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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Olefin gas closely approximates air.
  烯空气跟空气十分近似。
• 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。
• Your account of what happened approximates truth, but there are several small errors.
  你关于事件发生的报告接近事实，但仍有一些小错误。
• 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。
• After analysing six engineering examples, the value K approximates to 1. 12.
  通过对6个工程实例的研究分析，K值约为1.12。
• The ultimate result is a bright, lyrical tapestry of color with shapes loosely defined by a heavy line breaking or fading against shifting planes of color as it approximates contour.
  最终的结果是一种明亮、抒情的彩色挂毯，其松散的形状是通过厚重的线条来打破或减弱近似轮廓的变幻不动的色块来确定的。