get about

英 [ɡet əˈbaʊt]

美 [ɡet əˈbaʊt]

四处走动; 各处拜访; 出行; 走动; （消息）传开

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 四处走动；各处旅行
  If youget about, you go to different places and visit different people.
  1. So you're getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away?
     这么说你现在又开始四处走动了？不把自己关在家里了？
• PHRASAL VERB 出行；走动
  The way that someonegets aboutis the way that they walk or go from one place to another.
  1. She was finding it increasingly difficult to get about.
     她发现出去走动越来越困难了。
• PHRASAL VERB （消息等）传开，散播开
  If newsgets about, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people.
  1. How did the rumours get about?...
     这些谣言是怎么传开的？
  2. The story had soon got about that he had been suspended.
     他被停职的消息迅速传开了。

英英释义

verb

• move around
  1. How does she get around without a car?
  Synonym:get around

双语例句

• Phillips had earlier expected to get about$ 30 million for 'Four Marilyns,' one of a series of Warhol depictions of the actress.
  菲利普斯之前预计这幅名为《四个玛丽莲》（FourMarilyns）的画作大概能以3000万美元的价格拍出。这是沃霍尔给这位女演员画的一系列肖像之一。
• The invalid is able to get about now.
  病人能走动了。
• I'm not going to get paranoid about it.
  我不会对此多心的。
• How did the rumours get about?
  这些谣言是怎么传开的？
• The National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults get about seven to nine hours of sleep each night.
  美国国家睡眠基金会建议成年人每晚应有7到9小时的睡眠时间。
• The ThinkPad X1 Carbon got just four hours, one minute in this test, which means that in more normal use, you'd likely get about five hours. That is well below the company's claim of 6.3 hours.
  在这次测试中，ThinkPadx1Carbon的电池续航时间只有四小时一分钟，这表示在正常使用情况下，它的续航时间可能有五个小时，这远远低于联想声称的6.3个小时。
• Nowadays people get about much more than they used to.
  现在人们外出旅行比过去多得多了。
• The story had soon got about that he had been suspended.
  他被停职的消息迅速传开了。
• It is nothing to be surprised at.; It is nothing to get excited about.
  用不着少见多怪。
• We routinely get about ten pieces of junk mail each day.
  我们每天固定收到约十封垃圾邮件。