日说一词3 about
3500词精要词3about
about /ə baʊt/
ad/大约/将近;(/around/or so)到处;四处;
prep/关于;针对;在///各处;在///四处(/round/ around)
adj/就要///的;四处走动的
词根词缀
ab-(远离;偏离;向下)+out(向外;在外;不准确的)大致;到处
衍生词系
talkabout谈论hangaround / walk about到处溜达
moveabout走来走去throwabout到处扔
setabout doing sth/ / set out to do sth/开始做///
How/Whatabout…?…怎么样?
Howdid it come about that///?///怎么回事?
用法搭配
【拓展】
1) about和on表示“关于”
均可表示“关于”,但about主要指泛泛地或非正式地谈论某事,其谈论的内容也较为普通;而on则指比较有系统地或理论性较强地论述某事,其论述的内容较正式或较严肃。
比较:
He wrote onliterature/
他撰写文学著作。
He wrote about theaccident/
他报道有关这起事故的情况。
It is a book onplants/
那是一本论及植物的书。(可能是一本学术著作)
It is a book aboutbirds/
那是一本关于植物的书。(可能是一本儿童植物图书)
1)be about to do sth/正要/即刻做某事///
/be on thepoint of doing /be on the verge of doing立马/就要做///
注意/该短语指说完话后立即要做的事情,时间上有很大的局限性,不能与具体的时间状语(如:soon/tomorrow/immediately等)连用,但可与时间连词when连用:
We areabout to leave for Beijing/
我们正要动身去北京。
I was(just) about to go to bed when the telephone rang/
我正要上***睡觉,这时电话铃突然响了起来。
在美式英语中,beabout not to do sth不愿意做某事:
I am notabout to admit mistake/
我还不想认错。
2)形容词后不同的介词表达不同的含义
beconcerned about关心,挂念/惦记beconcerned with与/// ///有关
be angryabout因///感到生气(在事情发生后已有一段时间)
be angryat因///感到生气(在事情发生时)
3)不同动词对about的搭配有不同要求
①及物动词consider/discuss/ doubt/ explain/ report/ say等之后不能用about:
我们会尽快讨论此事的。
误:We lldiscuss about it as soon as possible/
正:We lldiscuss it as soon as possible/
析:discuss(讨论)为及物动词,后接宾语时,无需用介词。
②不及物动词argue/complain/dream/ talk/worry等之后必须用介词about:
他没什么要说吧?
误:Hehas nothing to talk/ does he?
正:Hehas nothing to talkabout/ does he?
析:表示说到某事时,talk不及物,其后需接介词about或of再带名词或代词作宾语。(本句中about的逻辑宾语是nothing)
③动词know/hear/speak/write/bring/care等之后用不用介词about/含义有差别:
①He knows her/
他认识她。
He knows of her/
他知道有她这样一个人
He knows about her/
他知道有关她的情况。
②I have heard abouthim/ but I don’t know him/
我听到过一些关于他的事,但不认识他这个人。
I’ve heard of him/ but Idon’t know abouthim/
我听说过他,但我不知道有关他的情况。
③speak English说英语(这门语言)speakabout English说起英语(聊一聊它)
④write a letter写信/修书(直接的动宾关系,写一封信)
write about a letter写点信(间接的动宾关系,就信件写些内容)
⑤read a novel读(一本)小说readabout a novel读点小说(之类的东西)
⑥bring anumbrella拿把伞来bring about awar引发一场战争
⑦care关心,在意
But we might ruin thestove/ —— Who cares?
“可我们会把炉子弄坏的!”——“我才不在乎呢!”
care about担忧/关怀
The capitalistsonlycare aboutthe accumulation of wealth/
资本家只顾积累财富/
care for照顾,照料
Asthe average age of the population increases/ there are more and more old peopleto carefor/
随着人口平均年龄的增加,有越来越多的老年人需要照顾。
精选例句
(1)They areparticularaboutthe quality of toilet paper/
它们特别关注卫生纸的质量。
(2)The least that canbe concluded from this research is that companies need tothinkharderaboutmanaging teams/
从这项研究中至少可以得出的结论是,公司需要更加努力地考虑管理团队。
(3)Six months out/ morepeople who had quit abruptly had stuck with it—more than one-fifth ofthem/ compared toaboutone-seventh in the other group/
六个月后,更多突然戒烟的人坚持了下去——超过五分之一,而另一组约七分之一。
(4)Onehad to quit abruptly on a given day/ going fromabouta pack a day tozero/
一个人不得不在某一天突然戒烟,从每天大约一包变成零。
(5)A listener inChina/ WangMing/ who isaboutto get an engineering degree/wants to know how American college graduates find jobs/
即将获得工程学学位的中国听众王明想知道美国大学毕业生是如何找到工作的。
(6)A new commoditybringsabouta highly profitable/ fast-growing industry/ urgingantitrust regulators to step in to check those who control its flow/
一种新的大宗商品带来了一个高利润、快速增长的行业,敦促反垄断监管机构介入,检查那些控制其流量的人。
(7)About100 ofthese stayed rich men for the rest of their lives/
其中大约有100人的余生都是富人。
(8)Aboutthirty percentof the world s exports of tea makes its way to London/
全世界大约有30%的茶叶出口到伦敦。
(9)According toAnderson/ before 1970/ Americans had little ideaaboutenvironmentalproblems/
据安德森说,在1970年以前,美国人对环境问题知之甚少。
(10)According to theworld bank/ China accounts forabout30 percent of total globalfertilizer consumption/
根据世界银行的数据,中国约占全球化肥消费总量的30%。
(11)After spotting awallet on the front seat inside a parked car with its window down/ he stoodguard in the rain forabouttwo hours waiting for the owner to return/
他发现一辆停着车窗的汽车的前座上有一个钱包,就在雨中站岗等了大约两个小时,等待车主回来。
(12)Americans eatonlyaboutfifteen pounds of fish per person per year/ but we eattwice as much fish in restaurants as at home/
美国人每人每年只吃大约15磅的鱼,但我们在餐馆吃的鱼是在家里的两倍。
巧妙串记
Iwas about to write about something on the academic subject when children wereplaying merrily about in the backyard/ which brought about a subtle conflictwith my daily routine/I couldn t help thinkingto myself/ Howdid itcome about thatIhad togive intothem?What abouthaving a walk outside?
我正要写一些关于学术主题的东西时,孩子们在后院愉快地玩耍,这给我的日常惯例带来了一种微妙的冲突。我不禁自问,“我是怎么不得不向他们屈服的?在外面散散步怎么样呢?”