adv. 近似地，大约,许

approximately可以用作副词

approximately是程度副词,意思是“非常接近,差不多就是”,强调其精确性,而其间的差距因其实际上并不重要而可以忽略不计。

由于approximately强调“接近准确”,所以不可用在表示确切的数字的单词如three or four times, lunchtime, midnight等之前。

approximately一般用于所修饰的词(如数词)之前。

approximately用作副词的用法例句

The plane will be taking off in approximately five minutes.飞机大约五分钟后就起飞。

Approximately it has 400 pages when this book is completed.当这本书完成时大约有四百页。

There were approximately fifty people there.那儿大约有五十个人。

1、In the course of the 1930s steel production in Britain approximately doubled.

在20世纪30年代，英国的钢铁产量几乎翻了一番。

2、Approximately $150 million is to be spent on improvements.

大约1.5亿美元将用于作出改善。

3、The conservatory measures approximately 13ft x 16ft.

温室的大小大约是13英尺乘16英尺。