approximately

英语音标

英语翻译

adv.大约；近似地

英语例句

Approximately it has 400 pages when this book is completed. 当这本书完成时大约有四百页。

There were approximately fifty people there. 那儿大约有五十个人。

He is approximately forty years old. 他快四十岁了。

英语语法

approximately是程度副词,意思是“非常接近,差不多就是”,强调其精确性,而其间的差距因其实际上并不重要而可以忽略不计。

由于approximately强调“接近准确”,所以不可用在表示确切的数字的单词如three or four times, lunchtime, midnight等之前。

approximately一般用于所修饰的词(如数词)之前。

approximately不用于比较等级。