Approximate
[ə'prɒksɪmət] or [ə'prɑksɪmət]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) be close or similar; 'Her results approximate my own'.
(adj.) located close together; 'with heads close together'; 'approximate leaves grow together but are not united' .
(adj.) very close in resemblance; 'sketched in an approximate likeness'; 'a near likeness' .
(adj.) not quite exact or correct; 'the approximate time was 10 o'clock'; 'a rough guess'; 'a ballpark estimate' .
迪尔德丽手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
(a.) Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.
(v. t.) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
(v. t.) To come near to; to approach.
(v. i.) To draw; to approach.
整理:皮尔斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Proximate, approaching, coming near.[2]. Nearly correct, nearly accurate or true.
v. a. [Rare.] Bring near.
v. n. Approach, come near.
卡里校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Approach, resemble, border, abut, near, trench
ANT:Separate, differ, vary, recede, diverge, deviate
整理:佩吉
解釋/意思:
adj. nearest or next: approaching correctness.—v.t. to bring near.—v.i. to come near to approach.—adv. Approx′imately.—n. Approximā′tion an approach: a result in mathematics not rigorously exact but so near the truth as to be sufficient for a given purpose.—adj. Approx′imative approaching closely.
編輯:卡蒂
例句/造句/用法:
- We picture political institutions as mechanically constructed contrivances within which the nation's life is contained and compelled to approximate some abstract idea of justice or liberty. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- The approximate loss was upward of five hundred killed, but few of the officers escaping. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- There was the constant attempt to approximate the conditions of successful assassination that accompanied the demolition. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- We also knew the width, length, and approximate depth of every one of these deposits, which were enormous. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In a rough way and with many exceptions, democracy compels law to approximate human need. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- These plants represent an approximate investment of $500,000,000, and the connection of not less than 25,000,000 incandescent lamps or their equivalent. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- An approximate ohm for rough work in the laboratory may be made by winding 9 feet 5 inches of number 30 copper wire on a spool or arranging it in any other convenient form. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- He approximated more closely than the Egyptians the solution of the problem of the relation between the area of a circle and the radius. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Then there are the factories where these incandescent lamps are made, about forty in number, representing a total investment that may be approximated at $25,000,000. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Our speed must have approximated two hundred miles an hour, for Martian fliers are swift, so that at most we were in the shaft not over forty seconds. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The piece of lime glows with an intense brilliancy approximating that of the electric light. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- A single volume is of necessity too limited a space for anything approximating a complete record of the vast progress which has been made in American Industry. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The more human the purpose, or the more it approximates the ends which appeal in daily experience, the more real the knowledge. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- To-day the New York collection amounts to nearly 30,000, while that of the National Bureau of Identification at Chicago approximates 100,000. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
手打:旺达