around
- adv.周围;围绕;大约;四周;环绕;出现;到处;转弯;闲散地
- prep.围绕;环绕;绕着;到处;在那边;从那边;到那边;同…一致
a- 加强 + round 圆
aroundadv.
大约
approximately
He arrived around five o'clock.
他大约是五点钟到的。
The cost would be somewhere around £1 500.
费用要在1 500英镑上下。
周围；四周
on every side; surrounding sb/sth
I could hear laughter all around.
我可以听见周围的笑声。
a yard with a fence all around
四周围着栅栏的院子
围绕；环绕
moving in a circle
How do you make the wheels go around?
你怎样使这些轮子转动起来？
以圆周计算
measured in a circle
an old tree that was at least ten feet around
合抱至少十英尺的古树
到处；向各处
in or to many places
We were all running around trying to get ready in time.
我们东奔西跑，望能按时准备就绪。
This is our new office─Kay will show you around.
这是我们的新办公室——凯会带你参观一下。
There were papers lying around all over the floor.
地板上四处散乱着文件。
闲散地；无目的地
used to describe activities that have no real purpose
There were several young people sitting around looking bored.
有几个年青人闲坐着，一副无聊的样子。
出现；现有；可用
present in a place; available
There was more money around in those days.
那年头比现在富裕。
I knocked but there was no one around.
我敲了门，但是没有人应门。
Digital television has been around for some time now.
数字电视已经面市一段时间了。
（体育运动、专业等中）走红的，活跃的
active and well known in a sport, profession, etc.
a new tennis champion who could be around for a long time
可能会走红很长时期的新网球冠军
She's been around as a film director since the 1980s.
自20世纪80年代以来她一直是活跃在影坛的著名导演。
转弯；掉转；掉头
in a circle or curve to face another way or the opposite way
She turned the car around and drove off.
她把轿车掉头开走了。
They looked around when he called.
他呼喊时他们回头张望。
to have gained knowledge and experience of the world
prep.
围绕；环绕
surrounding sb/sth; on each side of sth
The house is built around a central courtyard.
这房子是围绕着中央的庭院而建的。
He put his arms around her.
他搂着她。
在那边；到那边；从那边
on, to or from the other side of sb/sth
Our house is just around the corner.
过了拐角就是我们的房子。
The bus came around the bend.
公共汽车从拐弯处驶来。
There must be a way around the problem.
肯定有解决这个问题的办法。
绕着
in a circle
They walked around the lake.
他们绕着湖边行走。
同…一致；适合；符合
to fit in with particular people, ideas, etc.
I can't arrange everything around your timetable!
我不可能事事都按着你的时刻表安排！
到处；向各处
in or to many places in an area
They walked around the town looking for a place to eat.
他们在城里到处寻找吃饭的地方。
Around and round can often be used with the same meaning in BrE , though around is more formal.在北美英语中，表示上述意思只能用around。
The earth goes round/around the sun.
地球绕着太阳转。
They live round/around the corner.
他们住在拐角附近。
We travelled round/around India.
我们在印度各地旅行。
She turned round/around when I came in.
我进来时她转过身来。
Around, round and about can also sometimes be used with the same meaning in BrE .在北美英语中，表示上述意思只能用around。在英国英语和北美英语中，about或around均可表示大约：
The kids were running around/round/about outside.
孩子们在外面跑来跑去。
I’ve been waiting around/round/about to see her all day.
为了要见到她，我等了一整天。
We left around/about 8 o’clock.
我们在8点钟左右离开了。
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around用作副词和介词。在英国英语中，常用round来替代。around常与表示动作的动词连用，如walk和drive，也常用在get around, hand around等短语动词中。
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PREP 环绕；围绕；包围
To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.She looked at the papers around her...
她看了看四周的文件。
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PREP 绕过；越过
If you move around a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look around a corner or obstacle, you look to see what is on the other side.The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner...
摄影师停止按动快门，匆匆绕过拐角。
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ADV 朝着相反方向；向着对立面
If you turn around, you turn so that you are facing in the opposite direction.I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard...
我转过身，在黑板上写下了题目。
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PREP 在…四处；朝…四周
If you move around a place, you travel through it, going to most of its parts. If you look around a place, you look at every part of it.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。
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PREP 在…地方;至…的各处
If someone moves around a place, they move through various parts of that place without having any particular destination.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。
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ADV 至（某人的家拜访）
If you go around to someone's house, you visit them.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。
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ADV 闲着；无所事事
You use around in expressions such as sit around and hang around when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and not doing anything very important.I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs...
我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。
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ADV 到别处
If you move things around, you move them so that they are in different places.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。
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ADV 旋转;围绕
If a wheel or object turns around, it turns.The boat started to spin around in the water.
船开始在水中打旋。
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PREP 在各处；遍及
You use around to say that something happens in different parts of a place or area.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。
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ADV 在某处
If someone or something is around, they exist or are present in a place.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。
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PREP 在…周围；在…身边
The people around you are the people who you come into contact with, especially your friends and relatives, and the people you work with.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。
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PREP 以…为中心；以…为基础
If something such as a film, a discussion, or a plan is based around something, that thing is its main theme....the gentle comedy based around the Larkin family...
根据拉金一家的故事改编的轻喜剧
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ADV 又;循环地;周而复始地
You use around in expressions such as this time around or to come around when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly.Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around...
这次本特森参议员又拒绝参与。
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PREP 绕…一圈
When you are giving measurements, you can use around to talk about the distance along the edge of something round.She was 40 inches around the hips.
她臀围40英寸。
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ADV 大约
Around means approximately.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。
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around和round都可用作介词和副词，用法很多，常用于短语动词中。很多情况下，两者可以通用，意义相同。美国英语中，around比round和about常见得多。指无具体方向的随意移动时，除around和round外，也可用about：It's so romantic up there, flying around in a small plane（坐小型飞机在空中翱翔真浪漫），I spent a couple of hours driving round Richmond（我开车在里士满转悠了几小时），Police constables walk about with guns on their hips（警员们胯上别枪四处巡逻）。表示某物就在手头或能够获得，可用around或about作副词, 不可用round：There is a lot of talent around at the moment（目前有大量现成人才），There are not that many jobs about（眼下没有那么多工作机会）。round作名词、动词和形容词时有许多其他意思，参见round词条;在这些情况下不可用around。
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PREP-PHRASE 大约
Around about means approximately.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。
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PHRASE 各方面
You say all around to indicate that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group.He compared the achievements of the British and the French during 1916 and concluded that the latter were better all around.
他比较了1916年英国人和法国人的成就，结论是法国人在各方面都做得更好。
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PHRASE 见过世面；经验丰富；老于世故
If someone has been around, they have had a lot of experience of different people and situations.He knows what to do. He's been around...
他知道该做什么。他阅历很丰富。
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the other way around→ see:way
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- (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
- Synonym: approximately about close to just about some roughly more or less or so
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- in circumference
- the trunk is ten feet around
- the pond is two miles around
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- in the area or vicinity
- a few spectators standing about
- hanging around
- waited around for the next flight
- Synonym: about
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- from beginning to end;throughout
- It rains all year round on Skye
- frigid weather the year around
- Synonym: round
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- by a circular or circuitous route
- He came all the way around the base
- the road goes around the pond
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- in a circle or circular motion
- The wheels are spinning around
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- 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
- Synonym: about
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- to a particular destination either specified or understood
- she came around to see me
- I invited them around for supper
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- in or to a reversed position or direction
- about face
- suddenly she turned around
- Synonym: about
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- 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
- Synonym: about
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The story is built around a group of high school dropouts .
故事围绕着一群辍学的中学生展开。
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The house is built around a central courtyard .
这房子是围绕着中央的庭院而建的。
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We were shown around the school by one of the students .
我们由一名学生领着参观了学校。
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Their family has always been well thought of around here .
他们家在这一带一直颇受敬重。
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There must be a way around the problem .
肯定有解决这个问题的办法。
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We 're looking around for a house in this area .
我们正在这个地区四处找住房。
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Digital television has been around for some time now .
数字电视已经面市一段时间了。
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She took no interest in the people and things around her .
她对周围的人和事毫无兴趣。
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I 'll stay around in case you need me .
我就待在这儿，也许你用得着我。
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You must know him ─ he 's an institution around here !
你一定认识他——他是这一带的知名人士！
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The team is built around a core group of players .
这个队是以几名骨干队员为核心构建的。
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We were all running around trying to get ready in time .
我们东奔西跑，望能按时准备就绪。
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It is difficult for young people to find jobs around here .
年轻人要在附近找到工作很难。
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Turn around and let me look at your back .
转过身去让我看看你的后背。
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Stick around ; we 'll need you to help us later .
别走开，过一会儿我们还需要你帮忙呢。
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He could hear someone moving around in the room above .
他能听到楼上屋里有人走动。
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Students stood around in groups waiting for their results .
学生们成群地站在周围等待成绩。
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A new satellite has been put into orbit around the earth .
一颗新的人造卫星被送上了环绕地球的轨道。
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The cost would be somewhere around £ 1 500 .
费用要在1500英镑上下。
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There was no one else around .
周围没有其他人。
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Around 15 % of our diet is composed of protein .
我们的饮食中大约有15%的蛋白质。
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She travels around the world as if money is no object .
她漫游世界，好像钱不是问题。
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There will be a chance for parents to look around the school .
家长将有机会参观学校。
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This is our new office ─ Kay will show you around .
这是我们的新办公室——凯会带你参观一下。
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I made the acquaintance of several musicians around that time .
大约在那段时间，我结识了几位音乐家。
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I 'm going around to my sister 's later .
我打算不久后到姐姐家去看看。
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There 's a virus going around the office .
办公室里流行着一种病毒性疾病。
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Researchers around the world are collaborating to develop a new vaccine .
世界各地的研究人员正在合作培育一种新的疫苗。
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We looked around the school and talked with the principal .
我们参观了那所学校，并跟校长进行了交谈。
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She took the dog for a walk around the block .
她带着狗绕街区散步。
多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。也用作 around about。
She has around ten million US dollars in the bank.
她在银行里存有大约一千万美元。
Janet left here around seven o'clock.
珍妮特大约7点钟离开这里的。
表示实际数量可多可少或数值、尺寸等可大可小，也作 round about。
They left the museum at about 10 o'clock.
他们10点左右离开了博物馆。
He lives about 5 miles away.
他住的地方离这里5英里左右。
多用于书面语，强调接近精确数值、数量、时间等，误差较小。
The plane will be taking off in approximately ten minutes.
飞机大约10分钟后起飞。
He owes me approximately 400 US dollars.
他欠我大约400美元。
指按粗略估计，不强调十分接近精确数值。
There were roughly 300 people there.
那里大约有300人。
The Antarctica is a continent centred roughly on the South Pole.
南极洲是一片大致以南极为中心的大陆。
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