"About" 常用于表达某人或某物的性质,尤其在“There’s...”或“have”句型中。
例句:
There’s something different about her. (她显得有点异样。)
There was a defiant manner about this young man. (这个青年人带有桀骜不驯的神情。)
"About" 和 "on" 都可表示“关于”,但 "about" 较为通用,而 "on" 适用于学术性讨论。
例句:
a conversation about housekeeping (有关家政的谈话)
a lecture on theoretical physics (关于理论物理的讲座)
"About" 表示更具体的了解。
例句:
I know of him 仅表示知道有此人,
I know about him 表示了解更多。
"What X is all about" 用于概括某事的核心内容。
例句:
That is what our job is all about. (这就是我们工作的内容。)
Successful truffle-making is about temperature control. (做软块糖的关键在于控制温度。)
"Do X about Y" 表示采取措施应对负面情况。
例句:
What can be done about it? (对此有什么办法?)
There's nothing we can do about it. (我们对此束手无策。)
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