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（疾病或不愉快情緒的）發作
If you have a bout of an illness or of an unpleasant feeling, you have it for a short period.
例句
He was recovering from a severe bout of flu...
他患了嚴重的流感，尚未痊愈。
I was suffering with a bout of nerves.
我感到一陣緊張。
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（不愉快之事大量發生的）一陣，一小段時間
A bout of something that is unpleasant is a short time during which it occurs a great deal.
例句
The latest bout of violence has claimed twenty four lives...
最近發生的一起暴力事件造成24人死亡。
A half-hour daily walk can be more beneficial than one hard bout of exercise a week.
每天散步半小時會比一周劇烈運動一次對身體更有益。
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拳擊比賽；摔跤比賽
A bout is a boxing or wrestling match.
例句
This will be his eighth title bout in 19 months.
這將是他19個月里的第8次衛冕賽。
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（當about的第一個音節不發音時，有些作家以’bout或bout替代about）
Some writers use 'bout or bout to represent about when the first syllable is not pronounced.
例句
How 'bout some coffee?...
來點兒咖啡嗎？
I just felt the need to write bout it, I guess.
我想我就是覺得有必要對此寫點兒什么。