All-around, especially in American English, describes someone who is good at many different things, not only one — above all in sport. An all-around athlete can run, jump, and throw, rather than doing just one event. You can also praise an all-around student, or say someone is an all-around good person, meaning good in many ways, not a specialist in one virtue.

All-around, especially in American English, describes someone who is good at many different things, not only oneall-around，尤其在美式英文裡，是形容一個人很多方面都擅長，不只一項 — above all in sport尤其常用在運動方面。An all-around athlete can run, jump, and throw, rather than doing just one eventall-around athlete能跑、能跳、能投擲，而不是只會一個項目。You can also praise an all-around student, or say someone is an all-around good person你也可以稱讚一個all-around student，或說某人是an all-around good person，meaning good in many ways, not a specialist in one virtue意思是在很多方面都很好，而不是只在某一項美德上特別突出。

British English more often says all-round for the same idea.

British English more often says all-round for the same idea英式英文對同樣的概念比較常說all-round。

As an adverb, all-around can mean “in every way” or “on every side” (an all-around better choice; trees all-around the house). Write it with a hyphen when it sits before a noun: an all-around player. It does not mean “everyone around you.”

As an adverb, all-around can mean "in every way" or "on every side"當副詞用時，all-around可以指「在各方面」或「在四周」（an all-around better choice; trees all-around the housean all-around better choice；trees all-around the house）。Write it with a hyphen when it sits before a noun: an all-around player放在名詞前面時要加連字號：an all-around player。It does not mean "everyone around you."它不是「everyone around you」（你身邊的每個人）的意思。