Manson has a reputation as one of the most stylish designers around.
曼森被誉为如今最有格调的设计师之一。
9if something is organized around a particular person or thing, it is organized according to their needs, wishes, ideas etc 围绕,以…为中心;根据
Why does everything have to be arranged around what Callum wants to do?
为什么每一件事都要迁就卡勒姆?
Their whole society was built around their religious beliefs.
他们的整个社会都建立在他们的宗教信仰基础之上。
10used to show that someone spends time in a place without doing anything useful 闲散地,无所事事地SYN British English about
I’ve been waiting around all morning.
整个早上我都在无聊地等待。
They could be seen hanging around street corners, watching the girls go by.
可以看到他们在街角闲荡,盯着来往的女孩。
11a way around a difficult situation or problem is a way to solve it or avoid it 解决,克服;避免SYN British English round
We must find a way around these difficulties.
我们必须想办法克服这些困难。
The company is expected to get around this problem by borrowing from the banks.
预计公司会向银行贷款解决这个问题。
12to other people or positions 传,递;挪SYN British English round
Write your name on this list and pass it around.
在名单上写下你的名字,再传给别人。
Someone’s been moving the furniture around.
有人一直在搬挪家具。
13have been around (also have been around the block a few times) informal
a)to have had experience of many different situations so that you can deal with new situations confidently 见过世面,经验丰富
You could tell this guy had been around a bit by the knowing way he talked.
看他讲起来无所不知的样子,就知道这家伙是见过些世面的。
b)to have had many sexual experiences – used humorously 性经验丰富〔幽默用法〕
Examples from the Corpus
have been around• I've been around the block a few times, and I think I know when someone's trying to cheat me.• When you've been around as long as I have you realize some things aren't worth getting upset about.• Some have been around a long time, others are of more recentorigins.• Most of them have been around a lot longer.• Demos have been around as long as computer games.• The usualsuspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.• Neuralnetworks used for robotics and control applicationshave been around for a relatively long time.• Armies are the mainconventionalweapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms.• Though I must have been around just at that time, I think.• They have been around, practically unchanged, for at least 200 million years.
14American EnglishAmE used to show the length of a line surrounding something 以圆周计算
around• Don't leave all your clotheslyingaround.• It was 11:30 at night, and no one was around.• Since it's your first day here, would you like me to show you around?• I'll turn the car around and pick you up at the door.• Reporterscrowdedaround as Jensen left the courtroom.• I think the B-52's were the best bandaround at the time.• When I finishedcollege, I traveledaround for a while before I got my first job.• That joke's been around for years.• The children were dancingaround in a circle.• Kevin spun his chairaround to greet me as I walked into his office.
somewhere around• Your house current is somewhere around 110 volts, which is enough to fry everything inside your machine.• From quite an early age I was expected to be somewhere around.• There was no definite sound, but he knew that Mabel would be somewhere around.• She had not specified, but somewhere around four thirty to five would have been a reasonable time to return.• All the heavymaterials came from junk spinning somewhere around in the solar system.• She was probably the oldest woman in the village, being somewhere around sixty.• I rolledforward, hoping there would be a parkingpadsomewhere around the bend coming up.• It came from somewhere around the corner.
around the corner• "Is there a bank near here?'' "Sure, it's just around the corner.''• We rented a bakingfacilityaround the corner.• Caricature was just around the corner.• The car screechedaround the corner after him in a burst of fumes and querulousvoices.• They claim that news is just around the corner, and that it will be on us before we know it.• She might think we're just around the corner and that we're not coming to see her.• We met in a bar just around the corner from my apartment.• Out in the street afterwards they wanderedaround the corner into Leicester Square to see the Christmas lights.• He clenched his teeth together but the first syllable forced itself around the corner of his mouth.• Around the corner, the public waits in a long line for a chance to eatbreakfast in a Senaterestaurant.