about

about
[ə'baut] 1. prep
1) (relating to) 关于 [guānyú]

* a book about London — 关于伦敦的一本书

* what's it about? — 这是关于什么的?

* she knows a lot about art — 她对艺术懂得很多

* we talked about it — 我们谈到了这事

* management is about motivating people — 管理就是要激发大家的热情

* to be sorry/pleased/angry about sth — 对某事感到抱歉/开心/生气

* there's something odd about this — 这有点怪怪的

* we'll have to do something about this — 我们对此要采取点儿措施

* what or how about eating out? — 出去吃怎么样?

2) (place) 在...各处 [zài...gèchù]

* he was wandering about the garden — 他在花园里到处闲逛

* clothes scattered about the room — 扔得满屋各处都是的衣服

* it must be about here somewhere — 一定在这周围的某个地方

3) (frm) (around) 围绕 [wéirào]

* a chain hung about her neck — 环绕在她脖子上的一条项链

2. adv
1) (approximately) 大约 [dàyuē]

* about a hundred/thousand people — 大约100/1000人

* at about two o'clock — 在两点钟左右

2) (place) 在 [zài]

* to leave things lying about — 把东西到处乱放

* to run/walk about — 到处跑/到处走

* is Paul about? — 保罗在吗?

* there's a lot of flu/money about — 正在流行流感/资金充足

* to be about to do sth — 正要做某事

* he was about to leave — 他正要离开


Chinese-English dictionary. . 2013.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • About: — About: About: (« à propos de » en anglais) est un préfixe utilisé dans une série de navigateurs pour accéder, via l interface même du navigateur (par la barre d adresses), à des pages très particulières. Les URIs saisies affichent donc… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • About: — about: Saltar a navegación, búsqueda about: es un esquema interno URI (también conocido como régimen URL o, erróneamente, protocolo ) en distintos navegadores web para mostrar ciertas funciones incorporadas. No es un sistema oficialmente… …   Wikipedia Español

  • about: — about: es un esquema interno URI (también conocido como régimen URL o, erróneamente, protocolo ) en distintos navegadores web para mostrar ciertas funciones incorporadas. No es un sistema oficialmente registrado, y no tiene la sintaxis estándar.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • about: — about: (« à propos de » en anglais) est un schéma d URI utilisé dans une série de navigateurs pour accéder, via l interface même du navigateur (par la barre d adresses), à des pages très particulières. Les URIs saisies affichent donc –… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • about — 1. as a preposition. In the meaning ‘roughly, approximately’ (eg. It took about ten minutes, about is the usual BrE word; around is also used, and is much more common in AmE. Round about is more informal, and is largely confined to BrE. 2.… …   Modern English usage

  • about — [ə bout′] adv. [ME aboute(n) < OE onbūtan, around < on, ON + be, BY + ūtan, outside < ūt, OUT: all senses develop from the sense of “around”] 1. on every side; all around [look about] 2. here and there; in all directions [travel abou …   English World dictionary

  • About — A*bout , adv. 1. On all sides; around. [1913 Webster] Tis time to look about. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. [1913 Webster] 3. Here and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • about — [ abu ] n. m. • 1213; de abouter ♦ Techn. Extrémité d une pièce de bois, de métal, préparée pour se joindre à une autre. Pièce métallique que l on fixe à une seringue pour y adapter l aiguille. ⇒ embout. Extrémité (d un rail). ● about nom… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • About.me — About.me …   Википедия

  • About — A*bout , prep. [OE. aboute, abouten, abuten; AS. [=a]butan, onbutan; on + butan, which is from be by + utan outward, from ut out. See {But}, {Out}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Around; all round; on every side of. Look about you. Shak. Bind them about thy… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • About — can refer to:*About box, a dialog box displaying credits for a piece of computer software * About.com, a website offering consumer related advice * abOUT , an LGBT magazine * About (musical artist), a music project * , an internal URI scheme… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”