just about

美 [dʒʌst əˈbaʊt]英 [dʒʌst əˈbaʊt]
  • 几乎;差不多;勉强;近乎;差一点就不
just aboutjust about

adv

1
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
lasted approximately an hour
in just about a minute
he's about 30 years old
I've had about all I can stand
we meet about once a month
some forty people came
weighs around a hundred pounds
roughly $3,000
holds 3 gallons, more or less
20 or so people were at the party
Synonym: approximately about close to some roughly more or less around or so

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  1. He could just about see the little man behind the counter .

    他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。

  2. Merkel has been the driving force behind the policy of conditional aid for stressed eurozone countries that has just about kept the 18-country currency zone together over the last four years .

    默克尔一直是向身处困境欧元区国家有条件提供救助政策背后的主要推动力量,而这项政策在过去4年一直勉强维持着拥有18个成员国的欧元区。

  3. I was just about to ask you the same thing .

    我刚才正要问你同一件事情。

  4. Let 's talk just about investment generally .

    咱们只一般性地谈谈投资吧。

  5. The water 's just about to boil .

    水马上就要开了。

  6. OK then , I think we 've just about covered everything on the agenda .

    就这样吧,我想我们几乎已把议程上所有的事项都讨论过了。

  7. I 'm just about ready .

    我就要准备好了。

  8. Doing it once was just about excusable ─ doing it twice was certainly not .

    这种事干一次也许还可以原谅,干两次就绝对不能了。

  9. We 've got just about enough time to get there .

    我们刚刚有足够的时间赶到那里。

  10. The place could just about take 2,000 people .

    那地方只能容纳大约2,000人。

  11. Physics isn 't just about pure science with no immediate applications

    物理学并非只是一门不能直接运用的纯科学。

  12. She could just about afford to keep her five kids

    她勉勉强强能养得起自己的5个孩子。

  13. I don 't know about you , but I 've had just about enough of this .

    我不知道你怎么想,但我已经受够了。

  14. He was just about to drive off when the secretary came running out

    他正打算驾车离开,这时秘书跑了出来。

  15. ' His memory must be completely back , then ? ' — ' Just about . '

    “这么说,他的记忆一定是完全恢复了?”——“差不多。”

  16. What does she read ? Just about everything

    她看些什么书?几乎什么都看。

  17. The Vietnam War was just about to end .

    那时越南战争就要结束了。

  18. The burglars took just about anything they could carry .

    窃贼们盗走了所有拿得动的东西。

  19. Allow the loaves to rise until just about double in size .

    让面包发酵到刚好是原来的两倍左右。

  20. The house came up for sale and the couple realised they could just about afford it .

    这幢房子放盘,两口子才意识到他们的钱差不多刚够买下它。

  21. I can just about tolerate it at the moment

    当时我差一点就忍受不了了。

  22. Just about anything could happen and we 'll be there to catch it on camera when it does .

    几乎什么事情都可能发生,我们要赶去那里进行现场抓拍。

  23. There are those who believe that Nick Price is just about the best golfer in the world

    有一些人认为尼克·普赖斯几乎就是世界上最优秀的高尔夫球运动员了。

  24. ' I 'm sure you will be an asset , ' she finally added . ' Well , I see it 's just about time for lunch . '

    “我相信你会是一个有用的人才,”她最后加上一句,“好了,我看该吃午饭了。”

  25. This general store has just about everything you could wish for .

    这家商店日用品应有尽有。

  26. He was just about to say something but a young lady spoke first .

    他正要张嘴,一位女士抢先说了。

  27. The wheat is just about ripe enough to be cut .

    麦子熟得差不多了,该割了。

  28. He was just about to speak when I stopped him .

    他刚要说,我把他给拦住了。

  29. Jim , the champion , seemed to end up two to three points ahead just about every night .

    冠军吉姆好像每晚总是以二、三分的优势结束比赛。

  30. I just about died laughing .

    我差点儿没笑死。