形容词约莫的，大概的; 极相似的; [植]相近但不连接的
不及物动词接近于; 近似于
及物动词靠近; 使接近; 使结合
approximate的解释
形容词
1. The approximate time is three o''clock.
大概的时间是三点钟。
及物动词
1. The cost will approximate two million dollars.
该项费用差不多达两百万元。
2. His income approximated ten thousand dollars a year.
他的年收入近万美元。
3. The distance was approximated as five kilometers.
估计这段距离为五公里。
不及物动词
1. The newspaper account of the event approximated to the truth.
报纸对这一事件的报导近于实情。
1. 近似值：完全(exact)计算法近似值(Approximate)计算方法发射(shooting)光子法收集(gathering)计算法A. 蛮力法(Brute force)蛮力法---或是翻译成暴力法,这是最简单的解算法;这个方法是经由独立计算物体表面每一个阴影点(shaded surface point)追踪每个点上的半球面不同方向的射线所计算出来的间接照明.
1. 大约的；大概的
An approximate number, time, or position is close to the correct number, time, or position, but is not exact.
e.g. The approximate cost varies from around £150 to £250...
费用大概介于150至250英镑之间。
e.g. The times are approximate only.
这些只是大致的时间。
2. 近似的；粗略的
An idea or description that is approximate is not intended to be precise or accurate, but to give some indication of what something is like.
e.g. They did not have even an approximate idea what the Germans really wanted.
他们完全不清楚德国人真正想要什么。
3. 近似于
If something approximates to something else, it is similar to it but is not exactly the same.
e.g. Something approximating to a fair outcome will be ensured...
保证会有大致公正的结果。
e.g. By about 6 weeks of age, most babies begin to show something approximating a day/night sleeping pattern.
到6个星期大时，大多数婴儿开始表现出近似于日夜分明的睡觉模式。
verb
1. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
e.g. I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Synonym: estimategaugeguessjudge
2. be close or similar
e.g. Her results approximate my own
Synonym: come close
adj
1. located close together
e.g. with heads close together
approximate leaves grow together but are not united
Synonym: close together(p)
2. very close in resemblance
e.g. sketched in an approximate likeness
a near likeness
Synonym: near
3. not quite exact or correct
e.g. the approximate time was 10 o''clock
a rough guess
a ballpark estimate
Synonym: approximativerough