get about

英 [ɡet əˈbaʊt]

美 [ɡet əˈbaʊt]

四处走动; 各处拜访; 出行; 走动; （消息）传开

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 四处走动；各处旅行
If youget about, you go to different places and visit different people.
1. So you're getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away?
  这么说你现在又开始四处走动了？不把自己关在家里了？
PHRASAL VERB 出行；走动
The way that someonegets aboutis the way that they walk or go from one place to another.
1. She was finding it increasingly difficult to get about.
  她发现出去走动越来越困难了。
PHRASAL VERB （消息等）传开，散播开
If newsgets about, it becomes well known as a result of being told to lots of people.
1. How did the rumours get about?...
  这些谣言是怎么传开的？
2. The story had soon got about that he had been suspended.
  他被停职的消息迅速传开了。

verb

Phillips had earlier expected to get about$ 30 million for 'Four Marilyns,' one of a series of Warhol depictions of the actress.
菲利普斯之前预计这幅名为《四个玛丽莲》（FourMarilyns）的画作大概能以3000万美元的价格拍出。这是沃霍尔给这位女演员画的一系列肖像之一。
Here's another reason to get serious about saving& it's a new year.
又有一个原因让你认真地考虑储蓄问题了，那就是新的一年开始了。
So you're getting about a bit again? Not shutting yourself away?
这么说你现在又开始四处走动了？不把自己关在家里了？
I don't think there's any reason to get excited about inflation
我认为大可不必为通货膨胀而心烦。
She was finding it increasingly difficult to get about.
她发现出去走动越来越困难了。
Nowadays people get about much more than they used to.
现在人们外出旅行比过去多得多了。
J ( John): It's okay, I suppose. We get about the equivalent of six months 'salary.
（约翰）我想还可以。大约相当于六个月的月薪。
The National Sleep Foundation recommends that adults get about seven to nine hours of sleep each night.
美国国家睡眠基金会建议成年人每晚应有7到9小时的睡眠时间。
It is nothing to be surprised at.; It is nothing to get excited about.
用不着少见多怪。
How did the rumours get about?
这些谣言是怎么传开的？