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

• Should it be said that this pattern attracts a certain soul because it approximates conditions which that soul wishes to work with?
  可以将这个格局描述成吸引有近似问题的那个灵魂，希望得到解决吗？
• 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。
• This meat substitute approximates the real thing.
  这主题的内容基本接近实情。
• 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。
• Olefin gas closely approximates air.
  烯空气跟空气十分近似。
• I also think that approximates the correct figure for Berkshire.
  我认为这对伯克希尔也是个正确的估计数字。
• 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。
• 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。
• His latest design approximates much more closely to what I understood the building to be like.
  他最近的设计与我所了解的好幢建筑物未来的样子更为接近。
• 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。