Name: 原來 About 這麼多用法？加拿大人 Bob 你 5 種最實用說法！ (Learn 5 Ways to Use the English Word, "About")
Uploaded: 2025-10-22T21:01:10.000Z
Duration: 3 min 45 s

The English word "about" has several different uses in the English language.

英文單字 about 在英語中有好幾種不同的用法。

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In this video, we're going to look at five different sentences,

在這支影片中，我們將看五個不同的句子，

five different examples on how to use the word about in English.

五個不同的例子，說明如何在英語中使用單字 about。

Sometimes English words have more than one meaning,

有時候英文單字有不止一個意思，

depending on the sentence that they are used in.

取決於它們在句子中的使用方式。

The English word "about" is one of those words.

The first example of how to use the word about in the English language is the sentence "it is about time."

第一個使用 about 的例子是句子 "it is about time."（該是時候了）

When we say this sentence in English, we are basically expressing that something is finally happening.

當我們用英文說這句話時，基本上是在表達某件事終於發生了。

So we have wanted to eat dinner for a while, and when dinner is served,

比如我們想吃晚餐已經有一段時間了，當晚餐上桌時，

meaning that you have patiently waited for a while and you are now happy that it is dinner time.

意思是你已經耐心等了一段時間，現在很高興終於到晚餐時間了。

The second example of how to use the word about in the English language is a question like,

第二個使用 about 的例子是一個問題，例如，

"how about a cup of tea?"（喝杯茶怎麼樣？）

And what we are basically asking in this sentence is, "Would you like a cup of tea?"

基本上這句話是在問「你想喝杯茶嗎？」

所以當我說 "How about a cup of tea?" 時，

I am really asking, "Would you like a cup of tea?"

我實際上是在問「你想喝杯茶嗎？」

And if I say, "How about we go see a movie tonight?"

如果我說 "How about we go see a movie tonight?"（今晚去看電影怎麼樣？）

I'm actually saying, "Would you like to go see a movie tonight?"

我實際上是在說「你想今晚去看電影嗎？」

A third way to use the word about in the English language is the phrase, "he was 'about' to jump."

第三種使用 about 的方式是句子 "he was 'about' to jump."（他正要跳）

And when we use about in this way, we are basically saying that an action has not happened yet,

當我們用 about 這樣的方式時，基本上是在說一個動作尚未發生，

She was about to buy tickets for the concert.

This means that she has not bought the tickets yet,

but she is most likely on her computer on the website where she can buy tickets,

但她很可能已經在電腦上，進入購票網站，

and she is going to buy the tickets very soon.

The fourth example of using the word about in the English language is the phrase,

第四個使用 about 的例子是句子，

"the movie was 'about' the war" or "the book was 'about' her life."

"the movie was 'about' the war"（電影是關於戰爭的） 或 "the book was 'about' her life."（書是關於她的生活）

And basically, using about in this way is saying that the subject of the book, the main point of the book was her life.

基本上，這樣使用 about 就是在說，書的主題，主要內容，是關於她的生活。

The fifth and last way that we use the word about in the English language is the phrase, "She was 'about' 40 years old."

第五種也是最後一種使用 about 的方式是句子 "She was 'about' 40 years old."（她大約 40 歲）

And in this example, we're basically using about the same way we would use approximately.

在這個例子中，我們基本上是用 about 來表示大約（approximately）。

So we are saying she is approximately 40 years old.

but we can sort of tell that she's around 40 years old.

但我們可以大致判斷她大約 40 歲。

Well, that's five different ways to use the word about in the English language.

好啦，這就是五種在英語中使用 about 的方式。

There are actually more, but I thought five was a good number for this video.

其實還有更多，但我覺得五個例子對這支影片來說已經足夠。

Thanks again so much for watching these videos.

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如果你還沒訂閱，請在影片附近找到訂閱按鈕並點擊它。

Also, if you could give me a thumbs up, that would be awesome and I hope you have a great day.

另外，如果你能給我按個讚，那就太棒了，祝你有美好的一天。