about的意义与用法

1.到处，在各处（in various directions）：There lay books about the room.书被扔得满屋子都是。 /Flowers dot about our school.我们学校里到处点缀着鲜花。/Sheep and cows are about the lawn.草地上到处都是牛羊。

2.向四周，向各处（to various places）：He is traveling about the world.他正在世界各地旅行。 /The headmaster took the foreign guests about the campus.校长带外宾参观校园。 /The mice ran away about the house on hearing a cat coming.老鼠们一听见猫到来就向屋子的四周奔逃。

3.在四周，在周围，围绕（round）： There are a lot of trees about the house.在房子的周围有许多树木。 /There is a fence about his garden.他的菜园的四周围了一道篱笆。 /The children sat about Lei Feng.孩子们围着雷锋而坐。

4.在附近(in the vicinity of, near)：Mr. An bought a house about the school.安先生在学校附近买了房子。 /The parents are chatting and their children are playing with toys about them. 父母们在聊天，孩子们在他们的旁边玩玩具。

5.在里面 (within a given place or area)：Mr. Zhang could only walk about the place that Mr Jiang limited. 张先生只能在蒋先生限制的地方里面走动。 /He seemed to have something hidden about his person. 他的衣服里好像藏有什么东西。

6.在身边，在身上，在手头（on or near the body of）： Yesterday I wanted to buy the violin in the window, but I happened to have no money about me. 昨天我想买下窗口里的那把小提琴，但碰巧身上没带钱。 /A strange smell about her caused her much trouble.她身上的怪味给她添了很多麻烦。

7.关于，有关（concerning; regarding; in connection with）：They are talking about the film they saw last night.他们在谈论他们昨晚看过的电影。 /This story is about Lei Feng.这是个关于雷锋的故事。 /Please tell me something about your country. 请告诉我有关你们国家的一些情况。

8.从事，忙于(concerned or occupied with)：What are you about? 你在做什么？ /Do you know how to set about it? 你知道怎样做这事吗？

9.与what或how连用，表示建议或询问： What about going out for a walk? 出去散步怎么样？ /How about this blue skirt? 这件蓝色的裙子怎么样？

10 接近于，大约，左右（or so; close to）：We left there about ten o’clock. 我们大约在十点钟离开了那里。 /The school is about six miles from the farm.学校离农场六英里左右。

11就要，即将（on the point of; going to）：Hurry up! The plane is about to start.赶快，火车就要开动了。 /I was about to go out when it began to rain.我正要出门，忽然天下起雨来。