about
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
prep.
关于；大约；在…周围；
adv.
大约；在附近；在四周；几乎
adj.
在附近的；四处走动的；在起作用的；在流行中的
英英释义
about[ ə'baut ]
adj.on the move
"up and about"
同义词：astir(p)
adv.
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
"in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"
同义词：approximatelyclose tojust aboutsomeroughlymore or lessaroundor so
all around or on all sides
"dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"
同义词：around
in the area or vicinity
"a few spectators standing about"
同义词：around
to or among many different places or in no particular direction
"wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"
同义词：around
in or to a reversed position or direction
"about face"
同义词：around
in rotation or succession
"turn about is fair play"
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished
"the job is (just) about done"
同义词：just aboutalmostmostall butnearlynearnighvirtuallywell-nigh
词组短语
how about你认为…怎样
what about怎么样；（对于）…怎么样
all about到处，各处；关于…的一切
about us关于我们；公司简介
do about处理；应付；就某事采取行动或措施
go about v. 着手做；四处走动；传开；从事
about to do刚要；即将
about of打算；即将
out and about能够外出走动
up and about（病人病情好转）起床走动
on or about大约于…
同近义词辨析
about, round, around这组词都有“在周围、在附近”的意思，其区别是：
about既可表静态，也可表动态。
round主要用于英国，多半指动态。
around主要用于美国，静态或动态均可。
approximately, aboutapproximately最接近的，误差极小
about大致接近，误差可大可小；
almost, approximately, about, nearly, roughly, around这组词都有“大约，差不多”的意思，其区别是：
almost指在程度上相差很小，差不多。
approximately多用于书面语，指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。
about常可分almost和nearly换用，但about用于表示时间、数量的“大约”时，实际数量可能多也可能少。
nearly与almost含义基本相同，侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。
roughly指按精略估计，常代替about。
around多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。
双语例句
用作介词(prep.)
Tell me all about it.
告诉我关于这件事的一切。
It is about six o'clock now.
现在是六点钟左右。
It was a long flight and it took about fourteen hours.
时间真长,飞了大约十四个小时。
All about us in the store were piles of goods.
在这家店里,我们周围到处都是成堆的商品。
用作副词(adv.)
Dinner is about ready.
中饭就要做好了。
He spoke to a few spectators standing about.
他和站在附近的围观者交谈。
He's eighty now, and doesn't get about much any more.
他现在80岁了,不能再到处走动了。
He glanced quickly about and then stepped aside.
他向四周扫了一眼,然后站在一旁。
用作形容词(adj.)
He was about to start.
他即将动身。
A new book is about to be brought out.
一本新书即将出版。
I was about to go out when he called on me.
当他来访时，我正要外出。
There is a rumor about that they're getting divorced.
正传闻说他们要离婚。
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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. She and I disagree about it .
关于这一点，我和她意见不同。
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2. I must go about my business.
我必须忙我自己的事。
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3. The company disseminated information about its new programmes.
公司传播有关其新计划的信息。
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4. She always cares about losing her job.
她总是担心丢掉她的工作。
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5. Be careful about what you say.
对你所说的话小心点。
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6. She protested about the expense.
她对这项支出强烈反对。
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7. I make the distance about 70 kilometres.
我估计这段距离约有70公里。
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8. I have never doubted about her ability.
我对她的才能从未怀疑过。
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9. I know an old song about love.
我记得一首关于爱情的老歌。
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10. They bumped him off because he knew too much about their illegal activities.
他们把他谋杀了，因为他对他们的非法活动知道得太多了。
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11. The news about the layoffs disquieted many workers.
有关解雇的消息令许多工人忧虑。
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12. The reporters besieged me with questions about the plane crash.
记者们纷纷向我提出有关这次飞机失事的问题。
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13. What are they about?
他们在忙些什么?
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14. North Americans often hold off a certain distance in conversation, which is about 21 inches apart found by studies.
北美人在交谈时常保持一定距离的间隔，据研究发现，这种距离大约为21英寸。
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15. He racketed about all night long.
他整夜地到处寻欢作乐。
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16. Tell him to stop banging about.
告诉他不要到处弄出声响。
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17. Some people go about telling untrue stories.
某些人到处传播不真实的事。
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18. I happened to know about him.
我碰巧了解他的情况。
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19. When they began to talk about him he pricked his ears.
当他们开始议论到他时，他竖起了耳朵。
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20. I remembered he told me about it.
我记得他跟我提过这件事。
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21. I held nothing back, I told you all about it.
我什么也不瞒你，我把一切全说出来了。
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22. She always quibbles about household affairs with her mother.
她总是为了家庭琐事跟母亲争论不休。
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23. They often mucked about with some girls.
他们常和一些姑娘们鬼混。
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24. She likes to reminisce about her childhood.
她喜欢回忆她的童年时代。
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25. Rose had forgotten all about their appointment.
罗斯把他们的约会全忘掉了。
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26. They love to run about on the beach.
他们喜欢在海滩上跑来跑去。
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27. Who tell you I hang about with a gang?
谁告诉你我和一帮坏孩子在鬼混?
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28. What are you sighing about?
你为什么唉声叹气？
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29. As historians we brood about the study of the history.
作为历史学家，我们关心的是研究历史。
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30. As historians we brood about the study of the history.
作为历史学家，我们关心的是研究历史。
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31. What did it want to notify the library about?
它想通知什么内容？
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32. There’s something else a bit odd about this dialog: Why does it only ask about saving changes when you are all done?
关于这个对话框，还有一些其他怪异之处。 当你完成所有的工作，为什么它只问你是否保存修改呢？
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33. In the two previous chapters, we talked about how to gather qualitative information about users and create models using that information.
在前几章中，我们描述了如何搜集用户的定量信息，并且如何用这些信息来创造各类用户模型。
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34. Remember, we’re just talking about text.
记住，我们讨论的只是文本。
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35. Ignorance about users
不了解用户
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36. In summary, it’s important to remember that understanding personas is more about understanding motivations and goals than it is about understanding specific tasks or demographics.
总之，一定要记住理解人物角色不仅仅是理解动机和目标，也包含理解具体的任务和人口统计数据。
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37. A lack of precision about the user can lead to a lack of clarity about how the product should behave.
对用户了解不够精确，就会导致产品功能的定位不够清晰。
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38. For them, design is first about the tone, style, and framework that communicate a brand experience, then about legibility and readability of information, and finally (if at all) about communicating behavior through affordances (see Chapter 13).
对于他们来说，设计首先是格调、风格和传达了品牌信息的框架，是信息的清晰性和可读性，最后（如果有的话）才通过启示（参见第13章）传达行为。
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39. Is it about to crash?
是不是即将要崩溃？
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40. For more about menus, see Chapter 22. We’ll speak more about butcons, toolbars, and ToolTips in Chapter 23.
关于菜单的更多讨论请参考第22章。 我们将在第23章中详细讨论图标按钮、工具栏和工具提示。
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