单词 | approximate |
释义 | ap·prox·i·mate I. 1. < doing such approximate justice as we could — W.A.White > 2. < a sketch map with approximate topography — C.B.Hitchcock > < an approximate idea of the agricultural area — J.M.Mogey > < at the approximate center of the state > 3. < leaves that are ovate and approximate > II. transitive verb 1. a. < the closer the performing conditions for Sebastian Bach's concerted music are approximated to those of early eighteenth century provincial Germany — Virgil Thomson > b. medicine 2. < the candidate's memory should closely approximate a hypothetical norm — H.G.Armstrong > < nothing approximating a history of American letters was printed — H.M.Jones > 3. < maybe the map is just approximated when it comes to precise distances — A.R.Marcus > intransitive verb < to make the effects of poetry approximate to those of music — Edmund Wilson > |
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