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，静态或动态都可。
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指按粗略估计，常代替about。
She is always worrying about little things.
她老是为小事烦恼.
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Stop fussing about; the bus will arrive on time.
别慌, 公共汽车会准时到达.
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Most cows run dry in about 10 months.
大多数乳牛约10个月后就不再有奶了.
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The manager thought he was a reliable person and told him all about the new plan.
经理认为他是一个可靠的人,并把关于新计划的全部内容都告诉了他.
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They spread a lot of tacky gossip about his love life.
关于他的爱情生活,他们散播了许多不堪的闲言闲语.
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He is hypersensitive to what people say about him.
他对别人谈论有关他的事过于敏感.
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The old friends met and fell to talking about their school days.
老朋友一见面就开始谈论起他们的同窗生活.
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I shall have to read up on this subject if I am to give a talk about it.
如果我准备做一次关于这课题的讲座,我就必须把它彻底研究一番.
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Despite her scruffy clothes, there was an air of sophistication about her.
尽管她衣衫褴褛, 但神态老练世故.
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He answered that he knew nothing about it.
他回答说关于此事他一无所知.
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She talks about nothing but food and clothing, etc.
她尽说吃啊穿啊的.
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She is very virulent about her former employer.
她对她过去的老板恨之入骨.
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They all laughed about the joke.
这个笑话把他们全逗笑了.
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The pilot inquired about the weather condition.
这飞行员查问天气情况.
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Immediately after she offered the suggestion, a storm broke about her ears.
她一提出那建议, 立刻就引起一场轩然大波.
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He wandered about naked and hungry.
他衣不蔽体,食不果腹,在大街上徘徊.
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She never boasts about her talent.
她从不夸耀自己的才华.
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Who arranged about buying the tickets?
谁安排买票的事?
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I suspect him to know everything about that.
我猜想那件事他全都知道了.
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He bitched about the service, then bitched about the bill.
他埋怨服务不周到, 后来又埋怨要钱太多.
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He fumbled about in his pockets for the ticket.
他(瞎)摸着衣兜找票.
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We never haggle about principles.
我们绝不拿原则做交易.
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It's about time you gave over that kind of conduct.
该停止做那种事了.
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The worker's concern about cuts in the welfare funding has not abated.
工人们对削减福利基金的关心并没有减少.
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Stop pulling him about like that; he's a child after all.
别那样折腾他了, 他毕竟还是个孩子.
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Don't mention the past. What we are talking about is the here and now.
别提过去, 我们说的是现在.
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The girl twined her arms about her mother's neck.
女孩搂住母亲的脖子.
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To put It'simply, the new proposals mean that the average worker will be about 10 % better paid.
简单地说, 新建议意味着一个普通工人的工资将增加10%.
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You needn't create about it.
你不必为它大惊小怪.
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You'd better be silent about what happened.
对于所发生之事你最好只字不提.
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