about的用法：

　　1.到处，在各处（in various directions）：

　　There lay books about the room.书被扔得满屋子都是。

　　Flowers dot about our school.我们学校里到处点缀着鲜花。

　　Sheep and cows are about the lawn.草地上到处都是牛羊。

　　2.向四周，向各处（to various places）：

　　He is traveling about the world.他正在世界各地旅行。

　　The headmaster took the foreign guests about the campus.校长带外宾参观校园。

　　The mice ran away about the house on hearing a cat coming.老鼠们一听见猫到来就向屋子的四周奔逃。

　　3.在四周，在周围，围绕（round）：

　　There are a lot of trees about the house.在房子的周围有许多树木。

　　There is a fence about his garden.他的菜园的四周围了一道篱笆。

　　The children sat about Lei Feng.孩子们围着雷锋而坐。

　　4.在附近(in the vicinity of,near)：

　　Mr.An bought a house about the school.安先生在学校附近买了房子。

　　The parents are chatting and their children are playing with toys about them.父母们在聊天，孩子们在他们的旁边玩玩具。

　　5.在里面(within a given place or area)：

　　Mr.Zhang could only walk about the place that Mr Jiang limited.张先生只能在蒋先生限制的地方里面走动。

　　He seemed to have something hidden about his person.他的衣服里好像藏有什么东西。

　　6.在身边，在身上，在手头（on or near the body of）：

　　Yesterday I wanted to buy the violin in the window,but I happened to have no money about me.昨天我想买下窗口里的那把小提琴，但碰巧身上没带钱。

　　A strange smell about her caused her much trouble.她身上的怪味给她添了很多麻烦。

　　7.关于，有关（concerning;regarding;in connection with）：

　　They are talking about the film they saw last night.他们在谈论他们昨晚看过的电影。

　　This story is about Lei Feng.这是个关于雷锋的故事。

　　Please tell me something about your country.请告诉我有关你们国家的一些情况。

　　8.从事，忙于(concerned or occupied with)：

　　What are you about?你在做什么？

　　Do you know how to set about it?你知道怎样做这事吗？

　　9.与what或how连用，表示建议或询问：

　　What about going out for a walk?出去散步怎么样？

　　How about this blue skirt?这件蓝色的裙子怎么样？

　　10接近于，大约，左右（or so;close to）：

　　We left there about ten o’clock.我们大约在十点钟离开了那里。

　　The school is about six miles from the farm.学校离农场六英里左右。

　　11就要，即将（on the point of;going to）：

　　Hurry up!The plane is about to start.赶快，火车就要开动了。

　　I was about to go out when it began to rain.我正要出门，忽然天下起雨来。