【around】 - AEAS备考词汇

around

UK:  [ə'raʊnd]

US:  [ə'raʊnd]

prep.

1.在周围,围着;绕过

2.〔美口〕在近处,在附近;前后,左右,差不多

3.在(某人)身边

4.在…附近

5.在那边

6.绕,绕过

7.〔美口〕到处

8.裹着

9.朝着各个方向

10.解决;完成

adv.

1.在周围,向四周,四下里,方圆

2.周围,四面

3.围着,环绕

4.左近,在附近

5.〔美口〕各处,四处

6.循环重现;旋转

7.活跃着

8.恢复知觉

9.到(谈话双方都熟悉的)某地

10.向相反方向

1 . Lucky for you Christmas is just around the corner and everyone of you will run each other over to be the first one to the cash register.
对你们来说，幸运的是圣诞节近在眼前，你们每个人都要挤破头的抢占收银台的第一个排队的人。

2 . oh never metion it, a factory beside my house made noise all around yesterday, i'd gotta be deaf without an earplug.
别提了。昨天我家旁边的工厂不断发出噪音一整天，如果没有耳塞我可能就聋了。

3 . A spokesman for the Securities and Exchange Commission said the fraud was of shocking magnitude and that has spread around the world.
发言人表示，证券交易委员会表示，欺诈是令人震惊的程度，并已传播到世界各地。

4 . Now our family members are scattered around the world and are beginning to lose contact with our ever growing family members.
现在我们的家庭成员被驱散在这个世界和开始丢失联络与我们的曾经增长的家庭成员。

5 . But somethIng wonderful started happenIng In the mIdst of all thIs. I began to see all the beauty around me In a wholly new way.
然而就在这时，一些奇妙的事情发生了。我开始以全新的方式看待我周围所有的美丽事物。