l．about：prep. 关于；大约adj. 在附近的；四处走动的；在起作用的adv. 大约；周围；到处n. 大致；粗枝大叶；不拘小节的人①what about怎么样；（对于）…怎么样Hey, what about breakfast? 嗨，早饭怎么样？②how about 怎么样、如何、怎麽样How about we do that here？我们现在也这么做如何？③speak／talk about议论、谈到、讨论、谈论某事He has nothing to speak about that thing关于那件事他没有什么可说的What are you talking about?你们在谈论什么?④think about思考、考虑Think about what you like to do想想有什么是你喜欢做的⑤care about关心，对…有兴趣、担心、在乎That's all we care about那是所有我们关心的She always cares about losing her job她总担心丢掉她的工作⑥bring about引起，使发生Its main mission is to bring about "peace and security" 它的主要目的就是带来“和平和安宁”⑦set about着手，开始She set about planning her holiday开始为假期作准备了⑧come about 发生; 产生; 出现; 造成How did it come about? 这一切都是怎么发生的？⑨hear about听说、得知、耳闻Did you hear the news about edward?你听说了关于爱德华的消息了吗？⑩worry about为…担心、焦虑、烦恼、惦念、挂虑Do you worry about your weight? 你担心自己的体重吗？⑾argue about争论、争辩、议论某事、辩论I don't want to argue about it any more我不想再争辨什么Do we have to argue about this? 我们非要为这个吵吗? Argue about sth. with sb就某事与某人辩论⑿know about了解、知道…的情况、知道有关于、知道What do they know about your topic?关于你的主题他们了解多少？I happened to know about him。

我碰巧了解他的情况。

⒀carry about随身携带、携带、带着、随身照顾Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. 记忆就好像是我的所有人随身携带的记事本This dictionary is too heavy to carry about.这本字典大重，不能随身携带⒁learn about了解、听到、得知、学习How did you learn about our product?你是怎么得知我们产品的？⒂all about到处，各处；关于…的一切Tell me all about yourself 请告诉我有关你的一切⒃up and about起床走动She was up and about very early 她很早就起来活动了He's too weak to be up and about他太虚弱了，不能起来走动。

2．away：adv. 离去，离开；在远处①right away 立刻、马上、立即、即时Will you take me to him right away?你现在就带我去找他好吗？②throw away 扔掉、错过、浪费、丢弃I never throw anything away我从来不扔任何东西Don't throw away those boxes不要把那些箱子扔掉③blow away吹走、吹掉、吹去The smoke blew away烟被风吹掉了Beware your hat, lest it should be blown away.当心你的帽子别被吹走④carry away拿走、带走、冲走、搬走、冲昏 ... 的头脑Water can carry away the soil only if it is flowing fast 雨水只有在流得很快的时候才能带走泥土⑤clear away散去、驱除、消除、收拾餐桌Shall I clear away the teacups？我可以收拾茶杯了吗？⑥die away 逐渐消失,减弱The noise of the car die away in the distance汽车声音消失在远方The breeze has died away. 微风渐渐减弱了⑦pass away（时间等）消磨掉、去世、终止、停止His ill humour will soon pass away. 他的坏心情很快就会消失。

He unfortunately passed away last year他不幸于去年去世了⑧wash away冲走、清洗、消除、涤荡、涤除Our house was washed away in the flood.我们的房屋在洪水中被冲走了To wash away the feeling of pain.用雨水来冲刷掉痛苦的感觉⑨take away带走、拿走、取走、剥夺、减去、使停止He wants to know who have take away his dictionary 他想知道谁拿走了他的词典If you take four away from ten, that leaves six.十减去四得六⑩put away收起来、放好、储存、打消、放弃Please put away your toys请把你的玩具放好。

I have a year's worth of salary put awa我有一年的工资的储备⑾give away背弃、泄漏、赠送The house burnt down in half an hour那房子在半小时之内被烧毁②put down放下、记下、估计、镇压、贬低、奚落、反驳Soldiers went in to put down a rebellion.士兵们攻进去镇压了一场叛乱I know that I do put people down occasionally.我知道我有时候确实会伤人面子③break down 失败、分解、损坏、衰弱下来、失败Cellulose is hard to break down纤维素是很难分解的④take down 拆卸、记录、记下、笔录、取下Please take down my baggage请帮我拿下行李⑤turn down 减少、关小、拒绝、驳回、顶回去Could you turn down the music？把音乐关小一点好吗？I turn down the offer我拒绝那个提议⑥cut down削减、砍倒、裁短、减少He has to cut down on the consumption of meat他不得不减少吃肉She cut down the sapling with one chop. 她砍倒了那棵树⑦slow down减速、放慢速度、使……慢下来Slow down！I can't keep up (with you)!慢点，我跟不上(你)了！You must slow down your car. 你必须把车子开慢。

⑧pass down 传下来、遗传We will pass down kunqu opera 我们会把昆曲传下去。

⑨calm down（使）平静、镇静、安静、使）平静下来I told myself to calm down.我告诫自己要冷静下来。

⑩close down 关闭、查封、（使）停业（使）停产、逼近All the stores and shops in this city don't close down on Sundays这个城市的大小商店星期天都不关门⑪bring down降价、把（某物、人）抬下、打倒、击败We must bring down the cost of doing business我们必须降低经营成本⑫settle down 安家、定居、（使）安静下来、平息He has no plans to settle down 他并没有安定下来的打算I must settle down and do my homewor我必须安下心来做家庭作业⑬come down 下来、降落、流传下来、倒塌、落魄、失势Will you not come down? 你到底下不下来Since he lost the job, he has really come down in the world 自从他失业以后，他的确过着穷困潦倒的生活⑭drop down 落下、卧倒、顺着向下移动、倒下Please select a type from the drop down combo box请从下拉组合框中选择一个类型The fruit dropped down from the tree 水果从树上掉下来⑮change down 放慢车速I must change down now 我现在必须放慢车速了⑯charge down冲上前、往下冲、<主美>把…记账He led the charge down the field他带头沿着球场冲杀过去⑰fall down倒塌、跌倒、失败、趴架、栽倒Did you just fall down the stairs？你刚才从楼梯摔下来了? The old house soon fell down这座老房很快就倒塌了They fell down before him.他们拜倒在他面前6．at prep. 在（表示存在或出现的地点、场所、位置）以（某种价格、速度等）；向；达；因为；朝；忙于①shout at 冲(某人)嚷嚷、对…大声喊、呼叱、叱喝You shouldn't shout at me 你不应该冲着我吼②work at在…工作、从事于…、致力于…Have you ever been working at the bank? 你在银行工作过吗?I desire you to set to work at once. 我希望你立即开始工作③at times 有时、间或、不时、偶然She is very petty at times她有时很小心眼He was certainly complacent at times.他有时确实太自满了④at heart 在内心、内心里、实质上、本质上I'm a country girl at heart 我实际上是个乡下姑娘Indeed he has a solemn face, but he is very humorous at heart.他的确有一副严肃的脸孔，但内心却是很富幽默感Apple is at heart a design company. 苹果从本质上是个设计公司⑤look at 看、评判、审视、接受His girlfriend is pretty to look at他的女朋友长得好看We should learn to look at problems all-sidedly.我们应该学会全面看问题The manager will not look at a report like that.经理不会接受那样一份报告⑥catch at 试图抓住; 抓住; 想抓住; 渴望取得They catch at every opportunity to make money.他们抓住一切机会来赚钱I've caught you at your tricks again! 我又抓到你在耍花招!⑦stare at 凝视、盯住、睽He stares at the beggar with sympathy.他同情地凝视着那个乞丐Don't stare at me like that. 不要那样地盯着我⑧glare at 用愤怒的目光注视、怒视They stood there, glaring at each other.他们站在那，互相怒视着对方⑨laugh at 因…而发笑、嘲笑、蔑视、对…满不在乎Don't laugh at him; he's very sensitive 千万别笑他，他很敏感The students laughed at the funny story.离开。