about /əˈbaʊt/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PREP You use about to introduce who or what something relates to or concerns. 关于; 对于

  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. 

  PREP When you mention the things that an activity or institution is about, you are saying what it involves or what its aims are. 涉及; 旨在

  例：

  Leadership is about the ability to implement change.

  领导才能是一种实行变革的能力。

• 3. 

  PREP You use about after some adjectives to indicate the person or thing that a feeling or state of mind relates to. 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)

  例：

  "I'm sorry about Patrick," she said.

  “我为帕特里克感到难过，”她说道。

• 4. 

  PREP If you do something about a problem, you take action in order to solve it. 针对

  例：

  Rachel was going to do something about Jacob.

  雷切尔要对雅各布采取行动。

• 5. 

  PREP When you say that there is a particular quality about someone or something, you mean that they have this quality. 在… (具有某种品质)

  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. 

  PREP If you put something about a person or thing, you put it around them. 围绕 [英国英语]

• 7. 

  ADV About is used in front of a number to show that the number is not exact. 大约 [ADV num]

  例：

  The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.

  通货膨胀率大约在2.7%。

• 8. 

  ADV If someone or something moves about, they keep moving in different directions. 到处 [英国英语] [ADV after v]

• 9. 

  PREP About is also a preposition. 各处 [英国英语] [v PREP n]

• 10. 

  ADJ If someone or something is about, they are present or available. 在场的; 可得到的 [英国英语] [v-link ADJ]

• 11. 

  ADJ 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. 就要…的 [v-link ADJ to-inf]

  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。

• 12. 

  how about →see how

• 13. 

  what about →see what

• 14. 

  just about →see just

• 15. 

  PHRASE If someone is out and about, they are going out and doing things, especially after they have been unable to for a while. 到外面活动

  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。