approximates

英 [əˈprɒksɪmeɪts]

美 [əˈprɑːksɪmeɪts]

v.  近似; 接近; 近似计算; 概略估算
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柯林斯词典

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/。


• 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.
  1. The approximate cost varies from around £150 to £250...
     费用大概介于150至250英镑之间。
  2. The times are approximate only.
     这些只是大致的时间。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• VERB 近似于
  If somethingapproximates tosomething else, it is similar to it but is not exactly the same.
  1. Something approximating to a fair outcome will be ensured...
     保证会有大致公正的结果。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Olefin gas closely approximates air.
  烯空气跟空气十分近似。
• I believe we may best describe his credo by saying that it approximates the Golden Rule.
  我想，我们可以通过说它已经很接近金科玉律了来描述他的人生信条。
• The parties undertake to replace an ineffective provision with an agreement which most closely approximates to the commercial purpose of the ineffective provision.
  当事人双方应达成协议，用与无效条款商业目标最接近的其他条款来代替无效的条款。
• The total income this year approximates 10, 000 dollars.
  今年的总收入接近一万美元。
• Their language develops in stages until it approximates the grammatical rules of the adult language.
  他们语言的发展分阶段进行直至他们接近了成人的语法准则。
• We know that we are getting even older, and that the nearer a society approximates to zero population growth, the older its population is likely to be-at least, for any future that concerns us now.
  我们知道人类在日益变老，人口增长率接近于零的社会离我们越近，人口越可能呈老龄化的趋势，至少就与影响我们的未来来说是这样的。
• Baudelairean strangeness approximates the effect of my own encounter with any number of disorienting features of Zeng's art.
  波德莱尔式的陌生化十分接近笔者与曾梵志艺术中任何数量的惑人的特色相遇时的情形。
• His story approximates to the facts that we already know.
  他的陈述和我们已掌握的事实接近。
• The nearer a society approximates to zero population growth, the older its population is likely to be.
  一个社会的人口增长率越接近零，它的人口年龄就可能越老。
• His income this year approximates to 8,000 dollars.
  他今年的收入接近八千美元。