approximate [ə'prɔksimət]

approximate的基本解释

adj.

大约的, 近似的

• The approximate time is three o'clock.
• 大概的时间是三点钟。

vt.

接近, 使接近, 粗略估计

• The cost will approximate two million dollars.
• 该项费用差不多达两百万元。

• His income approximated ten thousand dollars a year.
• 他的年收入近万美元。

• The distance was approximated as five kilometers.
• 估计这段距离为五公里。

vi.

接近于

• The newspaper account of the event approximated to the truth.
• 报纸对这一事件的报导近于实情。

approximate的同义词

adj. near