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1. Oxford Dictionary

   about

   • IPA[əˈbaʊt]

   英式

   • prep.
     on the subject of; concerning；so as to affect
   • adv.
     used to indicate movement within an area；used to express location in a particular place
2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   prep.

   介系詞

   • 1. on the subject of; concerning I was thinking about you a book about ancient Greece 同義詞 regarding, concerning, with reference to, referring to, with regard to, ... 更多with respect to, respecting, relating to, on, touching on, dealing with, relevant to, with relevance to, connected with, in connection with, on the subject of, in the matter of, apropos, re, anent
   • ▪ so as to affect there's nothing we can do about it
   • 2. British used to indicate movement within a particular area she looked about the room 同義詞 around, round, throughout, over, through, ... 更多all over, in all parts of, on every side of, encircling, surrounding, here and there, everywhere
   • 3. British used to express location in a particular place rugs were strewn about the hall he produced a knife from somewhere about his person 同義詞 around, in circulation, in existence, current, going on, ... 更多prevailing, prevalent, widespread, pervasive, endemic, happening, in the air, abroad
   • ▪ used to describe a quality apparent in a person there was a look about her that said everything

   adv.

   副詞

   • 1. British used to indicate movement within an area men were floundering about finding my way about 同義詞 around, here and there, to and fro, back and forth, from place to place, ... 更多hither and thither, in every direction, in all directions, abroad
   • 2. British used to express location in a particular place there was a lot of flu about 同義詞 near, nearby, around, about the place, hereabouts, ... 更多not far off/away, close by, in the vicinity, in the neighbourhood, at hand, within reach, on the doorstep, (just) around the corner
   • 3. (used with a number or quantity) approximately reduced by about 5 per cent he's about 35 同義詞 approximately, roughly, around, round about, in the neighbourhood/region of, ... 更多in the area of, of the order of, something like, or so, or thereabouts, there or thereabouts, more or less, give or take a few, not far off, getting on for, circa, informalas near as dammit, in the ballpark of反義詞 exactly, precisely

   片語

   • that's about it
   • be about to do something
   • be not about to do something
   • know what one is about