approximately多益
多益新增字・持續校對中，發現問題歡迎用頁尾回報
大約；大概
多益、學測數據題常用副詞
There were approximately thirty students waiting outside the classroom before class started.
教室門口大約有三十個學生在上課前等候。
一個畫面：比出差不多手勢
手勢估算用手比劃約略的範圍或數量
瞇眼判斷瞇眼看時鐘，抓個大概時間
抓大概數心裡抓一個接近答案的數字
義項
手比估算B1adverb大約；大概
The meeting will start at approximately 2:30 PM, so please try to arrive a few minutes early.
會議將於下午 2:30 左右開始，所以請試著提早幾分鐘到場。
approximately halfapproximately equal to
片語
approximately equal to幾乎相等 →大約等於，接近相同
approximately half約占一半 →大概是一半的量
cost approximately花費約略 →費用大約是這個數目
你會不會這樣說？
The bridge is ___ 500 meters long. (approximate / approximately)
看答案
approximately
approximate 是形容詞，修飾數字須用副詞 approximately。
'The meeting will start at approximately 2:30 PM.' 這裡 approximately 最接近哪個意思？(A) 準時 (B) 大約 (C) 提早
看答案
(B)
approximately 表示接近但非精確的估計，即「大約」。
字族
approximate 大概的；估計（形容詞／動詞）・approximation 估計值；近似值（名詞）