大约;旋转;到处,四处;在周围
围绕;在附近;前后,左右;在…周围
"hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight"
同义词:about
"He came all the way around the base"; "the road goes around the pond"
"news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around"
同义词:about
"The wheels are spinning around"
"weighs around a hundred pounds"
同义词:approximatelyaboutclose tojust aboutsomeroughlymore or lessor so
"suddenly she turned around"
同义词:about
"she came around to see me"; "I invited them around for supper"
"dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her"
同义词:about
"the trunk is ten feet around"; "the pond is two miles around"
"frigid weather the year around"
同义词:round
all around周围;到处,四处
around here附近;在这周围
go around四处走动;供应;(消息)流传
in and around在…的内部及周边
have been around[美口]阅历多;老于世故;遍布各地
这组词都有“在周围、在附近”的意思,其区别是:
about既可表静态,也可表动态。
round主要用于英国,多半指动态。
around主要用于美国,静态或动态均可。
round 作副词时,同around意思相近,规范用法应区别动态和静态。 Round用于圆周运动或测量。如:The spaceship traveled round the world in 40 minutes. They planted trees around the lawn.
around 用于指遍及表面或中心附近。如:The spaceship traveled round the world in 40 minutes. They planted trees around the lawn.
这组词都有“大约,差不多”的意思,其区别是:
almost指在程度上相差很小,差不多。
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。
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。
nearly与almost含义基本相同,侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。
roughly指按精略估计,常代替about。
around多用于非正式场合,常见于美国英语。