approximately
英 [əˈprɒksɪmətli]
美 [əˈprɑːksɪmətli]
adv. 大概; 大约; 约莫
Oxford 3000 / BNC.2850 / COCA.2365
同义词辨析
aroundaboutapproximatelyroughly【导航词义：大约】
aroundadv. 大约
〔辨析〕
多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。也用作 around about。
〔例证〕
She has around ten million US dollars in the bank.
她在银行里存有大约一千万美元。
Janet left here around seven o'clock.
珍妮特大约7点钟离开这里的。
她在银行里存有大约一千万美元。
Janet left here around seven o'clock.
珍妮特大约7点钟离开这里的。
aboutadv. 大约
〔辨析〕
表示实际数量可多可少或数值、尺寸等可大可小，也作 round about。
〔例证〕
They left the museum at about 10 o'clock.
他们10点左右离开了博物馆。
He lives about 5 miles away.
他住的地方离这里5英里左右。
他们10点左右离开了博物馆。
He lives about 5 miles away.
他住的地方离这里5英里左右。
approximatelyadv. 大约
〔辨析〕
多用于书面语，强调接近精确数值、数量、时间等，误差较小。
〔例证〕
The plane will be taking off in approximately ten minutes.
飞机大约10分钟后起飞。
He owes me approximately 400 US dollars.
他欠我大约400美元。
飞机大约10分钟后起飞。
He owes me approximately 400 US dollars.
他欠我大约400美元。
roughlyadv. 粗略地，大致上
〔辨析〕
指按粗略估计，不强调十分接近精确数值。
〔例证〕
There were roughly 300 people there.
那里大约有300人。
The Antarctica is a continent centred roughly on the South Pole.
南极洲是一片大致以南极为中心的大陆。
那里大约有300人。
The Antarctica is a continent centred roughly on the South Pole.
南极洲是一片大致以南极为中心的大陆。
牛津词典
adv.
- 大概；大约；约莫
used to show that sth is almost, but not completely, accurate or correct- The journey took approximately seven hours.
旅程大约花了七个小时。
- The journey took approximately seven hours.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 大约的；大概的
Anapproximatenumber, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.- The approximate cost varies from around £150 to £250...
费用大概介于150至250英镑之间。 - The times are approximate only.
这些只是大致的时间。
- The approximate cost varies from around £150 to £250...
- ADJ-GRADED 近似的；粗略的
An idea or description that isapproximateis not intended to be precise or accurate, but to give some indication of what something is like.- They did not have even an approximate idea what the Germans really wanted.
他们完全不清楚德国人真正想要什么。
- They did not have even an approximate idea what the Germans really wanted.
- VERB 近似于
If somethingapproximates tosomething else, it is similar to it but is not exactly the same.- Something approximating to a fair outcome will be ensured...
保证会有大致公正的结果。 - By about 6 weeks of age, most babies begin to show something approximating a day/night sleeping pattern.
到6个星期大时，大多数婴儿开始表现出近似于日夜分明的睡觉模式。
- Something approximating to a fair outcome will be ensured...
The adjective is pronounced /ə'prɒksɪmət/. The verb is pronounced /ə'prɒksɪmeɪt/. 形容词读作 /ə'prɒksɪmət/，动词读作 /ə'prɒksɪ- meɪt/。
英英释义
adv
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
- lasted approximately an hour
- in just about a minute
- he's about 30 years old
- I've had about all I can stand
- we meet about once a month
- some forty people came
- weighs around a hundred pounds
- roughly $3,000
- holds 3 gallons, more or less
- 20 or so people were at the party
双语例句
- China has the world's largest number of terrestial vertebrates, with a total of 1,800 species, which accounts for approximately one-tenth of the same species of vertebrates in the world.
中国陆栖脊椎动物种类居世界第一位，有1,800种，约占世界同类动物总数的十分之一。 - China is the world's most populous country with a population of 1.1 billion, which makes up approximately a quarter of the world population.
中国是世界人口最多的国家，有11亿，约占世界总人口的四分之一。 - It's been in the water approximately two years.
他在水里呆了大约两年。 - At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent to the search
大概晚上11点半的时候，波拉德最终同意进行搜查。 - In the course of the 1930s steel production in Britain approximately doubled
在20世纪30年代，英国的钢铁产量几乎翻了一番。 - The conservatory measures approximately 13ft x 16ft.
温室的大小大约是13英尺乘16英尺。 - This "collection area" holds approximately 20,000 imperial gallons in the bottom of each tank.
这个收集区在每个储油箱底部占据了大约20000英国加仑的空间。 - I told him approximately when it took place.
我告诉了他事情发生的大概时间了。 - There are about ( or around, approximately) 100 people.
约计百十来人。 - The asthenosphere corresponds approximately to the low-velocity zone.
软流圈，大体上相当于低速带。