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PREP
在…周圍;圍繞
To be positioned round a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move round a place means to go along its edge, back to the point where you started.
例句
They were sitting round the kitchen table...
他們正圍坐在餐桌旁。
The nightdress has handmade lace round the armholes and neckline...
這件女式睡衣的袖孔和領口都鑲著一圈手織花邊。
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PREP
繞過;到…的另一邊
If you move round a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look round a corner or obstacle, you look to see what is on the other side.
例句
Suddenly a car came round a corner on the opposite side...
突然，對面的街角處拐過一輛汽車。
Stay on the left-hand pavement to follow a road downhill round a curve...
繼續順著左邊的人行道拐一個彎，然后沿路下山。
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在…各處;遍及;在…附近
You use round to say that something happens in or relates to different parts of a place, or is near a place.
例句
He happens to own half the land round here...
他恰好擁有這里一半的土地。
I think he has earned the respect of leaders all round the world...
我想他已經贏得了世界各國領導人的尊重。
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ADV
環繞地;旋轉地
If a wheel or object spins round, it turns on its axis.
例句
Holes can be worn remarkably quickly by a wheel going round at 60mph...
以每小時60英里的速度前進的車輪很快就會磨出洞來。
Stars appeared everywhere, spinning round and round, faster and faster.
滿眼金星亂轉，而且越轉越快。
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ADV
朝反方向地;轉身地
If you turn round, you turn so that you are facing or going in the opposite direction.
例句
She paused, but did not turn round...
她停了一下，但是并沒有轉身。
The end result was that the ship had to turn round, and go back to Djibouti...
最后的結果是這艘船不得不掉轉方向，駛回吉布提。
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ADV
向不同方向地;四處地
If you move things round, you move them so they are in different places.
例句
He will be glad to refurnish where possible, change things round and redecorate...
他會很樂意盡可能添置些家具，把東西挪一挪，然后重新裝飾。
I've already moved things round a bit to make it easier for him.
我已經把東西挪了挪，好讓他更方便。
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ADV
逐一，挨個（傳遞）
If you hand or pass something round, it is passed from person to person in a group.
例句
John handed round the plate of sandwiches.
約翰把那盤三明治傳給大家。
...as the whiskey bottle is passed round.
當大家傳遞威士忌酒瓶的時候
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ADV
去，到，至（某人的家）
If you go round to someone's house, you visit them.
例句
I think we should go round and tell Kevin to turn his music down...
我覺得我們應該去凱文家讓他把音樂的聲音調小一些。
He came round with a bottle of champagne.
他帶著一瓶香檳過來了。
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ADV
在某處（無所事事）
You use round in informal expressions such as sit round or hang round when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and is not doing anything very important.
例句
As we sat round chatting, I began to think I'd made a mistake...
當我們坐在那里聊天時，我開始認為自己犯了一個錯誤。
I was running round all hyped up.
我興奮地跑來跑去。
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以…為基礎;基于
If something is built or based round a particular idea, that idea is the basis for it.
例句
That was for a design built round an existing American engine...
那是用在以現有的一種美國發動機為基礎的設計之上的。
The core of the Festival's programme centres round performances of new and 20th century work.
這個音樂節最重要的節目以演奏20世紀的作品和新作為主。
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克服;解決
If you get round a problem or difficulty, you find a way of dealing with it.
例句
Don't just immediately give up but think about ways round a problem...
不要馬上放棄，應該想想解決問題的辦法。
There are ways of getting round most things!
有幾種可以解決大多數問題的方法。
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ADV
（想法等）轉過來，發生改變
If you win someone round, or if they come round, they change their mind about something and start agreeing with you.
例句
He did his best to talk me round, but I wouldn't speak to him...
他竭力想要說服我改變主意，但是我不愿意跟他講話。
The Chandler twins were coming round to the same opinion.
錢德勒家的這對雙胞胎也最終統一了意見。
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ADV
（用于描述以前發生過或定期發生的事情）
You use round in expressions such as this time round or to come round when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly.
例句
In the past, the elections have been marked by hundreds of murders, but this time round the violence has been much more limited...
在過去，這些選舉中總是會發生數百起謀殺案，但這一次暴力事件已經非常少了。
Of course, it isn't the same first time round...
當然，這不同于第一次了。
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PREP
周長;圍
You can use round to give the measurement of the outside of something that is shaped like a circle or a cylinder.
例句
I'm about two inches larger round the waist.
我的腰圍大概粗了兩英寸。
...forty-eight inches round the hips.
臀圍48英寸
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ADV
大約;大概
You use round in front of times or amounts to indicate that they are approximate.
例句
I go to bed round 11:00 at night.
我大約晚上11點上床睡覺。
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PREP-PHRASE
大約;大概
In spoken English, round about means approximately.
例句
Round about one and a half million people died.
大概有150萬人死亡。
...a system that was abolished round about 1902.
大約在1902年被廢除的制度
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PHRASE
處處;所有;整個
You say all round to emphasize that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group.
例句
It ought to make life much easier all round...
它應該會讓生活的方方面面都變得更加方便。
Nerves are frayed all round.
每一根神經都繃緊了。
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PHRASE
(在腦海里)縈繞，揮之不去
If you say that something is going round and round in your head, you mean that you can't stop thinking about it.
例句
It all keeps going round and round in my head till I don't know where I am.
這一直在我腦海里縈繞，直到我不知身在何處。
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PHRASE
全年;一年到頭
If something happens all year round, it happens throughout the year.
例句
Many of these plants are evergreen, so you can enjoy them all year round...
這些植物中有很多都是四季常青的，所以一年到頭都可以觀賞。
It's a treat to be enjoyed all the year round.
這是全年都能享受到的款待。