be about

In July, a sister craft of the crashed spaceplane was reported to be about half-finished.

报道称，今年7月,失事太空飞船的一个姊妹飞船已经完成了一半。

I judged him to be about forty.

我估计他40岁上下。

Eurozone government debt will be about 88 per cent of gross domestic product in 2011.

2011年，欧元区政府债务占其国内生产总值（GDP）的比例将达到88%左右。

To put It'simply, the new proposals mean that the average worker will be about 10 % better paid.

简单地说, 新建议意味着一个普通工人的工资将增加10%.

We were invited to give our opinions about how the work should be done.

我们应邀就如何开展工作提出意见。

to wallow in despair/self-pity (= to think about your unhappy feelings all the time and seem to be enjoying them)

陷入绝望；顾影自怜

I should suppose him to be about fifty.

我猜想他大约50岁.

and I calculated, you know, the psychological present is said to be about three seconds long;

我算了算--从心理学角度来说仅仅只是三秒长。

I don't know the exact number of people who have been invited but off the top of my head I should think there will be about forty.

我不知道被邀请者的确切数字，但不用思索我认为会有40人左右。

I should suppose him to be about twenty.

我猜他是二十岁左右.

Looking still further ahead, by the end of the next century world population is expected to be about ten billion.

再往前看，到下个世纪末世界人口预计将达约100亿。

I'm as positive as I can be about it

我对它有绝对的把握。

Do you have to be so cynical about everything?

你非得怀疑一切吗？

I'm as positive as I can be about it.

我对它有绝对的把握。

It's only human nature to be worried about change.

对变革有忧虑不过是人之常情。

The savings due to increased health would be about 2 billion annually.

由于增进了健康,每年节约为20亿美元左右.

She would be about 60 when she died.

她死时也许60岁.

The Paris talks will mainly be about procedural matters.

巴黎会谈将主要围绕程序上的事宜。

We estimated his income at / to be about 8000 a year.

我们估计他一年的收入大约8000英镑.

I would be about ten when my brother left home.

我哥哥离开家时,我大概十岁左右.

It would be better to draw a veil over what happened next (= not talk about it) .

最好把之后发生的事情掩盖起来。

The US government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year

美国政府称今年的玉米产量应该会比去年提高8%左右。

Toni reckoned that it must be about three o'clock...

托妮估计当时肯定是3点钟左右。

A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team.

对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说，一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。

Pisa is believed to be about three thousand years old.

据称比萨大约有三千年的历史.

Oh, let's see. It'll be about 3:30 before we have anybody free.

哦, 让 我 想想. 大概要到3:30我们才有空.

The depth of the crater is expected to be about 30 feet.

弹坑的深度预计约于30英尺.

Toni reckoned that it must be about three o'clock

托妮估计当时肯定是3点钟左右。

A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team

对于那名教练和他的年轻球队来说，一个崭新的时代似乎即将到来。

Toni reckoned that it must be about three o'clock.

托妮估计当时肯定是3点钟左右。