名 circumference，periphery，week，circuit；动 make a circuit，move in a circular course，help sb. out；形 all，whole，thoughtful，attentive ；

[例句] 他们的水在几周以前就毫无理由地被切断了。 Their water was turned off weeks ago without explanation.

[例句] 志愿者记录下他们一周所吃的所有食物。 The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week.

around，about，round，on every side，all around ；

[例句] 一团粉尘在他周围扬起。 The powdery dust rose in a cloud around him.

[例句] 有一会儿，他怔怔地注视着周围的景物。 He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.

period，cycle，circle，revolution，Cyc ；

[例句] 这些数据显示了目前经济周期的最低点。 The figures marked the final low point of the present economic cycle.

[例句] 他们力求把开发周期缩至18个月以下。 They aim to cut production lead times to under 18 months.

[经] turnover，have enough to meet the need，turn over ；

[例句] 法国的一家制药公司陷入资金周转问题，面临清算的危机。 A French-based pharmaceuticals company ran into cash-flow problems and faced liquidation.

[例句] 正采取各种措施来维持公司的正常资金周转。 A number of efforts were being made to keep the company afloat.

periodicity，cyclicity ；

[例句] 通货膨胀将继续成为周期性的烦扰。 Inflation will remain a recurrent plague.

[例句] 间歇泉周期性地喷发. The geyser erupts periodically.

circle，periphery，circumference ；

[例句] 圆周上各点离圆心的距离相等。 All points on a circle are equidistant from the centre.

[例句] 圆周内两直径必相交. Any two diameters of a circle intersect each other.

pericline，circumferentia，periphery ；

[例句] 珠心表皮细胞平周分裂产生多层珠心周缘细胞,为厚珠心. The nucellar epidermal cell cuts off several layer nucellar parietal cells.

[例句] '周缘'.''的关于 、 位于或组成外部边界或周缘的. Related to, located in, or constituting an outer boundary or periphery.

[生] ambitus，perimeter，[机] periphery ；

[例句] 风力涡轮机个头大、噪音响，还会破坏周边风景。 Wind turbines are large and noisy and they disfigure the landscape.

[例句] 不大的教堂墓地周边围着一圈生锈的熟铁栅栏。 The small churchyard was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence.

all around，around ；

[例句] 就在那时，我恰好环顾了下四周。 It was just then that I chanced to look round.

[例句] 这座城市建在岩石上，四周筑有城墙。 The city was walled and built upon a rock.

attentive and satisfactory，thoughtful，considerate，thorough ；

[例句] 他在体察民情方面表现得相当周到和练达。 He's shown considerable delicacy and tact in feeling the public mood.

[例句] 道格拉斯让人捉摸不透，他体贴周到，对女孩子颇为殷勤，而且慷慨大方。 Douglas was a complex man, thoughtful, gallant, and generous.

weekend，Saturday-to-Monday，on the weekend，[电影]Week End；

[例句] 经过3个周末的追求之后，帕梅拉接受了伦道夫的求婚。 After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.

[例句] 不如咱俩这个周末出去度假吧？ Why don't you and I go away this weekend?

travel round，journey round，make a tour in search of adventures, enjoyments, etc.，circuit，circumgyrate ；

[例句] 瑞安博士周游世界为他的书搜集资料。 Dr Ryan travelled the world gathering material for his book.

[例句] 他们需要一种交通工具来周游全国。 They need some way of getting round the country.

weekly publication，weekly ；

[例句] 阿拉斯加的周报《苔原时报》本周停刊了。 The Tundra Times, a weekly newspaper in Alaska, ceased publication this week.

[例句] 来人是《萨加摩尔周报》的编辑兼老板. It was the editor and proprietor of the SAGAMORE.

turnover rate，rotation rate，turnround rate，velocity ；

[例句] 作为一周转率很高的仓库,我们一天工作24小时, 把库存货物搬进搬出. As a high turnover warehouse we operate 24 hours a day, moving inventory in and out.

[例句] 在这一过程中, 资金周转率(资金易手的速度)就会急剧提高. In the process, the velocity of money - the speed at which it changes hands - rises sharply.

twists and turns，setbacks，a complicated [troublesome] course of development，trouble ；

[例句] 我们说服他参加可费了一番周折。 We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.

[例句] 费了不少周折, 他们方到达大门. After much difficulty and jolting, they reached the gate.

girth，circumference，perimeter ；

[例句] 上周长执会一致批准了这个项目。 The board of ministers unanimously approved the project last week.

[例句] 这个形状奇特的美丽湖泊周长约有15,000英尺。 This beautiful and curiously shaped lake lies at around fifteen thousand feet.

weekly，weekly magazine，weekly publication ；

[例句] 弗兰克·德福特是《新闻周刊》杂志的特派记者。 Frank Deford is a special correspondent for Newsweek magazine.

[例句] 他已经投标来拯救这个岌岌可危的周刊。 He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.

all round，all over，all around ；

[例句] 对于此事, 大家周遍觉得满意. As to this matter, everyone is satisfied in all aspects.

[例句] 公司 长期 为周遍省份客户提供质量优良的木材产品. Zhoubian provinces for the company's long - term customers with high quality wood products.

ambient，circular，[医] acroteric，peripheric，circumambient ；

[例句] 有一会儿，他怔怔地注视着周围的景物。 He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.

[例句] 索米尔周围的白垩质土壤出产著名的安茹葡萄酒。 The chalky soil around Saumur produces the famous Anjou wines.

a week，a revolution，a circle，a cycle，hebdomad；

[例句] 志愿者记录下他们一周所吃的所有食物。 The volunteers kept a record of everything they ate for a week.

[例句] 新的饮食类书籍差不多一周出一本。 New diet books appear at a rate of nearly one a week.