be about to do是什么意思?
应为be about to do sth,意为即将做某事。用法如下:
1、表示即将发生的动作,在时间上指最近的将来。如:We are about to start. 我们就要出发了。
2、在含有be about to do的句子中,不能再加时间状语。如:The medical team is about to start. 医疗队就要出发了。
例句:
(1)Never be worry about imaginary troubles to do something impossible.
译文:不可能做的事情,决不要庸人自忧。
(2)If I were you I'd be thinking about what to do with that information.
译文:如果我是你,就会想想该怎么办。
(3)Be more specific about what you want to do.
译文:对于你所要做的事,你必须进一步搞清楚。
(4)Everyone needs to be on the same page about what we have to do.
译文:每个人都应该同样清楚地了解到我们必须做的事。
需知:
与be about to do 意思、用法相近的短语是be to do:一般说来,“be to do” 这个结构有两种语法意义,其一是连系动词be 动词不定式作表语,其二是be to是一个独立词汇单位,具有情态含义,可以把它叫做情态习语(modal idiom)。
例句:
1、Their daughter is to get married soon. (他们的女儿很快就会结婚。)
2、We are to meet at the school gate. (我们将在校门口碰头。)
3、They are to go travelling in August. (他们计划八月份去旅游。)