approximate是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not completely accurate but close -- 大致的，大約的，大概的

  • The train's approximate time of arrival is 10.30. 這列火車大概在10點30分到站。

  • The approximate cost will be about $600. 費用大約為600美元。

  • Can you give me an approximate idea of the numbers involved? 你能粗略地告訴我參與的人數嗎？

• 1 to be almost the same as -- 接近，近似

  • The newspaper reports of the discussion only roughly approximated to (= were not exactly the same as) what was actually said. 報紙關於這次商討的報導並不完全符合實際。

  • Student numbers this year are expected to approximate 5,000 (= to be about 5,000). 預計今年學生人數可達5000人左右。