be about to
英：[bi: əˈbaut tu:] 美： [bi əˈbaʊt tu]
be about to 基本解释
v.将要，正打算；临到；即将；就要
be about to 相关例句
同近义词辨析
be to do, be going to, be about tobe to do 侧重意志,计划,安排I'm to meet him.(含双方事先约好的意思)
be going to侧重打算,想法,
be about to表最近的将来,后面不接时间状语,
双语例句
- He came just as the bus was about to leave.
汽车刚要开他就赶来了。 - She is in that stage like dough beginning to set.
她正处在仿佛面团刚要发酵的年龄。 - The meeting was coming to a close.
会议即将结束。 - Soon school will end and vacation will be on hand.
学期快结束了，假期即将到来。
权威例句
Abba icon set to take a chanceTo be about to beTO BE ABOUT TO BE. (cover story)English surgeons may at last be about to become doctors: What about nurses with PhDs?BE GOING TO AND BE ABOUT TO:JUST BECAUSE DOC BROWN WAS GOING TO TAKE US BACK TO THE FUTURE DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO DO SODreams of EDI (electronic data interchange). They may be about to come true ... at last!Warning - cigarettes may be about to become fashionable againTo be about to: Approaching the ‘irrealis’Image is everthing - Modern high resolution sensing satellites could be about to offer a valuable insight into traffic congestion ar...Goldman Sachs could be about to tighten its stranglehold on global markets
