1、come around
拜访;探访
Beryl came round this morning to apologize.
贝丽尔今天上午来登门道歉了。
Quite a lot of people came round to the house.
宾客盈门。
改变观点;改变看法(以接受)
It looks like they're coming around to our way of thinking.
看来他们会改变看法,同意我们的思路。
She will eventually come round.
最终她会回心转意的。
(按照预期)发生,再度出现
I hope still to be in the side when the World Cup comes around next year.
我希望明年世界杯举行的时候我仍然效力于该队。
2、measure
衡量;估量;评估;判定
I continued to measure his progress against the charts in the doctor's office.
我继续比照医生办公室里的图表来判断他病情的发展。
A grammar school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.
一所文法学校成功与否是以考上大学的学生人数为衡量依据的。
测量;度量;计量
Measure the length and width of the gap.
测量一下这条缝隙的长与宽。
He measured the speed at which ultrasonic waves travel along the bone.
他测出了超声波穿过骨头的速度。
(情形严重或发展到了一定程度的)体现,表现,标志
It is a measure of their plight that few of them have anywhere to go to.
他们几乎全都无处可归,看得出他们是陷入了困境。
That is a measure of how bad things have become at the bank.
那简直就是银行里糟糕局面的写照。