1
To write, talk, think, or have feelings about a particular thing 有关（想起某事、洽谈某事或对某事的感受）。表示某人的言语、思想或情感与某事有关。
用在附加状语里或动词 be 之后，常跟有 -ing 小句：
Let‘s talk about this in the morning.
让我们在上午谈论此事吧。
Don't worry about getting killed.
别担心被杀死。
- I forgot all about it.
- 我把这事忘得一干二净。
- This book is about death.
- 这是本有关死亡的书。
用在名词之后：
- ··· a book about fishing.
- ······一本有关捕鱼的书。
- You will have to give them information about your income.
- 你得给他们提供有关你收入的资料。
用在形容词之后：
- Pembridge is said to angry about the delay.
- 据说彭布里奇对拖延感到生气。
- Yet how could she have been mistaken about a thing like this?
- 然而她当时怎么会把这样的事弄错了？
- I couldn't sleep properly because I was worried about being late in the morning.
- 我不能安睡，因为担心早上迟到。
2
To do something about an unsatisfactory situation 努力改变差强人意的局面。
用在动词 do 之后的附加状语里：
- We don't do much about heredity.
- 在遗传性方面，我们能做的不多。
- I should do something about those spots, dear, if I were you.
- 亲爱的，我是你的话，就会把那些污点去掉。
3
A vague quality about someone or something 指某人或某事物有种模糊不清的特征。
用在附加状语里：
- He has a sort of originality about him.
- 他拥有一种独特的创造力。
- There was something frightening about the experience.
- 这样的经历有些令人恐惧。
- There is nothing particularly frail about him in the physical sense.
- 在体质方面，他并非特别脆弱。
4
Things about something 指这些事物围绕着某物或存在于某物的周围。
用在名词之后：
- The little wrinkles about her eyes were more noticeable now.
- 她眼角上细小的鱼尾纹现在更明显了。
- Youngsters are receiving maximum exposure to new ideas of the world about them.
- 年青人大量接触到周围世界的新思想。
用在附加状语里：
- He put his arms about her and clung to her.
- 他用双臂紧紧拥抱住她。
- Shells exploded all about them.
- 炮弹在他们四周爆炸。
5
To move about a place 在某地到处活动。
用在附加状语里：
- I wandered about the flat, letting the time pass.
- 我在公寓里踱来踱去，打发时光。
- It wouldn't be safe to have the children running about the grounds.
- 任由孩子们在院子里奔跑并不安全。
也可用作副词：
- I wandered about, admiring these detailed preparations.
- 我四处逛逛，欣赏着这些细致的准备工作。
