2、 about打听，know about了解， quarrel about争论，read about读到， see about负责处理，set about开始， speak about谈起， talk about谈论， think about考虑， trouble about担心，tell about讲述，worry about着急。现举例说明其中一些短语的用法：She inquired about my brother. 她向我打听有关我兄弟的情况。I must set about my packing. 我必须开始收拾行装。What are you chatting about? 你们
3、在聊什么呢？2. be +形容词+about+sth.。about在此意思是“为…，对…”，接表原因的词：be anxious about为…着急， be bad about对…感到不舒服，be busy about忙于…， be careful about小心…， be certain about对…有把握， be concerned about关心…， be crazy about为…发狂，be excited about为…感到激动， be happy about为…而高兴， be mad about为…发疯，be nervous about对…感到紧张， be partic
4、ular about挑剔…， be pleased about为…兴奋，be strict about对…严格，be thoughtful about对…考虑周到的，be uneasy about为…感受到不安。请看例句：What have you been busy about today? 今天在忙些什么？You are certainly very thoughtful about others. 你为别人想得太周到了。I’m strict about such things. 对这些事我是很严格的。注：come about发生，get about（疾病、谣言）流行，turn ab
5、out转身，leave about到处 乱放，lie about随便堆放，put about打扰;传播，put oneself about使…发愁。这些词组中about作副词，此时about不能接宾语。二、AFTER1.动词+ after。介词after有“追赶，问候，效仿”之意：ask after问候， be after寻求， do(sth.）after学着做，go after设法得到， inquire after问候， look after寻找， run after追求， seek after追逐， take after长得像。例如：Every afternoon he called
6、 to ask after his girl friend. 他每天下午都打电话问候他的女朋友。The boy takes after his father. 这男孩长得像他父亲。The dogs went after the wounded deer. 一群狗在追赶那只受伤的鹿。2.after构成的其它短语。after在不同的短语中意思各异： after a little/moment/while 过了一会，after all毕竟，after dark天黑以后，after one’s heart合…的心， after school放学后， after service售后服务，after
7、 the fashion勉强， dayafter day日复一日，one after another一个接一个，year after year年复一年。例如：Don’t be too strict with him. After all he is still a child. 不要太苛刻了，毕竟他还是个孩子。He can speak and write English after a fashion. 他多少会说和写一
