不計(jì)。
around多用于非正式場合,常見于美國英語。
roughly指按精略估計(jì),常代替about。
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四、學(xué)會(huì)about的用法了嗎?來做個(gè)小測試吧
Tell me all _______it.
告訴我關(guān)于這件事的一切。
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