副词近似地，大约; 许
副词
1. The time is approximately ten o'clock.
这会儿约莫十点钟。
2. There were approximately fifty people there.
那儿大约有五十个人。
1. 大约：4、要在一个接待室(reception room)里铺瓷砖,接待室的长18 meters,宽12 meters,同时要修一条从大厅(hall)到楼梯(stair way)的通道(不铺瓷砖)占地50 squaremeters,允许铺设时有35%的浪费(wastage),1 平方米瓷砖的价格是10 美元,问大约(approximately)要花多少钱?
2. 大约;大概：2、alert 警觉的;留心的;机警的;敏捷的 | 3、approximately 大约;大概 | 4、distinctive 与众不同的;有特色的;显著的
3. approximately：approx; 里程
4. approximately：aprxly; 近似语言（机器语言名）
1. They found the chances of dying within 18 months were approximately 25 percent lower with the coronary bypass operation.
2. Approximately two hours after entering the canyon, a flash flood swept many of the hikers into a waterway.
3. For this reason, capital expenditure is expected to be approximately NZ $ 44 million in the 2012 financial year.
4. It took approximately 38 hours for the animators of Industrial Light & Magic to render one frame of the CGI animation.
5. The entire life cycle from chick to maturity is only approximately eight weeks.
6. More than half played the piano while approximately a quarter had studied woodwind instruments such as the flute or clarinet.
7. SMEs also comprise 99 per cent of all companies, employing approximately 75 per cent of the work force in towns and counties.
8. There were approximately 400 Chinese students at Meridian International, according to China's consulate general in Sydney in a statement over the weekend.
9. Total retail sales of consumer goods in the province rose to approximately 862 billion yuan in the same year.
10. Under current regulations, approximately five per cent of production companies have the right to do this.
adv
1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
e.g. lasted approximately an hour
in just about a minute
he's about 30 years old
I've had about all I can stand
we meet about once a month
some forty people came
weighs around a hundred pounds
roughly $3,000
holds 3 gallons, more or less
20 or so people were at the party
Synonym: about close to just about some roughly more or less around or so