go around

(also go round British EnglishBrE) phrasal verbphr v

a) dress/behave 衣着/行为 (also go about British EnglishBrE)OFTEN to behave or dress in a particular way 习惯于〔某种行为或穿着〕

go around doing something

You can’t go around accusing people like that.

你不能老是那样随便指责别人。

He goes around in a T-shirt even in winter.

哪怕是冬天他也只穿一件T恤。

b) illness 疾病 go around (something) (also go about (something) British EnglishBrE)SPREAD if an illness is going around, a lot of people get it 〔疾病〕（在某处）传播，流行

He had a bad dose of the flu virus that was going around.

流感病毒在传播，他也染上了，而且很严重。

There are a lot of nasty bugs going around the school.

学校里有很多讨厌的病菌在传播。

c) news/story 新闻/报道 go around (something) (also go about (something) British EnglishBrE) if news, a story, a joke etc is going around, a lot of people hear it and are talking about it 〔消息等〕（在某处）流传，传播

A rumour was going around that I was having an affair with my boss.

谣言四起，说我和老板有染。

There was a lot of gossip going around the village.

村子里流言蜚语很多。

d) go around with somebody/go around together (also go about with somebody British EnglishBrE)SPEND TIME to meet someone often and spend a lot of time with them 常与某人外出/常一起外出

I used to go around with a bad crowd.

我过去常和一伙不三不四的人在外面鬼混。

e) ENOUGH enough/plenty to go around enough for each person 足够分给每个人

Is there enough ice cream to go around?

冰激凌够分吗？

There were never enough textbooks to go around.

教科书从来都不够用。

f) what goes around comes aroundWAIT used to say that if someone does bad things now, bad things will happen to them in the future 恶有恶报

g) go around in your headCONTINUE/NOT STOP if words, sounds etc go around in your head, you keep remembering them for a long time 在脑海里回响

That stupid song kept going around in my head.

那首愚蠢的歌曲一直萦绕在我的脑海里。

→ go around/round in circles at circle1(5)

Examples from the Corpus

go around• If one child gets flu, it seems to go round the entire school within a week.• The gear was going round, but it didn't seem to be catching on anything.• The city was rife with forlorn single women, and there was plenty of blame to go around.• There is plenty of fault to go around!• There's some type of throat infection going around at the moment.• When the fan goes around it forces the warm air back down.

go around doing something• You can't go around calling people liars.• I can't go around my friends begging for a home, can l?• In pursuit of material he went around the world six times and gave over 8,000 illustrated talks.• She said she would wait on the steps while Tom went around and opened the street door.• The changes of angle the belt makes as it goes around the pelvis allow much greater freedom of movement.• The city was rife with forlorn single women, and there was plenty of blame to go around.• There is plenty of fault to go around!• Used to go around as a foursome.• We went around the room to get them to say a declarative sentence.

go around (something)• The city was rife with forlorn single women, and there was plenty of blame to go around.• There is plenty of fault to go around!• She said she would wait on the steps while Tom went around and opened the street door.• Used to go around as a foursome.• I can't go around my friends begging for a home, can l?• The changes of angle the belt makes as it goes around the pelvis allow much greater freedom of movement.• We went around the room to get them to say a declarative sentence.• In pursuit of material he went around the world six times and gave over 8,000 illustrated talks.