writing n. 1.寫,寫作,執(zhí)筆;習(xí)字,書法。 2.文件,契據(jù);銘。 3.〔pl.〕著作,作品。 4.筆跡,手跡。 at this writing 寫這個的時候;本記者發(fā)稿時刻。 be busy with one's writing 忙于寫作。 in writing 寫,用書面。 put ... in writing 把…寫成文字。 writing on the wall 危機(jī)緊迫的征兆。
about adv. 1.大約,差不多;前后,左右。 About a mile 大約一英里。 That's about right. 大致不差。 That's about (the size of) it. 就是那么一回事;大概如此。 It is about finished 差不多要完成[終結(jié)]。 2.周圍,四面;到處。 Look about 四顧。 3.活動;盛行,到處散布,傳布。 The news is going about. 消息正在傳開。 4.繞著,圍著,倒轉(zhuǎn),掉轉(zhuǎn)。 Round about 掉轉(zhuǎn),回頭,倒過來。 Face about (使)轉(zhuǎn)過來。 Put the ship about 把船倒過頭來。 The wrong way about 相反,倒轉(zhuǎn)過來。 5.附近;〔古語〕周圍。 Is the manager about 經(jīng)理在嗎? There is no one about. 附近無人。 A mile about 周圍一英里。 6.〔接帶 to 的不定式〕將要。 1.在…周圍。 About the neck 繞著脖子,圍在頸上。 2.在…附近,在…身邊,手頭。 Somewhere about here 在此地附近。 I have no money about me. 我身邊無錢。 3.前后,左右;大概。 About noon 正午前后。 4.對于,關(guān)于。 Talk about sb. 談?wù)撃橙恕?He is most particular about being conscientious. 他最講究認(rèn)真。 5.從事于。 What are you about 你在干什么? adj.〔用作表語〕傳播,流行。 Rumour is about. 謠言紛紛。 About and about 〔美俚〕差不多,大致相同。 (Right) about face 〔美國〕向后轉(zhuǎn)! About turn 〔英國〕向后轉(zhuǎn)。 Be about 1. 起來;活動;動手,做事 (Butterflies are about early this year. 今年蝴蝶活動得早。 He is not yet (up and) about . 他還沒有起來,還未動手。 Mind what you are about! 當(dāng)心!注意!)2.散布,傳播,流行。Be about to 準(zhǔn)備,將要,正打算 (He is about to speak. 他正打算說話)。 Go about 1. 正要,將要。 2. 使(船)掉頭。 Go a long way about 繞很多路。 Much about 幾乎。 Out and about 從事日常工作,(病后等)起來做事。 Set about 動手,著手。 Take turns about 輪流。 Turn and turn about 交互。
When writing about aerosol one is continually invited to digress . 在描述氣溶膠時人們經(jīng)常離題。
If she wants something to write about she has only to describe that episode . 如果他需要寫什么,只要寫這個插曲就夠了。
Haven't you met anyone at this theatre you keep writing about ? 你在信上常常提到那個劇院。那么,你在劇院里是不是碰上誰了?
He assumed what she wrote about had happened on the same day that he read the letter . 他總覺得妻子信上所寫的都是他看信當(dāng)天的事。
In writing about our hard times, we are apt to overuse the word "grim" . 在描寫我們艱苦的日子的時候,我們每每過多地使用“嚴(yán)肅”這個字眼。
That night, tired, exultant, he wrote about the operation and sent a note to marian scott . 那天夜里,他又疲倦又欣喜,給瑪麗安·斯科特寫了一封短信談這次手術(shù)。
Frost was a regional poet and the region he preferred to live in and write about was new england . 佛洛斯特是一個鄉(xiāng)土詩人,他所熟悉的和筆下描繪的地方是新英格蘭。
I found the type of work for which i had come-to write about china's revolution for my fellow americans . 我找到了我為此來到中國的工作,那就是為我的美國同胞寫中國革命。
Very little has been written about the identification and delineation of these ancient counterparts in the subsurface . 對于這些地下深處類似沉積物的鑒定和描述,卻極少報導(dǎo)。