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【词性】：adv．

【释义】：

❶ 周围；到处〔look about环顾四周〕
❷ 处处〔Birds fly about．鸟儿到处飞。

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❸ 附近〔It is somewhere about．就在附近的某个地方。〕
❹ 相反方向；围绕〔Turn yourself about．转过身来。〕
❺ 大约〔about forty years old大约40岁〕
❻ ［口］差不多〔I’m just about ready．我几乎准备好了。

〕‖ adj．活跃的；警觉到的或又站起来〔He is up and about again．他又活跃起来了。

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❷ 地区存在的〔There is much illness about．疾病流行。〕‖ prep．❶ 在…周围；在…四周〔The waves rose about the boat．浪花在小船四周升涌。

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❷ 在各处；处处〔Stop running about the house．停止在房子周围跑动。〕
❸ 在附近〔He was born about 1920．他大约出生在1920年。

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❹ 关于〔He has his brains about him．他对他有自己的看法。

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