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prep. 在...周围, 大约, 有关, 关于
ad. 大约, 四处, 在附近, 周围
【经】 大约, 约

about time too! (当有人告诉你某事已经发生了,你为了表示你已经知道某事很久以前就该发生时所说的话)
about/around someone\'s ears (如果某事失败，或传到某人的耳朵里，突然彻底地粉碎了这个人的梦想和计划）
about/on your person （(非正式）某件东西是你拥有的，并且正随身携带，经常隐藏在衣服里．）
be up and about/around (如果某人生病之后,能够起身走动,那他们就可以下床到处走动.)
Tell me about it! (非正式) (当你想对和你有相同的问题或不好的经历的人表示同情时,都会说这句话.)
about to
1、差不多准备好了
2、正打算做某事
not about to （不愿意去做某事）

\"They\'re widening the road outside the school.\" \"about time too\"
“他们正在拓宽校外的马路．”“他们早就该这么做了”。
His business folded and collapsed about his ears.
他的生意失败了，彻底粉碎了他的希望。
Her entire world seemed to hve come crashing aroung her ears when he died.
当他死的时候，她的希望彻底破灭了，她的整个世界好像都要塌下来了。
She had a small tape recorder concealed about her person.
他随身有一台录音机．
Trevor\'s up and about again, but he won\'t be able to drive for a few weeks.
特雷弗又可以下床走动了,但是几周内还不能开车.
\"I\'ve got so much work to do.\" \"Tell me about it!\".
“还有那么多工作等着我呢。”“那种情况我也经历过！”
One of my friends at work is about to have her second baby.
我一个上班的朋友几乎做好了要第二个孩子的一切准备。
I was about to tell you a joke.but I won\'t because it\'s not really very funny.
我想跟你说个笑话，但我又不想说了，因为那其实并不好笑。
Alice was not about to stand around and watch while Jim and Nan argued.
当吉姆和南争执的时候，爱丽丝不想就站在那看。

fuck about seeing about testify about barge about flutter about pull about bugger about hear about lark about buzz about fling about got about run about get about boast about prate about mess about bring about circa(about) about-face clear about bother about