喜樂美語

Picture a mark placed very near the true point but not exactly on it — near enough to be useful, and everyone knows it is not the precise spot. That gap, deliberately left open, is the word: as an adjective it labels the number, as a verb it says the thing comes close to another.

可以想成：一個記號點在真正的位置旁邊，沒有正中紅心——但夠近，可以拿來用，而且大家都知道它不是精確值。這個「刻意留著的一點差距」就是這個字：當形容詞是替數字貼標籤，當動詞是說某個東西很靠近另一個。

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同家族的字

a比較級 more approximate最高級 most approximate

v過去式 approximated過去分詞 approximated-ing approximating三單 approximates

意思相近

roughresembleestimatedapproachnearcome close toballparkechonearstotal about

意思相反

exactdiffer fromprecisecontrast withaccuratematch exactlyequalhit exactly

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

approximateadj詞源 1/əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/

  • 1

    Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

  • 2

    Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

    • approximate results or values
    • NASA’s Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.
  • 3

    biologybotanynatural-sciencesDrawn close together, but not united.

approximatenoun詞源 1/əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/

  • 1

    rareAn approximate result or quantity.

approximateverb詞源 2/əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.meɪt/

  • 1

    To estimate.

    • I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.
    • As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.
  • 2

    To come near to; to approach.

    • When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.
    • The telescope approximates perfection.
  • 3

    To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

    • to approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。