ap proxi mate (Hr adj., verb

u adj. /a'prDksimat; NAmE e'praik-/ {abbr. approx) almost correct or accurate, but not completely so.大约的； ■近似的；接近的：an approximate number/totaH/cost

■约数；概貪:总.额；约计成本◊ TTie cost given is 'on汐 approximate•所列成本仅系约甘 ^ o Use these figures as an approximate guide in your calculations. /F ^PI^J

把这些数字作为近似参考数值。E33 EXACT ■ verb /a'prDksinijeit; NAmE a'praik-/ {formal) 1 ~ (to) sth to be similar or close to sth in nature, quality, amount, etc., but not exactly the same 近似；i妾近：[VN] The animals were reared in conditions which approximated the vWZd 〇5 cZoseiy 〇5 possiWe.这些动物是在从诚近似h 然的环境下饲养的。◊' The totai cost w出appmximafe £2⁵ biHion•总费用将近丨⁵〇亿英镑。◊ [V] i/is story ajpprojrimates to the /acts that we aZready fcnovv.他的阶 述和我们已掌握的事实接近。2 [VN] to calculate or estimate sth fairly accurately 近似计.免；概略佔裨： a formula for approximating the weight of a horse fj¹! W 一匹马重量的公式

ap.proxi.matejy CHw /3'prt)ksimatli; /SMmf a_pra:k-/

adv.

used to show that sth is almost, but not completely, accurate or correct 大概；大.约；约.莫：77ie journey took approjrimateZy seven hours.旅程.大约东 了七个小时。

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ways of saying approximately “大约”的表

示法

.■.7>7e///ghf totes approximately 欣 hours.飞行时

间大约需要三小时。

• 7T7e f/drets c〇5f about £20 asc/7.票价每张约 20.英

镑。

■ The repairs will cost $200, give or take o few dollars.

修理费要花200元，出入不过几元。 ，

■ How mwc/r.vv/7/ /f cost, more or less?...这个大概得花

多少钱？

籠 We. are expecting thirty or so people to come.我们预、

计要来十人左右。 . '

■ 5办e mt/5f fee 25 or thereabouts•她肯定在 25 岁上

^> fa

■ Pro//b f7flve/fl//e/7 句/ roughly 75%.'利润下降了火约 15%。

■ You can expect to earn round about £40,000 a year.

你可望一年赚4万英镑左右。^、 , _t ,, ； _t;

m The price is somewhere around $800. 8(K) /u

上下。 , …

■ She earns somewhere in the region of £25,000. ^ 大约挣25 000英镑。

All these words and phrases are used in both speaking and writing; about is the most common and approximate丨y the most forma丨.J：述各词和短语仡 11

语釦书面语中每可使用，about最通用，approximately,

最正式。

ap-proxi-ma-tion /e.prDksi'meiJn; NAmE o,pra:k-/ noun

1 an estimate of a number or an amount that is almost correct, but not exact 近似值；粗略估算：TTiaf’s ju.st an approximation, you understand.你知道那仅仅足近似值,，

2 〜（of/to sth) a thing that is similar to sth else, but is mpt—exactly the same 类似事物：Our resu治 should be a good approximarton to the true state qfcij^cn>,s.我们的结 果虎访和实际情况相当接'近

ap.purten.ance /a'p3：tm0ns; NAmE a'p3：rt-/ noun [usually pi.] {formal or humorous) a thing that forms a part of sth larger or more important 附属物；附加物

APR /_tei pi: 'o:(r)/ Ajotvn [sing.] the abbreviation for ⁴apnual percentage rate' (the amount of interest a bank charges on money that it lends, calculated for a period of a .year)宇度百分比利率（‘写为annual percentage rate，指 银行贪款年利庫）：a rate 0/ 26.4% APR贷款年ilj率 26.4%