about /əˈbaut/ I. prep. 1.关于，对于：Tell me something about your trip. 告诉我一些关于你旅行的情况。 (常与about连用的动词还有：talk, speak, think, read, argue, worry, know, write, care, learn, hear, agree等。) She is very anxious about your safety. 她非常关心你的安全。 (常与about连用的形容词还有：happy, sorry, busy, worried, pleased等。) 2.在…周围：plant bamboo about the house在房子四周栽种了竹子 3.到处：The papers were scattered about the floor. 地板上到处散放着文件。 4.随身：Do you happen to have the letter about you? 你随身带着那封信了吗? 5.用于习语 (be) about to (do sth.) 正要，将要： The plane is about to take off.飞机将要起飞了。 What/How about…?…怎么样/办?What about the weather these?那里的天气怎么样? How about having a cup of coffee?喝杯咖啡怎么样? ‖II. adv. 1.大约，左右： About ten o’clock the telephone rang. 十点左右电话铃响了。 2.在(向)周围，四处：go about 到处走走 Look about and tell me what you see. 向四周看看，告诉我你看见了什么。 3.将近，差不多: My stomach is about full. 我的肚子差不多饱了。
［辨析］ 与approximately, round, roughly辨见approximately
