In addition to the uses shown below, about is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives to introduce extra information. About is also often used after verbs of movement, such as ‘walk’ and ‘drive’, and in phrasal verbs such as ‘mess about’ and ‘set about’, especially in British English.
除下列用法外，about可用在一些动词、名词和形容词后引出附加信息。about还常用在walk, drive等表示动作的动词后或mess about，set about 等短语动词中，这类情况尤见于英国英语。
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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。
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She knew a lot about food.
她对食物很在行。
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He never complains about his wife.
他从不抱怨妻子。
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...advice about exercise and diet.
关于锻炼和饮食的建议
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Leadership is about the ability to implement change.
领导才能就是要有实施变革的能力。
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'I'm sorry about Patrick,' she said.
“我为帕特里克感到难过，”她说。
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I feel so guilty and angry about the whole issue.
我对整件事深感内疚和气愤。
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Rachel was going to do something about Jacob.
蕾切尔将对雅各布有所行动。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The rate of inflation is running at about 2.7 percent.
通货膨胀率大约为2.7%。
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Everyone was running about.
大家都在跑来跑去。
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From 1879 to 1888 he wandered about Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.
从1879到1888年，他游历于德国、瑞士和意大利等地。
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His hair was drifting about his shoulders like dirty snow.
他的头发像脏兮兮的雪一样披散在肩上。
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Helen threw her arms about him.
海伦张开双臂拥抱他。
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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。
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There's lots of money about these days for schemes like this.
近来这类计划资金充足。
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I think he's about to leave.
我看他要走了。
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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。
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The film was about to start.
电影快开场了。
When you are talking about movement in no particular direction, you can use around and round as well as about. It's so romantic up there, flying around in a small plane... I spent a couple of hours driving round Richmond... Police constables walk about with guns on their hips. When you are talking about something being generally present or available, you can use around or about, but not round, as adverbs. There is a lot of talent around at the moment... There are not that many jobs about.Round has a lot of other meanings, as a noun, verb, and adjective which you can see at the entry for round. You cannot use about in these cases.
表示没有明确方向的移动，可用around, round 和about: It's so romantic up there, flying around in a small plane（坐着小型飞机在空中翱翔真浪漫），I spent a couple of hours driving round Richmond（我花了几个小时驱车漫游里士满），Police constables walk about with guns on their hips.（警员们胯上别枪四处巡逻）。表示某物就在手头或能够获得，可用around或about作副词, 但不可用round: There is a lot of talent around at the moment（目前有大量现成人才），There are not that many jobs about（可供选择的工作并不多）。round 作名词、动词和形容词有许多其他意思，参见round词条；在这些情况下不可用around。
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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。
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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。
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They often saw me out and about.
他们经常看见我四处奔波。
| Usage | about to |
| About to is used to say that something is going to happen very soon without specifying exactly when. A time expression is not necessary and should be avoided: The concert is about to start. means that it is imminent; The concert starts in five minutes. tells us exactly when. | |
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- saving graces
- savings
- savings account
- savings-and-loan
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- savings and loan association
- savings and loans
- savings-and-loans
- savingss
- savior
- saviors
- saviour
- saviours
- savoir faire
- savoir-faire
- savoirfaire
- savoir-faires
- savor
- savorer
- savorily
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- savoriness