all-round [
'ɔl'raʊnd]
a. 多面的, 多才多艺的
- Wrestle is an all-round counterwork.
格斗是一种综合性的对抗技击。 - By all accounts he is an all-round athlete.
大家认为他是一个全能运动员。 - Build a well-off society in an all-round way.
全面建设小康社会.
all-round[ adj ]
many-sided
<adj.all>
an all-around athletea well-rounded curriculum
Round \Round\, adv.
1. On all sides; around.
Round he throws his baleful eyes. --Milton.
2. Circularly; in a circular form or manner; by revolving or
reversing one's position; as, to turn one's head round; a
wheel turns round.
3. In circumference; as, a ball is ten inches round.
4. From one side or party to another; as to come or turn
round, -- that is, to change sides or opinions.
5. By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct
course; back to the starting point.
6. Through a circle, as of friends or houses.
The invitations were sent round accordingly. --Sir
W. Scott.
7. Roundly; fully; vigorously. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{All round}, over the whole place; in every direction.
{All-round}, of general capacity; as, an all-round man.
[Colloq.]
{To bring one round}.
(a) To cause one to change his opinions or line of
conduct.
(b) To restore one to health. [Colloq.]
all-round \all-round\ adj. prenom.
1. many-sided. an all-round athlete
Syn: all-around(prenominal), well-rounded
[WordNet 1.5]
- After the U.S. occupation forces left Japan, their Jeeps continued to serve as all-round vehicles, especially on rough country roads, but they nearly disappeared in the 1960s, when many were shipped to poorer countries for another lifetime of service.
- A third big carrier, Delta Air Lines, has rejected the idea in favour of all-round cost cutting.
- Prices at auction are continuing to drift very gradually and erratically into lower ground, although there is no all-round decline and there are instances of a firmer tendency at times.
- It looks as hefty as the Vauxhall Frontera and also shares a pick-up truck's underpinnings. Land Rover, meanwhile, is showing the best all-round version of the Discovery yet: a diesel automatic with a hush pack.
- Power steering is finger-light; central locking and a tilt-adjustable steering wheel are standard; and the high-roofed body is agreeably roomy, with good all-round vision.
- In the past year Maxwell Communications dropped its previous strategy of trying to become an all-round communications group in favor of becoming one of the world's 10 largest publishing businesses.
- He told journalists Pakistan wants signing of a settlement accompanied by an "all-round commitment to the principle of forming" such a government.
- NCNB offered one of the best all-round deals, with no annual fee and a 13.90 percent variable rate, Bank Rate Monitor said.
- Vocational training places are only for those who pass the all-round tests of France's generally excellent school system. The Patronat employers' federation endorses the idea for more apprenticeships tailored to industry's specific needs.
- Border talks begun in 1981 have been largely fruitless, but the two sides now appear ready to play down the territorial issue in the interest of better all-round relations.
- During that campaign, he briefly suppressed the all-round nuttiness that is his stock in trade, hoping to fuse his huge following of couch potato airheads with mainstream Republicans to form a powerful grass-roots coalition.