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英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

prep. 关于；大约
adj. 在附近的；四处走动的；在起作用的
adv. 大约；周围；到处
n. 大致；粗枝大叶；不拘小节的人
n. (About)人名；(法)阿布

实用场景例句

The children were rushing about in the garden.: 孩子们在花园里跑来跑去。

Her books were lying about on the floor.: 她的书在地板上东一本西一本地放着。

People were standing about in the road.: 人们在路上闲站着。

There was nobody about.: 附近没有人。

There's a lot of flu about.: 这一带流感肆虐。

It costs about $10.: 这大约要花10元钱。

They waited (for) about an hour.: 他们等了一小时左右。

He arrived (at) about ten.: 他是十点钟左右到的。

I'm just about ready.: 我就要准备好了。

This is about the best we can hope for.: 这差不多是我们所能希望的最好结果。

She came in for a coffee, and told me about her friend Shona...: 她进来喝了杯咖啡，并向我谈起了她的朋友肖纳。

She knew a lot about food...: 她对食物很在行。

Leadership is about the ability to implement change.: 领导才能就是要有实施变革的能力。

'I'm sorry about Patrick,' she said...: “我为帕特里克感到难过，”她说。

I feel so guilty and angry about the whole issue.: 我对整件事深感内疚和气愤。

Rachel was going to do something about Jacob...: 蕾切尔将对雅各布有所行动。

He said he'd ask Nina for a divorce, but he never did anything about it.: 他说会跟尼娜提出离婚，可是他却从未付诸实际。

There was a warmth and passion about him I never knew existed...: 他身上有一股我从不知道的热情和激情。

I think there's something a little peculiar about the results of your test.: 我认为你的化验结果有点不对劲。

In my local health centre there's about forty parking spaces...: 我们本地的保健中心约有40个停车位。

The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.: 通货膨胀率大约为2.7%。

Everyone was running about.: 大家都在跑来跑去。

Helen threw her arms about him...: 海伦张开双臂拥抱他。

She was elegantly dressed with a double strand of pearls about her neck.: 她着装典雅，搭配着一条双层珍珠项链。

There's lots of money about these days for schemes like this.: 近来这类计划资金充足。

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...: 阿根廷已经取消所有贸易限制，签证制也将废止。

Despite considerable pain she has been getting out and about almost as normal...: 尽管还很痛，她已经基本上行动如常。

The regulations were relaxed and the prisoners could get out and about a bit.: 规定有所放宽，犯人可以出去短暂放风。

They often saw me out and about.: 他们经常看见我四处奔波。

同义词辨析

about, around, round

这些词均有"在周围，在附近"之意。

about：既可表静态，也可表动态。

around：主要用于美国，静态或动态均可。

round：主要用于英国，多半指动态。

almost, nearly, about, approximately, around, roughly

这些副词均有"大约，差不多"之意。

almost：指在程度上相差很小，差不多。

nearly与almost含义基本相同，侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。

about：常可分almost和nearly换用，但about用于表示时间、数量的"大约"时，实际数量可能多也可能少。

approximately：多用于书面语，指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。

around：多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。

roughly：指按精略估计，常代替about。