1、come around
拜訪;探訪
Beryl came round this morning to apologize.
貝麗爾今天上午來登門道歉了。
Quite a lot of people came round to the house.
賓客盈門。
改變觀點;改變看法(以接受)
It looks like they're coming around to our way of thinking.
看來他們會改變看法,同意我們的思路。
She will eventually come round.
最終她會回心轉意的。
(按照預期)發生,再度出現
I hope still to be in the side when the World Cup comes around next year.
我希望明年世界杯舉行的時候我仍然效力于該隊。
2、measure
衡量;估量;評估;判定
I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.
我繼續比照醫生辦公室里的圖表來判斷他病情的發展。
A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.
一所文法學校成功與否是以考上大學的學生人數為衡量依據的。
測量;度量;計量
Measure the length and width of the gap.
測量一下這條縫隙的長與寬。
He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone.
他測出了超聲波穿過骨頭的速度。
(情形嚴重或發展到了一定程度的)體現,表現,標志
It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to.
他們幾乎全都無處可歸,看得出他們是陷入了困境。
That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank.
那簡直就是銀行里糟糕局面的寫照。