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be about
英：
美：
常用释义：
大约
大约；从事于
1、Life shouldnt just
be about
grades.───生活不应该仅仅与成绩有关。
2、Looking still further ahead, by the end of the next century world population is expected to
be about
ten billion.───再往前看，到下个世纪末世界人口预计将达约100亿。
3、The savings due to increased health would
be about
2 billion annually.───由于增进了健康,每年节约为20亿美元左右.
4、Im as positive as I can
be about
it.───我对它有绝对的把握。
5、Toni reckoned that it must
be about
three oclock.───托妮估计当时肯定是3点钟左右。
6、I should suppose him to
be about
fifty.───我猜想他大约50岁.
7、The depth of the crater is expected to
be about
30 feet.───弹坑的深度预计约于30英尺.
8、The Paris talks will mainly
be about
procedural matters.───巴黎会谈将主要围绕程序上的事宜。
9、will
be about
fifteen minutes.───大约十五分钟。
10、We estimated his income at / to
be about
8000 a year.───我们估计他一年的收入大约8000英镑.
11、I dont know the exact number of people who have been invited but off the top of my head I should think there will
be about
forty.───我不知道被邀请者的确切人数,但不用思索,我认为会有40人左右.
12、I judged him to
be about
forty.───我估计他40岁上下。
13、I judged him to
be about
forty.───我估计他四十岁左右。
14、Oh, lets see. Itll
be about
3:30 before we have anybody free.───哦, 让 我 想想. 大概要到3:30我们才有空.
15、I would
be about
ten when my brother left home.───我哥哥离开家时,我大概十岁左右.
16、She would
be about
60 when she died.───她死时也许60岁.
17、I should suppose him to
be about
twenty.───我猜他是二十岁左右.
18、Pisa is believed to
be about
three thousand years old.───据称比萨大约有三千年的历史.
1、lie about───无所事事；闲荡
2、see about───考虑，查询；注意，处理；料理
3、be about to───即将；刚要；正打算
4、go about───v.着手做；四处走动；传开；从事
5、set about───着手；开始做…
6、hem about───包围，限制
7、get about───传开，传播；（病后）走动；旅行；积极参加社会活动
8、beat about───迎斜风行驶；搜索；四处闲逛；拐弯抹角
9、arse about───v.闲混
结语：
about作为副词的用法及其常用短语，2)be about to do something表示“正要，即将做某事”，这是一个常用的短语，也是考点之一。比如：He was about to go。他正要出发。be about，大约 例句与用法：It must be about four thirty.现在想必是四点半左右。It must be about ten-thirty.现在想必是10点30分左右。