around

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基本释义

  • prep.围绕; 从那边; 绕过; 符合; 到处
  • adv.大约; 四周; 围绕; 到处; 闲散地; 出现; 走红的; 掉头

实用例句

Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around...

这次本特森参议员又拒绝参与。

When July Fourth comes around, the residents of Columbia City throw a noisy party.

每逢7月4号美国独立日,哥伦比亚城的居民们都会举行热闹的聚会。

She was 40 inches around the hips.

她臀围40英寸。

My salary was around £9,000 plus a car and expenses...

我的薪水大约是9,000英镑,还有一辆车和业务经费可支配。

Rolls Royce produces around 1,000 extremely desirable cars a year.

劳斯莱斯公司每年生产约1,000辆非常吸引人的汽车。

There is a Green party but it only scored around about 10 percent in the vote...

虽然有一个绿党,但在选举中该党只得到了大约10%的选票。

Those around her would forgive her for weeping.

她身边的人会原谅她掉眼泪的。

...the gentle comedy based around the Larkin family...

根据拉金一家的故事改编的轻喜剧

The discussion centered around four subjects.

讨论围绕4个主题展开。

We change our behaviour by observing the behaviour of those around us...

我们通过观察周围人的举止改变自己的行为。

Just having lots of people around that you can talk to is important...

有许多能交谈的人在身边很重要。

The blackbird had a quick, wary look in case the cat was anywhere around...

这只乌鸫迅速警惕地张望了一眼,以防那只猫就在附近。

Furniture in the classroom should not be changed around without warning the blind child...

教室中的桌椅如需要挪动,应事先告诉这个盲童。

She moved things around so the table was beneath the windows.

她挪动家具使桌子靠在窗边。

The boat started to spin around in the water.

船开始在水中打旋。

Police in South Africa say ten people have died in scattered violence around the country...

南非警方称,在全国各地零星发生的暴力事件中,有10人死亡。

Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River.

在肯尼亚东部的塔纳河一带经常发现陷入沼泽的大象。

I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs...

我只会闲呆着,什么事也不做。

After breakfast the next morning they sat around for an hour discussing political affairs.

第二天早饭后,他们闲坐着聊了一个小时政治话题。

They milled around the ballroom with video cameras.

他们扛着摄像机在舞厅里转来转去。

She helped me unpack my things and then we went around to see the other girls.

她帮我打开行李,然后我们去看望其他女孩们。

These days much of my time is spent weaving my way around drinks parties...

这些天,我多半都是在酒会上晃悠过去的。

Today she wore her hair down around her shoulders.

今天她的头发披在肩上。

The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner...

摄影师停止按动快门,匆匆绕过拐角。

I peered around the edge of the shed — there was no sign of anyone else.

我仔细察看了棚子周边,没有其他人。

I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard...

我转过身,在黑板上写下了题目。

He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us.

他慢慢直起身子,坐在凳子上转过身来面对着我们。

I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet...

我在莫斯科到处游逛,城里非常安静。

He glanced discreetly around the room at the other people.

他谨慎地瞥了一眼房间里的其他人。

She looked at the papers around her...

她看了看四周的文件。

真题例句

The question is, how?Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern Mississippi recently studied around 20 people with HSAM and found that they scored particularly highly on two measures: fantasy proneness and absorption.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

So it's no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.

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People can enjoy services around the clock.

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There is lots of snow around, and the ground freezes, which can make life difficult for animals.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

In fact, we seemed to be out all the time! I don’t really remember working— of course, I was a student—or sitting around at home very much.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

I mean, girls went around in really short skirts, and wore flowers in their hair.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

Around 800 A.D., people in Central Asia managed to develop a new kind of carrot—a purple carrot—that attracted more interest from international traders.

出自-2017年6月听力原文

The big meal came at around 1 p.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

For example, if a robot does chores around the house, you wouldn't want it to put the pet cat in the oven to make dinner for the hungry children.

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Dips in memory, meanwhile, generally became apparent around age 37.

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Jody Hubbard is a diet and nutrition expert who travels around the state to speak in middle and high schools.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

He wrapped one layer of the plastic around the card and tried again.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

With surging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the world have begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as well.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

With a wireless setup, you stick batterypowered sensors up around your home that keep an eye on windows, doors, motion, and more.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It means that a thief likely wouldn't be able to Google how the system works, then figure out a way around it.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

That was nothing though, compared to Germans, Italians, and the French, who stayed up around an hour and a half later on various days throughout the summer to watch the Cup.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

On New Year's Eve, Russians have the world's latest bedtime, hitting the hay at around 3:30 a.m.

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It's nice to have people of like mind around.

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If everyone around you has similar views, your work will suffer from confirmation bias .

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Around the world, people changed sleep patterns thanks to the start or end of daylight savings time.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Around 1804, Talleyrand challenged Careme to produce a full menu for his personal castle, instructing the young baker to use local, seasonal fruits and vegetables and to avoid repeating main dishes over the course of an entire year.

2018年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Around 9 in 10 people in low- and middle-income countries live in places where they regularly experience dangerous levels of outdoor air pollution.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

Around half of ocean heat intake since 1865 has taken place since 1997, researchers report online in Nature Climate Change.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

At other times the cow wandered around the 526 acre park and the artificial grass field normally used for human sporting events.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

But while height has increased around the world, the trend in many countries of north and sub-Saharan Africa causes concern, says Riboli.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Congratulations! Yes, I believe for international students, you'll have to pay around 13,000 pounds a year.

2019年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

France isn't the first country to kick around the idea of paving its roads with solar panels.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Getting around a city is one thing — and then there's the matter of getting from one city to another.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

He showed me around the orphanage he works at.

2018年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

However, I can hang around for you if you like.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

If everyone around you has similar views, your work will suffer from confirmation bias.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

If you are not careful it will come around and bite you.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

In fact, we seemed to be out all the time! I don't really remember working— of course, I was a student—or sitting around at home very much.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

In the UK alone, there are around 30 million cars.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

It was interesting to see such a strange sight, but there were a lot of people around and I was a bit worried about the bees and the people stopping to look.

2017年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

It will be good to have someone around who I know.

2017年6月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

It's still in its early stages, but I think it's shifting around not what kids learn but how they learn.

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Kasarda says future cities should be built intentionally around or near airports.

2019年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Lawrence Patihis at the University of Southern mississippi recently studied around 20 people with HSAM and found that they scored particularly highly on two measures:fantasy proneness and absorption.

2017年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Many of us grow up believing that skipping breakfast is a serious mistake, even if only two thirds of adults in the UK eat breakfast regularly, according to the British dietetic Association, and around three-quarters of Americans.

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

My ancestor was a preacher, traveling around the countryside.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

My dancing life began not because I wanted to do it, but because my mother was sick and tired of seeing me running around after school doing nothing.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

So large is the Pacific, covering 30% of the planet's surface, that the specific energy generated by its warming is enough to touch off a series of weather changes around the world.

2015年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

So while it may seem as if kids are just exercising their bodies when they're running around, they may actually be exercising their brains as well.

2016年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

So, I'll meet you down at the station around 6?

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

Some colleges have what they call an "honor code", though if you are smart enough to get into these schools, you are either smart enough to get around any codes or hopefully, too ethical to consider doing so.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

That means there's little money around for investment that would make cities liveable and more productive.

2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

The bear first gained fame after it was spotted wandering around neighborhoods and was caught on videos that were posted on social media and shown on national television.

2017年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

The big meal came at around 1 p.m.

2016年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The building is very tall and there are gardens and a wall around it all.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

The center's "Shop with Your Doc" program sends doctors to the grocery store to meet with any patients who sign up for the service, plus any other shoppers who happen to be around with questions.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

The food-as-medicine movement has been around for decades, but it's making progress as physicians and medical institutions make food a formal part of treatment, rather than relying solely on medications.

2018年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

The manager told me that Jack Green's been very active around the shop the last few days.

2016年12月四级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

The plane stretches a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will eventually be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane's exterior.

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

The plane stretches a total length of 54 meters, where experienced scuba divers will eventually be able to venture through the cabin and around the plane's exterior.

2019年6月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

The share of young men with jobs peaked around 1960 at 84%.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The train was coming around the corner as I lifted the baby from the tracks.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Their whole life centers around drugs.

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

There have been concerns around the sugar content of cereal and the food industry's involvement in pro-breakfast research—and even one claim from an academic that breakfast is "dangerous".

2019年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

They are too often built around consuming natural resources.

2017年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

This type of arrangement peaked around 1960, when 62% of the nations 18- to 34-year-olds were living with a spouse or partner in their own household, and only one-in-five were living with their parents.

2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

When interviewed Keith porter of the southport beach said, our beach is so flat that it's very common for the tide come around the back of people and cut them off from the beach.

2019年12月四级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

with a wireless setup, you stick battery-powered sensors up around your home that keep an eye on windows, doors, motion, and more.

2016年12月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

with surging obesity levels putting increasing strain on public health systems, governments around the world have begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as well.

2016年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The dynamic adjustment to low oil prices may, however, be different this time around.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Nations from around the world have gathered in Paris for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, with the goal of a universal and potentially legally-binding agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States, there are programs that are serving them, but they're primarily centered around ‘Let's get these kids' grades up,' and not around ‘Let's get these kids access to the same kinds of opportunities as more-affluent kids,' said Daniel Zaharopol, the founder and executive director of the program.

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Futures markets, which show only a modest recovery of prices to around $60 a barrel by 2019, support this view.

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For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; it has been downloaded 5,700 times.

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About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May.

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Clickthrough rates have been high so far , but that may be a result of the novelty.

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And the World Resources Institute in its World Resources 2005 report, issued at the end of August, produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer people derive a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

Now Fred, you went to university in Canada? A recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.

出自-2016年6月听力原文

Then there is Antarctic's remoteness, with some mineral deposits found in windswept locations on a continent that is larger than Europe and where winter temperatures hover around minus 55 degrees Celsius.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

It's important to note that the increased flexibility didn't encourage them to work around the clock.

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You say your shop has been doing well, could you give me some idea of what doing well means in facts and figures?Birds are famous for carrying things around.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

When they returned home, their droppings end up all around their nesting sites, including in nearby ponds.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

Canadian scientists have found a worrisome new example of the power that birds have to spread stuff around.

出自-2016年12月听力原文

We worry most about now because if we don't survive for the next minute, we're not going to be around in ten years' time, says Professor Elke Weber of the Centre for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University in New York.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Many students are coming from a situation where no one around them has the experience of successfully completing higher education, so they are coming in questioning themselves and their college worthiness, Jarrat continued.

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It arouses students' interest in things around them.

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If the Thames were lapping around Big Ben, Londoners would face up to the problem of emissions pretty quickly.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Some of the heat is used directly or produces useful work; the rest is lost or rejected, radiated into the atmosphere from the engines, motors, boilers and all the energy-consuming machinery that makes American’s wheel go around.

出自-2015年12月听力原文

"We worry most about now because if we don't survive for the next minute, we're not going to be around in ten years' time," says Professor Elke Weber of the Centre for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University in New York.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

"If you look at a lot of low-income communities in the United States, there are programs that are serving them, but they're primarily centered around ‘Let's get these kids' grades up,' and not around ‘Let's get these kids access to the same kinds of oppor

2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

"Many students are coming from a situation where no one around them has the experience of successfully completing higher education, so they are coming in questioning themselves and their college worthiness," Jarrat continued.

2015年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

"Sometimes it goes wrong, but most of the time it doesn't, " says Swanson, who recommends starting to ask children permission to post narratives or photos around ages 6 to 8.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

A recent International Labour Organization report says the deterioration of real wages around the world calls into question the true extent of an economic recovery, especially if government rescue packages are phased out too early.

2016年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-showstyle contest held each May.

2017年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

And the World Resources Institute WR in its World Resources 2005 report, issued at the end of August, produced several such examples from Africa and Asia; It also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich, as poorer p

2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

And then they change the mood in the music either from sad to happy or the other way around.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

As a high school junior, everything in my life revolved around getting into the right college.

2018年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

As a zoologist focusing on the studies of apes and monkeys, I've been studying why humans evolved to become the naked ape and why skin comes in so many different shades around the world.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

At around age 60, "muscles really start to break down," says Kathryn Starr, an aging researcher, "and because of that, the protein needs of an older adult actually increase.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

At the time, coca leaf extract mixed with wine was a common tonic (滋补品), and Pemberton's sweet brew was a way to get around local laws prohibiting the sale of alcohol.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

But around 2012 these measures started to decline.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

But as it ages, these conditions may change and the area around it may no longer be suitable for its offspring.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

But to build up my own finances, I need around 20% more in personal savings and 50% less debt.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

By creating more awareness around your efforts to reduce waste, and by developing a culture of responsibility, repair, and reuse, you can build customer loyalty based on shared values .

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Click-through rates have been high so far around 3-4%, compared with less than 0.3% onlin, but that may be a result of the novelty.

2016年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Despite being the continent's second-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is dependent on $1 billion worth of tomato-paste imports every year, as around 75% of the local harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper storage facilities.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

During a month-long hospital trial,researchers asked 70 patients how they felt being around the robot and "only three or four said they didn't like having it around".

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

During the Arctic winter from October to March, the average temperature in the frozen north typically hovers around minus 20degrees Celsius.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

During the trials, the robot algorithms (算法) and mechanics will be fine-tuned to make it better suited to ailing livestock and ensure it safely navigates around potential hazards including trees, mud, swamps, and hills.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Each day of Kwanzaa, usually before the evening meal, family and friends gather around the table and someone lights a candle, beginning with the black.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

For example, one of the most popular data sets on multidisciplinary repository Dryad is about wood density around the world; It has been downloaded 5,700 times.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

For instance, years with a larger increase in online usage were followed by years with lower well-being, rather than the other way around.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Globally, urban populations are expected to double in the next 40 years, and an extra 2 billion people will need new places to live, as well as services and ways to move around their cities.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

If after work you lie around on your bed and get irritated by political commentary on your phone or get stressed thinking about decisions about how to renovate your home, your brain has not received a break from high mental arousal states.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

In general, your attitudes will be internally consistent only when the behavior is easy, and when those around you hold similar beliefs.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Industrial fishing for krill in the unspoilt waters around Antarctica is threatening the future of one of the world's last great wildernesses, according to a new report.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

It is a grim reality that you can have one person who only makes around 13,000 dollars a year, while across town another is making millions.

2018年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

It is the means to intervene more wisely, and more effectively in the real world, to improve the well-being, not only of yourself—important as that may be—but of people around you and of other species with whom we share the planet.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

It's a huge hit around the world.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

It's important to note that the increased flexibility didn't encourage them to work around the clock.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Manufacturing companies on average rely on more than 35 contract suppliers around the world to create a single product.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Office workers do around 2 billion hours of unpaid overtime each year.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Older adolescents scored about 50 percent higher on an index of risky driving when their peers were in the room — and the driving of early adolescents was fully twice as reckless when other young teens were around.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Our lowest prices are around $6 a bottle, but those are table wines.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Our species originated around 200,000 years ago and underwent tremendous diversification culturally, technologically, linguistically, artistically for 130,000 years.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

rising temperatures and overfishing in the pristine waters around the Antarctic could see king penguin populations pushed to the brink of extinction by the end of the century, according to a new study.

2019年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section C

Several companies around the world have produced prototypes that can drive on roads and fly, airbus has a futuristic modular concept involving a passenger capsule that can be detached from the road- going chassis and picked up by a helicopter-type machine

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

Several companies around the world have produced prototypes that can drive on roads and fly.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section A

Some passengers enjoy the animals so much that they call the airport to schedule flights around their visits.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Space, especially the space directly around our planet, is getting more crowded as more governments and companies launch satellites.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Steinberg pointed out that parental sharing on social media helps build communities, connect spread-out families, provide support and raise awareness around important social issues for which parents might be their children's only voice.

2018年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

The average age of farmers hovers around 58 years old, but he is just 26.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources(CCAMLR) manages the seas around Antarctica.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The company has already taken deposits from around 800 would-be space tourists, including Stephen Hawking.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The earliest free-standing wooden church was probably built in Norway in around 1080.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The earliest printed book we know today appeared in China in the year 868, and metal type was in use in Korea at the beginning of the 1'th century, but it was in Germany around the year 1450 that a printing press using movable metal type was invented.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section B

The most powerful influences occur during early childhood and include both what happened to you directly, and what those around you did and said in your presence.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

The national average farm size is around 440 acres, but his is only one acre.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

The order essentially asks Apple to hack its own devices, and once it is in place, the precedent could be used to justify law enforcement efforts to get around encryption technologies in other investigations far removed from national security threats.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

The region is engaged in a multi-day earthquake-and-tsunami drill involving around 20, 000 people.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

The same goes for numerous big cities around the world.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

The team plans to return to around a dozen of the buildings to assess progress and consider further action.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The tree people in the Lord of the rings—the Ents—can get around by walking.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

There are currently around 155, 000 registered hybrid and electric vehicles on German roads, dwarfed by the million gasoline and diesel cars driving there now.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section A

They all wanted to turn around and go home! You know, back to teabags and fish and chips.

2016年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section A

They have had hundreds of hours of airport training, so they are used to having luggage and people crowding around them.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

They lost around half a kilogram over an average follow-up of 12 weeks.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

They're primarily designed for Low Earth Orbit(LEO) an easily accessible region of space from around 200 to 800 miles above Earth, where human-tended missions like the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station(ISS) hang out.

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

This is where a culture of social responsibility around CubeSats becomes important 一 not simply to ensure that physical risks are minimized, but to engage with a much larger community in anticipating and managing less obvious consequences of the technolog

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

This time around, Twenge and her team make a point of saying that they are not trying to establish causes as such, but that they are assessing the plausibility of potential causes.

2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Those involved in the clinical trails on average ate 3.3 servings of pasta a week instead of other carbohydrates, one serving equaling around half a cup.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

Thus, our picture of Venus at around the time life was getting started on Earth is one of warm oceans, probably rich with organic molecules, splashing around rocky shores and volcanic vents.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

To her, it meant moving confidently around the court room, using convincing body language, and projecting her voice so it could be heard from the judge's bench to the back door.

2017年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

Today, life expectancy has risen from 66 for a male at birth in 1948 to around 80 now.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C

Twenty years ago, the Urban Land Institute defined the two types of cities that dominated the US landscape: smaller cities that operated around standard 9-5 business hours and large metropolitan areas that ran all 24 hours of the day.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C

We can make a very good estimate from the fossil record that humans probably evolved naked skin around a million and a half years ago and meanwhile they mostly lost their coat of fur.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

We have had plenty of debates in Congress and the media over whether the government should have a backdoor, and this is an end run (迂回战术) around that—here they come with an order to create that backdoor.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

We think we lost this hair because of the need to keep ourselves cool when we were moving around vigorously in a hot environment.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

We use our attitudes to filter, interpret and react to the world around us.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Well, we'd been led to believe that we would encounter a good proportion of this older, thicker, technically multi-year ice that's been around for a few years and just gets thicker and thicker.

2016年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

What we see today is the product of evolutionary events resulting from the dispersal of a few human populations out of Africa around 60, 000 to 70, 000 years ago.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

Whoever it was that created such magnificent pieces of art, they surely had no idea that their work would still be around thousands of year later.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

with experts, it's just the other way around.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

with so much stuff in space, and a limited area around our planet, the government wants to reduce the chances of a collision.

2019年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

within their compact bodies these minute satellites are able to house sensors and communications receivers/ transmitters that enable operators to study Earth from space, as well as space around Earth.

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Yet like many college teachers around the U.S., the faculty remain doubtful that their work as educators can be measured by a "learning outcome" such as a graduate's ability to investigate and reason.

2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section A

Yet on these and similar formations in deserts around the world, a few fierce plants have adapted to endure under ever-changing conditions.

2018年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Yet the evidence from AMSAT and other areas of technology development suggests that responsible amateur communities can and do emerge around novel technologies.

2019年6月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

A man should try to satisfy people around him.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

After questioning 1, 000 mothers with children under 18, it found that , on most days, mums started their routine work at 7am and finished at around 11pm.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

All around her, people were suffering, especially the elderly.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

All around the world, we can see the consequences of this throwaway lifestyle.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 完形填空 原文

All the dogs sit, play, or run around while people drink coffee and eat sandwiches.

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

And I need to show him around the city.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

Around the world, people are adapting in surprising ways, especially in some poor countries.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

As shown here, Lainey can become excited about reading when presented with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.

2016年高考英语四川卷 完形填空 原文

As the ceremony was nearing the end, I suddenly heard the head coach announcing, "the highest honor goes to Cathy!" looking around, he continued, "Cathy has inspired us with her will and enthusiasm."

2016年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

Au pair in Stamford, Conn, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese Au pairs from zero to around 4, 000 since 2004.

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Both scattering and absorption make an object look different from other objects around it, so you can see it easily.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Boy, news travels fast around here! I only got the orders a couple of hours ago.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 听力 原文

Cafés focused around psychology, history, and engineering are catching on, filling tables well into the evening.

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Come on, you just sit around all day! why don't you do something?

2017年高考英语北京卷 听力 原文

Daydreamers have a bad reputation for being unaware of what's happening around them.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 单项填空 原文

Determined, dad filled our plates with steaming stew and passed them around.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Europe has only around 200 languages; the Americas about 1000; Africa 2400; and asia and the pacific perhaps 3200, of which papua new guinea alone accounts for well over 800.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

From what I've read, it seems that a starting pay would be around $12, 000 a year.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

Furthermore, around 50% of the world's population live in regions where the figure is now below the replacement level.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 任务型阅读 原文

Great! I can't wait to show them around our new house.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

He had to leave the trail to get around them.

2016年高考英语北京卷 完形填空 原文

I asked around and found out that my mum was very well known in the area.

2016年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文

I discovered even more about one of humanity's earliest forms of life art during several years of research around the world.

2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

I got rid of the old fridge, but I didn't get around to ordering a new one yet.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 听力 原文

I guess that there's probably some demanding work schedule, or social anxiety around stepping up to help for an unknown sport.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

I turned around and saw a pleasant woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

If you are a fruit grower — or would like to become one — take advantage of apple day to see what's around.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

If you're tired of wandering around the gym wasting time and becoming bored, you can attend an upbeat group fitness class that'll keep your workout on track.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

I'll get someone to come around at the weekend.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 听力 原文

In addition, their arms that are unnecessary for moving around are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signaling.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

In fact, half of the 6, 000-7, 000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization UNESCO.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In fact, research suggests that it's the other was around.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

In Peru, local farmers around a mountain with a glacier that has already fallen victim to climate change have begun painting the entire mountain peak white in the hope that the added reflectiveness will restore the life-giving ice.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

In recent years some Inuit people in Nunavut have reported increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a belief that populations are increasing.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文

It's not easy to carry around, especially when boxed inside a massive skull.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

It forces fishermen to stop catching fish around Christmas.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what's around them.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

It was made around 40 years ago.

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读A 选项

Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around but for thomas edison.

2015年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

No way! I'll never find another apartment like it around here.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

No, but if you like, I can ask around or Joan might want to go.

2018年高考英语全国卷I 听力 原文

Nutrition is necessary for life, so it is not surprising that food is such an important part of different cultures around the world.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

Oh, about 6:30, but if there's a lot of traffic, it will be around 7:30.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 听力 原文

Over a third of mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

People of all ages happily walk along the pavement with eyes and hands glued to the mobile phone, quite unaware of what is going on around them.

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

People tend to be blind to the beauty around them.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Researchers from georgia tech say that they have come up with a low-cost device装置that gets around this problem: a smart keyboard.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

Scientists have responded by noting that hungry bears may be congregating聚集 around human settlements, leading to the illusion错觉 that populations are higher than they actually are.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 语法填空 原文

Select something around you that you share with the other person.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 任务型读写 原文

Several boys were crowding around chad, who declared with a proud smile that he sold six dozen the day before.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 完形填空 原文

She couldn't believe how long they let us look around without saying anything.

2018年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

So I carried around a book, and each night, just to be like her, I would pretend to be reading.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

Some people around them are making the world better.

2016年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

That's exactly what is happening in small neighborhoods around the country from orange county, California, where 22 measles cases were reported this month, to brooklyn, n.

2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The battle lasts little more than half an hour, in which time around 50, 000 kilograms of tomatoes have been thrown at anyone or anything that moves, runs, or fights back.

2015年高考英语福建卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The bay was bathed in sunshine, and there was a group of kayakers around 150m off the shore.

2018年高考英语全国卷2 完形填空 原文

The day itself is on October 21, but since it has caught on, events now spread out over most of October around Britain.

2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The dogs there are in cages around the room.

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

The farmer freed him, and he began to run happily around again.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

The most recent powerful nino, in 1997-98, killed around 21, 000 people and caused damage worth $36 billion around the globe.

2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The necklace was around my neck, a warm reminder of human kindness.

2015年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 A 原文

The objects around you are visible because they interact with light.

2015年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The problem is that countries around the world have growing mountains of rubbish because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 完形填空 原文

The proof is all around us.

2015年高考英语上海卷 完形填空 原文

The report found that youngsters felt their friendships could be at risk if they did not respond to social media posts quickly, and around the clock.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

The study suggests that the cultures we grow up in influence the basic processes by which we see world around us.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 单项选择 原文

The transition, which flew at 1, 400 feet for eight minutes last month, can reach around 70 miles per hour on the road and 115 in the air.

2017年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

The youngsters admitted planning trips around potential photo-opportunities and then messaging friends — and friends of friends — to demand "likes" for their online posts.

2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Then he found that the animals around were very beautiful, and he particularly enjoyed observing the birds he saw.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

They also live nearly everywhere, except on frozen mountain tops and around the poles.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

They believe that there are transport developments around the comer that will bring a lot of changes for the better.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 单项填空 原文

They went farther north into the deep forests of Canada, where there were fewer humans around.

2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

They wrapped one end of a rope around the block and pulled.

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

This is an excellent fantasy novel from one of the best storytellers around.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Translated into high school terms, this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what jane said, then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention.

2016年高考英语浙江卷(6月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Walking around the cabin can be of help.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 完形填空 B 原文

We allow them to be left around because we've been ignorant of their value.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

We can learn from the passage that ants are not found around the poles.

2015年高考英语安徽卷 阅读理解 阅读D 题设

When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market which people from the towns met regularly.

2015年高考英语广东卷 语法填空 原文

When I don't say "Find, " she sticks around to hear my problems.

2017年高考英语浙江卷(11月) 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

With rainbows forming in the splashing water around you and the sound of huge drops of water bouncing off your body and face, it is truly exciting.

2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Without gravity to help circulate air, the carbon dioxide you exhale has a tendency to form an invisible cloud around you head.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

You can fool everyone else, but you cannot "fool the chickens," because in the end, you will find out, as the saying goes, "What goes around comes around."

2016年高考英语浙江卷(10月) 完形填空 原文

You can't get around without one because there isn't any kind of public transport.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

What counts as meaningful uploading? My definition revolves around the concept of.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods - paintings, sculpture and architecture - and superfluous experiences - music, literature, religion and philosophy.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

During the late 1990s,national spending on social sciences and the humanities as a percentage of all research and development funds-including government, higher education, non-profit and corporate—varied from around 4% to 25%; in most European nations, it is about 15%.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-pius stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

The resulting settlement maps show how the distribution and density of the rural population around the city changed dramatically between AD500 and 850, when Copán collapsed.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

At its peak around AD 600, this city was one of the largest human settlements in the world.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

Archaeologists commonly use computers to map sites and the landscapes around sites.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

All around the world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any other profession—with the possible exception of journalism.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

The sharp hit to growth predicted around the world and in the UK could lead to a decline in the everyday services we depend on for our well-being and for growth.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

The TMT site was chosen to minimize the telescope’s visibility around the island and to avoid archaeological and environmental impact.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

At the same time, Dickens, who had a reporter’s eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd, submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

The emerging consensus around the bill is a sign that legislators are getting frightened about a politically embarrassing short-term collapse at the USPS.

出自-2018年考研阅读原文

As much of Mexico city shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to crop up in New York city, the southwestern United States and around the world.

2010年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

At its best, the European project is remarkably liberal: built around a single market of 27 rich and poor countries, its internal borders are far more open to goods, capital and labour than any comparable trading area.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

At the same time, Dickens, who had a reporter's eye for transcribing the life around him especially anything comic or odd, submitted short sketches to obscure magazines.

2017年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But a boost in the storage capacity of batteries is making their ability to keep power flowing around the clock more likely.

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

But in addition to those trusted coworkers, you should expand your horizons and find out about all the people around you.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Copernicus theorized in 1543 that in actual fact, all of the planets that we knew of revolved not around the Earth, but the Sun, a system that was later upheld by Galileo at his own expense.

2020年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

During the experiment, the social robot rat followed the living rats around, played with the same toys, and opened caged doors to let trapped rats escape.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

During the late 1990s, national spending on social sciences and the humanities as a percentage of all research and development funds-including government, higher education, non-profit and corporate-varied from around 4% to 25%; in most European nations, i

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Enjoy the beauty of the world around and keep the eyes open to see the possibilities before you.

2015年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Every Saturday morning, at 9 am, more than 50,000 runner set off to run 5 km around their local park.

2017年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Everyone around us seems to agree by the way they cling to their phones, even without a signal on a subway.

2015年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300 -plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

He also urged councils to impose "fast-food-free zones" around schools and hospitals—areas within which takeaways cannot open.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

However, a true cashless society is probably not around the corner.

2013年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Humans are unique in their capacity to not only make tools but then turn around and use them to create superfluous material goods—paintings, sculpture and architecture—and superfluous experiences—music, literature, religion and philosophy.

2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

If you have a bone to pick with someone in your workplace, you may try stay tight-lipped around them.

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In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya City of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.

2014年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses-usually around 1,200 square feet-than the spreading two-story ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.

2011年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Indeed, predictions of such a society have been around for two decades but have not yet come to fruition.

2013年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Looking around, I despaired at the singular lack of imagination about girls' lives and interests.

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My definition revolves around the concept of "stickiness"—creations and experiences to which others adhere.

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nitrogen-oxide emissions during the cruising portions of the flight fell by around a quarter.

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Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, tying cotton threads soaked in holy water around the bride's and groom's wrists, and passing a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the union.

2016年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

People are, on the whole, poor at considering back around information when making individual decisions.

2013年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Starting around 2012, requests for the visas rose sharply; from 2011 to 2016 the number of visas issued more than doubled.

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The move to renewables is picking up momentum around the world: They now account for more than half of new power sources going on line.

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The robots rats were quite minimalist, resembling a chunkier version of a computer mouse with wheels-to move around and colorful markings.

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The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.

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These range from around £500 to $5, 000.

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Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles reacted more enthusiastically to funny cartons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown, suggesting that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around.

2011年考研真题(英语一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

We stalk around thinking we're hot stuff.

2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

While the conversation around our environment and our responsibility toward it remains centered on shopping hags and straws, we're ignoring the balance of power that implies that as "consumers" we must shop sustainably, rather than as "citizens" hole our

2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor people around the world, and scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people.

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英英释义

Adverb
  • 1. in the area or vicinity;

    "a few spectators standing about"

    "hanging around"

    "waited around for the next flight"

  • 2. by a circular or circuitous route;

    "He came all the way around the base"

    "the road goes around the pond"

  • 3. 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"

  • 4. in a circle or circular motion;

    "The wheels are spinning around"

  • 5. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;

    "lasted approximately an hour"

    "in just about a minute"

    "he's about 30 years old"

    "I've had about all I can stand"

    "we meet about once a month"

    "some forty people came"

    "weighs around a hundred pounds"

    "roughly $3,000"

    "holds 3 gallons, more or less"

    "20 or so people were at the party"

  • 6. in or to a reversed position or direction;

    "about face"

    "brought the ship about"

    "suddenly she turned around"

  • 7. to a particular destination either specified or understood;

    "she came around to see me"

    "I invited them around for supper"

  • 8. 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"

  • 9. in circumference;

    "the trunk is ten feet around"

    "the pond is two miles around"

  • 10. from beginning to end; throughout;

    "It rains all year round on Skye"

    "frigid weather the year around"

同义词辨析

about, around, round

这些词均有"在周围,在附近"之意。

  • about:既可表静态,也可表动态。
  • around:主要用于美国,静态或动态均可。
  • round:主要用于英国,多半指动态。

almost, nearly, about, approximately, around, roughly

这些副词均有"大约,差不多"之意。

  • almost:指在程度上相差很小,差不多。
  • nearly与almost含义基本相同,侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。
  • about:常可分almost和nearly换用,但about用于表示时间、数量的"大约"时,实际数量可能多也可能少。
  • approximately:多用于书面语,指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。
  • around:多用于非正式场合,常见于美国英语。
  • roughly:指按精略估计,常代替about。

反义词