传开，传播；（病后）走动；旅行；积极参加社会活动

get about───传开，传播；（病后）走动；旅行；积极参加社会活动

sets about───着手；开始做…

gets out───离开，出去；泄露；出版；n.（GetOut）《逃出绝命镇》（电影名）

goes about───东奔西走

got about───来往于；传遍；在...传开（getabout的过去式）

mess about───胡闹；瞎混；闲逛，浪费时间；粗鲁对待某人

puts about───散布；转向；使苦恼

sees about───考虑，查询；注意，处理；料理

set about───着手；开始做…

The company said it gets about 8, 500 app submissions a week, some brand new and some updates to existing programs.───公司表示，它每周收到约8500个应用程序提交的申请，有些是全新的，有些是对现有程序的更新。

She gets about 40 inquiries a week from women looking for hostess jobs, twice as many as before the downturn.───她每周约接到40个谋求陪酒工作的咨询，是经济危机前的两倍。

Zimbabwe already gets about $1 billion a year in humanitarian aid, which bypasses the government.───津巴布韦已经获得了大约一年10亿美元的人道主义援助，这些都不经过政府。

New evidence, however, challenges that theory. The duckbill platypus, it turns out, gets about eight hours of REM shut eye a day.───新证据向上述观点提出挑战，它推翻了鸭嘴兽一天睡眠八小时的理论。

She gets about quite a lot, working for an international company.───她为一家国际公司工作，经常到处奔波。

The company claims the battery gets about 10 hours of running time between charges.───苹果公司声称电池一次充电的续航能力约为10小时。

It's a gasoline - electric midsize car that gets about 50 miles per gallon.

The car gets about thirty miles to the gallon.

My car gets about 30 miles per gallon.

He gets about with the aid of a walking stick.

The United States gets about half its electricity from coal-fired plants.

I think she gets about forty thousand pounds a year.

Spain last week and Germany this week - he gets about, doesn't he!

He gets about $40 000 a year.

In town, she gets about by wheelchair.