about

英 [ə\"baʊt] 美 [ə\"baʊt]

• 翻译

  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

英 [ə\"baʊt]||||||美 [ə\"baʊt]

A

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

about 大约

来自古英语onbutan, a- 同on , -b同by, -ut为out词根。字面意思为在外面的,后指大约。

about

about:

[OE]

About

in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its commonest present-day meaning, ‘concerning’, until the 13th century. In its earliest incarnation it was

onbūtan

, a compound made up of

on

and

būtan

‘outside’ (this is the same word as modern English

but

, which was itself originally a compound, formed from the ancestors of

by

and

out

– so broken down into its ultimate constituents,

about

is

on by out

).

=> but, by, out

about (adv.)

Old English

abutan

, earlier

onbutan

\\\\\\\"on the outside of,\\\\\\\" from

on

(see on; also see a- (1)) +

be

\\\\\\\"by\\\\\\\" (see by) +

utan

\\\\\\\"outside,\\\\\\\" from

ut

(see out (adv.)). By 13c. it had forced out Old English

ymbe

,

ymbutan

for meaning \\\\\\\"in the neighborhood of.\\\\\\\"

Abouts

, with adverbial genitive, still found in

hereabouts

, etc., probably is a northern dialectal form.

About face

as a military command (short for

right about face

) is first attested 1861, American English.

1. No matter where you go in lifeo,rhow old you get, there\\\\\\\"s always something new to learn

about

. After all, life is full of surprises.

不管你生活在哪里，你有多少岁，总有新东西要学习，毕竟，生活总是充满惊喜。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

2. Instead of complaining

about

what\\\\\\\"s wrong, be grateful for what\\\\\\\"s right.

别抱怨不好的事，要对好的事心存感恩。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

3. If you\\\\\\\"re not satisfied with the life you\\\\\\\"re living, don\\\\\\\"t just complain. Do something

about

it.

对于现况的不满，不能只是抱怨，要有勇气作出改变。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

4. It\\\\\\\"s not

about

making the amazing saves. It\\\\\\\"s the little thingsa,n,dsmall things that made great gatekeepers great.

伟大的门将不是靠神奇的扑救成就，而是靠注重小事和细节成功。（Tim Howard美国国家队门将）

来自金山词霸 每日一句

5. Doctors are complaining

about

being barraged by drug-company salesmen.

医生们抱怨他们疲于应付医药公司的销售人员。

来自柯林斯例句