英语词典 · 单词释义
approximate
英 [ə'prɒksɪmət] 美 [ə'prɑksɪmət]
这里集中整理“approximate”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vt. 近似；使…接近；粗略估计
- vi. 接近于；近似于
- adj. [数] 近似的；大概的
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: approximates;过去式: approximated;过去分词: approximated;现在分词: approximating;
中文词源
approximate 接近的
前缀ap-同ad-.词根prop, 接近，向前，pro的扩大形式。-m, 最高级后缀.
英文词源
- approximate
- approximate: see proximity
- approximate (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare "to come near to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + proximare "come near," from proximus "nearest," superlative of prope "near" (see propinquity).
- approximate (v.)
- early 15c., "to bring or put close," from approximate (adj.). Meaning "to come close" is from 1789. Related: Approximated; approximating.
双语例句
- 1. The times are approximate only.
- 这些只是大致的时间。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Prime Minister has made a statement closely approximate to a falsehood.
- 首相发表了一项几近谎言的声明.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The builder gave an approximate cost for fixing the roof.
- 房屋修建商给修理房顶粗略地估计了一个价钱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The approximate date of his departure is next month.
- 他大约在下个月动身.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. 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。
来自柯林斯例句