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

• Each year, people in the U.S. get about one billion colds, and 22 million school days are lost to the stubborn viruses.
  美国每年约有10亿人次得感冒，学生们因顽固的感冒病毒共停课2200万天。
• 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。
• By eliminating commuting and getting ready for work, you could likely get about three hours back.
  通过把通勤和上班准备去掉，你就可能挽回3个小时。
• How do you get about with a baby on your back?
  你如何背着小孩到处走呢？
• J ( John): It's okay, I suppose. We get about the equivalent of six months 'salary.
  （约翰）我想还可以。大约相当于六个月的月薪。
• 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。
• Those who consider their spouse or partner to be their best friend get about twice as much life satisfaction from marriage as others, the study found.
  研究发现，视配偶或伴侣为至交的人，从婚姻中获得的生活满足感大约是其他人的两倍。
• The car owner is no longer forced to rely on public transport to get about.
  出行时可以不必再依赖公共交通。
• 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。