about

英 [?'ba?t] 美[?'ba?t]

近義詞upon

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about 大約

來自古英語onbutan, a- 同on , -b同by, -ut為out詞根。字面意思為在外面的,后指大約。

about: about: [OE] About in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its commonest present-day meaning, ‘concerning’, until the 13th century. In its earliest incarnation it was onbūtan, a compound made up of on and būtan ‘outside’ (this is the same word as modern English but, which was itself originally a compound, formed from the ancestors of by and out – so broken down into its ultimate constituents, about is on by out).
=> but, by, out
about (adv.): Old English abutan, earlier onbutan "on the outside of," from on (see on; also see a- (1)) + be "by" (see by) + utan "outside," from ut (see out (adv.)). By 13c. it had forced out Old English ymbe, ymbutan for meaning "in the neighborhood of." Abouts, with adverbial genitive, still found in hereabouts, etc., probably is a northern dialectal form. About face as a military command (short for right about face) is first attested 1861, American English.

1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.: 不管你生活在哪里，你有多少歲，總有新東西要學習，畢竟，生活總是充滿驚喜。

2. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.: 別抱怨不好的事，要對好的事心存感恩。

3. If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.: 對于現況的不滿，不能只是抱怨，要有勇氣作出改變。

4. It's not about making the amazing saves. It's the little things and small things that made great gatekeepers great.: 偉大的門將不是靠神奇的撲救成就，而是靠注重小事和細節(jié)成功。（Tim Howard美國國家隊門將）

5. Doctors are complaining about being barraged by drug-company salesmen.: 醫(yī)生們抱怨他們疲于應付醫(yī)藥公司的銷售人員。