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PREP
环绕；围绕；包围
To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
例句
She looked at the papers around her...
她看了看四周的文件。
Today she wore her hair down around her shoulders.
今天她的头发披在肩上。
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PREP
绕过；越过
If you move around a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look around a corner or obstacle, you look to see what is on the other side.
例句
The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner...
摄影师停止按动快门，匆匆绕过拐角。
I peered around the edge of the shed — there was no sign of anyone else.
我仔细察看了棚子周边，没有其他人。
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ADV
朝着相反方向；向着对立面
If you turn around, you turn so that you are facing in the opposite direction.
例句
I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard...
我转过身，在黑板上写下了题目。
He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us.
他慢慢直起身子，坐在凳子上转过身来面对着我们。
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PREP
在…四处；朝…四周
If you move around a place, you travel through it, going to most of its parts. If you look around a place, you look at every part of it.
例句
I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet...
我在莫斯科到处游逛，城里非常安静。
He glanced discreetly around the room at the other people.
他谨慎地瞥了一眼房间里的其他人。
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PREP
在…地方;至…的各处
If someone moves around a place, they move through various parts of that place without having any particular destination.
例句
These days much of my time is spent weaving my way around drinks parties...
这些天，我多半都是在酒会上晃悠过去的。
They milled around the ballroom with video cameras.
他们扛着摄像机在舞厅里转来转去。
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ADV
至（某人的家拜访）
If you go around to someone's house, you visit them.
例句
She helped me unpack my things and then we went around to see the other girls.
她帮我打开行李，然后我们去看望其他女孩们。
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ADV
闲着；无所事事
You use around in expressions such as sit around and hang around when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and not doing anything very important.
例句
I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs...
我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。
After breakfast the next morning they sat around for an hour discussing political affairs.
第二天早饭后，他们闲坐着聊了一个小时政治话题。
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ADV
到别处
If you move things around, you move them so that they are in different places.
例句
Furniture in the classroom should not be changed around without warning the blind child...
教室中的桌椅如需要挪动，应事先告诉这个盲童。
She moved things around so the table was beneath the windows.
她挪动家具使桌子靠在窗边。
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ADV
旋转;围绕
If a wheel or object turns around, it turns.
例句
The boat started to spin around in the water.
船开始在水中打旋。
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PREP
在各处；遍及
You use around to say that something happens in different parts of a place or area.
例句
Police in South Africa say ten people have died in scattered violence around the country...
南非警方称，在全国各地零星发生的暴力事件中，有10人死亡。
Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River.
在肯尼亚东部的塔纳河一带经常发现陷入沼泽的大象。
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ADV
在某处
If someone or something is around, they exist or are present in a place.
例句
The blackbird had a quick, wary look in case the cat was anywhere around...
这只乌鸫迅速警惕地张望了一眼，以防那只猫就在附近。
Just having lots of people around that you can talk to is important...
有许多能交谈的人在身边很重要。
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PREP
在…周围；在…身边
The people around you are the people who you come into contact with, especially your friends and relatives, and the people you work with.
例句
We change our behaviour by observing the behaviour of those around us...
我们通过观察周围人的举止改变自己的行为。
Those around her would forgive her for weeping.
她身边的人会原谅她掉眼泪的。
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以…为中心；以…为基础
If something such as a film, a discussion, or a plan is based around something, that thing is its main theme.
例句
...the gentle comedy based around the Larkin family...
根据拉金一家的故事改编的轻喜剧
The discussion centered around four subjects.
讨论围绕4个主题展开。
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ADV
又;循环地;周而复始地
You use around in expressions such as this time around or to come around when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly.
例句
Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around...
这次本特森参议员又拒绝参与。
When July Fourth comes around, the residents of Columbia City throw a noisy party.
每逢7月4号美国独立日，哥伦比亚城的居民们都会举行热闹的聚会。
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绕…一圈
When you are giving measurements, you can use around to talk about the distance along the edge of something round.
例句
She was 40 inches around the hips.
她臀围40英寸。
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ADV
大约
Around means approximately.
例句
My salary was around £9,000 plus a car and expenses...
我的薪水大约是9,000英镑，还有一辆车和业务经费可支配。
Rolls Royce produces around 1,000 extremely desirable cars a year.
劳斯莱斯公司每年生产约1,000辆非常吸引人的汽车。
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PREP-PHRASE
大约
Around about means approximately.
例句
There is a Green party but it only scored around about 10 percent in the vote...
虽然有一个绿党，但在选举中该党只得到了大约10%的选票。
He's charging you around about a hundred pounds an hour for his services.
他提供一小时服务，要价大约100英镑。
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PHRASE
各方面
You say all around to indicate that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group.
例句
He compared the achievements of the British and the French during 1916 and concluded that the latter were better all around.
他比较了1916年英国人和法国人的成就，结论是法国人在各方面都做得更好。
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PHRASE
见过世面；经验丰富；老于世故
If someone has been around, they have had a lot of experience of different people and situations.
例句
He knows what to do. He's been around...
他知道该做什么。他阅历很丰富。
He's been around a long time and has acquired a number of skills.
长久以来他见过很多世面，学了很多技术。