英语单词短语词组“grammar/british-grammar/about”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

Aboutis a preposition or an adverb.

The most common meaning ofaboutas a preposition is ‘on the subject of’ or ‘connected with’:

Do you know anythingaboutcricket?

I’m very worriedaboutmy brother. He’s not well.

Aboutis not as specific ason.

Compare

He wrote a bookaboutthe Spanish Civil War.	aboutis more general and slightly more informal.
He wrote a bookonBarcelona during the Spanish Civil War.	onfocuses on more specific and detailed information and is slightly more formal.

Warning:

There are some words we use withabout:

complain,concern,excited,happyandworry:

He nevercomplains aboutthe pain.

Everybody was veryconcerned aboutthe accident.

I’m veryexcited aboutcoming to France and I can’t wait to see you.

I’m veryhappy aboutmy trip.

Please don’tworry aboutme.

Warning:

There are some words we don’t use withabout:

aware, consider, description, discuss, experience and mention:

She’s notawareof the rules of the road.

Have youconsideredchanging your career?

Can you give us adescriptionof the bag?

Let’sdiscussthe new schedule.

They have noexperienceof looking after children.

She didn’tmentionwhere the keys were.

See also:

We useaboutas an adverb when we talk about time, number and quantity.Aboutmakes the time, number or quantity less specific and more approximate:

specific	approximate
Dinner is at six.	Dinner isaboutsix.
We moved house three years ago.	We moved houseaboutthree years ago.

Aboutcan also be used (though less commonly) as an adverb with a meaning of ‘around’:

I was thinking of all the pollution that’s floatingaboutin the air.

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