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approximate

adjective
🔊/əˈprɒksɪmət/
🔊/əˈprɑːksɪmət/
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  1. almost correct or accurate, but not completely so大约的；近似的；接近的
    • an approximate number/total/cost约数；概算总额；约计成本
    • The cost given is only approximate.所列成本仅系约计。🔊🔊
    • Use these figures as an approximate guide in your calculations.计算时把这些数字作为近似参考数值。🔊🔊
    • Construction was completed at an approximate cost of $4.1 million.工程完工，费用约为410万美元。
    opposite exact
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryApproximate is used with these nouns:
    • calculation
    • dimension
    • equivalent
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the adjectival sense ‘close, similar’): from late Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare, from ad- ‘to’ + proximus ‘very near’. The verb (originally meaning ‘bring close’) arose in the mid 17th cent.; the current use as an adjective dates from the early 19th cent.

approximate

verb
🔊/əˈprɒksɪmeɪt/
🔊/əˈprɑːksɪmeɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they approximate
🔊/əˈprɒksɪmeɪt/
🔊/əˈprɑːksɪmeɪt/
he / she / it approximates
🔊/əˈprɒksɪmeɪts/
🔊/əˈprɑːksɪmeɪts/
past simple approximated
🔊/əˈprɒksɪmeɪtɪd/
🔊/əˈprɑːksɪmeɪtɪd/
past participle approximated
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🔊/əˈprɑːksɪmeɪtɪd/
-ing form approximating
🔊/əˈprɒksɪmeɪtɪŋ/
🔊/əˈprɑːksɪmeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to be similar or close to something in nature, quality, amount, etc., but not exactly the same近似；接近
    • approximate something The animals were reared in conditions which approximated the wild as closely as possible.这些动物是在尽量近似自然的环境下饲养的。🔊🔊
    • The total cost will approximate £15 billion.总费用将近 150 亿英镑。🔊🔊
    • approximate to something 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。🔊🔊
  2. [transitive] approximate something to calculate or estimate something fairly accurately近似计算；概略估算
    • a formula for approximating the weight of a horse估算一匹马重量的公式
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the adjectival sense ‘close, similar’): from late Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare, from ad- ‘to’ + proximus ‘very near’. The verb (originally meaning ‘bring close’) arose in the mid 17th cent.; the current use as an adjective dates from the early 19th cent.