about around round 作副词时都含“四处”、“遍地”的意思。
about 系常用词
look about 四处看。
around 具有 about 的基本意思 因此 look about=look around 但在下列短语里 around没有 about正式
travel about . travel around 各处旅行
My plan is to hire a car when I arrive in America and travel about. 我的计划是到达美国后租一辆汽车旅游。
round 和 around在非正式用法中可以互换 但一般用 round时更简练。在正式用语中 一般用 round指“旋转” 而用 around指“处处” “到处”
She turned round at such a noise 听到这样的吵声 她回头看。
I have been looking for it all around 我到处都找过了。
另外 英国人用 round的地方 美国人倾向于用 around
[英] Winter comes round [美] Winter comes around 冬天来了
above all;after all;at all
above all意为“尤其是”、“首先”、“最重要的是”,常位于句首或句中,作插入语,起强调作用。
But above all tell me quickly what I have to do .可首先快些告诉我该做什么。
A clock must above all keeps good time .时钟最重要的是必须走得准。
after all意为“毕竟”、“终究”、“终归”、“到底”,在句中位置较灵活。可位于句首、句中或句末。
After all,your birthday is only two weeks away .毕竟,两周后就是你的生日。
He is,after all,a small child .他毕竟还是个小孩子。
He failed after all .他终于失败了。
at all用于否定句时,意为“丝毫;根本”,用于疑问句时意为“究竟;到底”,用于条件句时,常译为“当真;实在”。用于肯定句中,表示说话人的某种情绪或情感 如怀疑或惊奇等 ,意为“竟然”等。
He doesn’t like you at all .他根本不喜欢你。
Are you going to do it at all?你究竟做不做这件事?
If you do it at all,do it well .若你真要做这件事,就得做好。
I was surprised at his coming at all .他竟然来了,我很惊讶。
add; add to; add…to; add up to
add作“加,增加”解时,既可作及物动词,又可用作不及物动词;作“又说,补充说”解时,与直接或间接引语连用。
If the tea is too strong add some more hot water . 如果茶太浓了,再加点开水。
After a short while he added that he would try his best . 过了一会儿,他又接着说他会尽力。
add to意为“增添,增加,增进”。
The bad weather added to our difficulties . 恶劣的天气增加了我们的困难。
add . . .to意为“把……加到……”,是把前一项加到后一项之后或之中。
Add two to seven and you will get nine .七加二等于九。
add up to意为“加起来总共是/累计得”,该短语不用于被动语态。
All his school education added up to no more than one year . 他的学校教育加起来不过一年。
affair; thing; matter; business
affair意为“事情、事件” 含义较广,泛指已做或待做的事;复数affairs一般指商业事务及政府的日常事务,如财政管理、外交事务等。
thing意为“事情、事物”,不管大事小事、好事坏事均称为thing,一般不能专指事务;复数things意为“事情、事物”还可作“形势”解。
matter侧重指须留心的要事或问题、难题。
business作“事务、事情”解时,一般不能用复数,常常指所指派的任务、责任;有时说的是指派的工作或商业上的买卖活动。
If you wish to make a fool of yourself, that is your affair .如果你想让自己出丑,那是你自己的事。
We were very impressed by your handling of this affair. 你经手处理这问题的方法给我们留下了深刻的影响。
Many journalists enter the country to report on political affairs .许多记者进入该国对政治事件进行报道。
I am ill-informed on current affairs. 我对时事了解不多。
'What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?' 'Some kind of statue, I guess.' “喷泉中间的那个是什么东西?”“估计是塑像什么的吧。”
I don't believe he would tell Leo such a thing . 我不信他会告诉利奥这种事。
He's good at making things with his hands.他善于手工制作物品。
She's very fond of sweet things (= sweet foods) .她非常喜欢吃甜食。
That's more like it, you're getting into the swing of things now. 这才对了嘛,你现在慢慢开始熟悉情况了。
swing 秋千;摇摆,摆动;摆程,振幅;音律the swing of things 情况,状态
I only wish he were here now that things are getting better for me . 现在我的境况好转了,我真希望他能在这里。
They had important matters to discuss.他们有些重要的问题要讨论。
She works in the computer business.她从事电脑业。
When he left school, he went into business with his brother.他毕业后和他哥哥去经商了。
a great deal; a great deal of
a great deal用作名词,意为“大量”,“许多”,作主语、宾语;用作副词,意为“很”或“非常”,作状语,修饰动词或用来强调比较级。
A great deal has been studied and this is the best way . 经过大量研究后,这被认为是最好的办法。
We are a great deal cleverer than before . 我们比以前聪明多了。
a great deal of意为“大量的”,“非常多的”,相当于much,作定语,后接不可数名词。
A great deal of time/money/energy has been spent on the project .
大量的时间/金钱/能源花在那个工程上了。
agree on;agree to;agree with;agree that
agree on作“就……取得一致意见”解。
The building of a new car factory was agreed on last month .
上月,就建一座新汽车厂之事达成了协议。
agree to有两层含义和用法:
其一是to作为动词不定式符号,其后跟动词原形,作“同意 答应 做某事”解。
My father agreed to buy a new pen for me . 父亲答应给我买支新钢笔。
其二是to作为介词,之后跟表示“计划/条件/建议等一类的名词或代词”。
They have agreed to our plan . 他们已同意我们的计划。
agree with作“同意某人的意见”解,其后可跟表示人的名词或代词,也可跟表示“意见”或“说的话”的名词或从句。
He agreed with my opinions . 他同意了我的意见。
We agreed with what he said at the meeting . 我们同意他在会上讲的话。
agree that作“认为……”解,其后跟宾语从句。
I agree that your composition is very good . 我认为你的这篇作文写得不错。