The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

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痛苦的秘密在于有閑工夫擔心自己是否幸福。

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一、關于about,你應該知道的用法有

adj.

1.在附近的

There are some questionable characters from our point of view hanging about the neighbourhood.

有幾個形跡可疑的人總是在這兒附近轉(zhuǎn)來轉(zhuǎn)去。

2.存在的,活動著的;四處走動的

The man was so weak that he could just drag himself about.

這個男人太虛弱了,他只能慢慢地活動活動。

3.即將…的

The match is about to begin.

比賽即將開始。

4.在起作用的

The antibodies that bring this about are called agglutinins.

起這個作用的抗體稱為凝集素。

adv.

1.比…稍多或稍少,在…稍前或稍后,大約,左右

About one month. I'm just sightseeing.

大約一個月。我只是觀光旅游。

2.【口】將近

About noon she made her escape with her work to the East room.

將近中午的時候,她拿起了自己的活逃回了東室。

3.【口】(用于含蓄的言語)夠了

I' ve had just about enough.

我已經(jīng)差不多夠了。

4.(表示動向)到處,各處,處處

As a salesman, I am on the road about three weeks per month.

身為業(yè)務員,一個月當中有三個星期我都到處奔走兜攬生意。

5.附近,不遠

There was nobody about.

附近沒有人。

prep.

1.關于,對于,有關

Well, I'm not going to argue about this in any way.

關于這個問題,這會兒我不打算爭辯下去。

2.將近…的時候,大約在…

He came at a time when I was about to leave for London.

在我計劃去倫敦的時候他來了。

3.從事于,忙于

When I think of their deformities, of the monstrous styles they chose, of the flatulence and tediousness of their works, of all the chaos and confusion they wallowed in, of the obstacles they heaped up about them, I feel an exaltation.

一想到他們殘缺不全的肢體、他們選擇的荒誕風格,他們所從事的工作的浮夸和乏味、他們耽溺于其中的雜亂無章狀態(tài)以及他們在自己身邊設置的種種障礙—我便覺得異常高興。

4.(表示動向)在…到處,在…各處

Meantime, Rushton was still going about the house.

這時候,拉什頓還在到處轉(zhuǎn)來轉(zhuǎn)去。

5.在…附近,離…不遠

She's somewhere about the office.

她在辦公室附近。

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二、詞義辨析:表示“在周圍”的還有哪些詞呢?

about, around, round

這些詞均有“在周圍、在附近”之意。
about既可表靜態(tài),也可表動態(tài)。
around主要用于美國,靜態(tài)或動態(tài)均可。
round主要用于英國,多半指動態(tài)。

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三、詞義辨析:about的同義詞還有哪些呢?

almost, nearly, about, approximately, around, roughly

這些副詞均有“大約,差不多”之意。
almost指在程度上相差很小,差不多。
nearly與almost含義基本相同,側(cè)重指數(shù)量、時間或空間上的接近。
about??煞謅lmost和nearly換用,但about用于表示時間、數(shù)量的“大約”時,實際數(shù)量可能多也可能少。
approximately多用于書面語,指精確度接近某個標準以致誤差可忽略不計。
around多用于非正式場合,常見于美國英語。
roughly指按精略估計,常代替about。

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四、學會about的用法了嗎?來做個小測試吧

Tell me all _______it.

告訴我關于這件事的一切。