About

(adj.) on the move; 'up and about'; 'the whole town was astir over the incident' .

(adv.) in the area or vicinity; 'a few spectators standing about'; 'hanging around'; 'waited around for the next flight'.

(adv.) all around or on all sides; 'dirty clothes lying around (or about)'; 'let's look about for help'; 'There were trees growing all around'; 'she looked around her'.

(adv.) in or to a reversed position or direction; 'about face'; 'suddenly she turned around'.

(adv.) used of movement 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)'; 'traveled around in Asia'; 'he needs advice from someone who's been around'; 'she sleeps around'.

(adv.) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; 'the job is (just) about done'; 'the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded'; 'we're almost finished'; 'the car all but ran her down'; 'he nearly fainted'; 'talked for nigh onto 2 hours'; 'the recording is well-nigh perfect'; 'virtually all the parties signed the contract'; 'I was near exhausted by the run'; 'most everyone agrees'.

(adv.) in rotation or succession; 'turn about is fair play'.

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• You ought not to have come today, she said in an altered voice; and suddenly she turned, flung her arms about him and pressed her lips to his. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Constantly she talked to me about what I should do to be thy wife. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I could tell you a story about that same uncle, gentlemen, that would rather surprise you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• But how about the foresight and the moral retrogression? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• One sees very little about it in the newspapers and popular magazines, in spite of the fact that it is the keystone, so to speak, of the motion-picture industry. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Which means, I suppose, that you are not quite clear about your case? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• About a mile west from where I had been stopping a road comes up from the southeast, joining that from La Grange to Memphis. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Let it suffice h ere to state that Rutherford assumes that the greater mass of the atom consis ts o f negatively charged particles rotating about a positive nucle us. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It's all show with Minnie, about Martha. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands, said Mrs. March decidedly. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Odessa is about twenty hours' run from Sebastopol, and is the most northerly port in the Black Sea. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I told Catherine and Ferguson about him and Ferguson was very impressed. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I never had the feeling in the house before,' said Mrs Boffin; 'and I have been about it alone at all hours of the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Sure enough, as indicated by the change of commanders, the enemy was about to assume the offensive. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• He only told me a little about his parents and grandparents, and almost all in answer to my questions. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• There was something most startlingly familiar about him, exclaimed Mr. Philander, And yet, bless me, I know I never saw him before. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• As I had sufficient hopes of the will to be in a flutter about it, Allan and I agreed to go down to the court that morning. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I took passage on a steamer at Ripley, Ohio, for Pittsburg, about the middle of May, 1839. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• But if you have followed recent events so closely you must have read about Lord St. Simon and his wedding? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Still, a person may hesitate about the probability of the son of a king being a philosopher. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• What did this fellow say about Bulstrode? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• You talk in such a way about 'mamma' it is enough to make one jealous of the old lady. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• His strength returned, and a month after the visit of Thomasin he might have been seen walking about the garden. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Together they set about designing the machine to make it as nearly perfect as possible in adaptation to the needs of modern business. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I know all about it now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• We'll see about that, said Hopkins. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• What were you about? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I never made any plans about what I'd do when I grew up. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• What if my complaint be about to take a turn, and I am yet destined to enjoy health? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Meantime the whole hall was in a stir; most people rose and remained standing, for a change; some walked about, all talked and laughed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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