approximate

[ə'prɔksimit]

adj.近似的, 大约的
v.接近, 约等于

例句与用法:

This is just an approximate figure.

这仅仅是个近似值。

The color of the curtains approximates that of the rug.

窗帘的颜色和地毯相近。

Your guess only approximates to the facts.

你的猜测仅仅是接近事实。

词形变化:

副词: approximately | 动词过去式: approximated | 动词过去分词: approximated | 动词现在分词: approximating | 动词第三人称单数: approximates |

详细释义:

a.

1. 近似的, 接近的

2. 大约的, 大概的

The approximate time of their arrival will be five o'clock.

他们约于五点到达。

vt.

1. 接近, 近似[L]

The cost will approximate two million dollars.

该项费用差不多达两百万美元。

2. 使接近[(+to)]

3. 大致估计

The distance was approximated as five kilometers.

估计这段距离为五公里。

4. 模拟

vi.

接近[(+to)]

The newspaper account of the event approximated to the truth.

报纸对这一事件的报导近于实情。


短语词组:

approximate to

1. 接近

The audience approximated to three hundred.

听众近300人。