a.

1. 近似的，接近的
2. 大約的，大概的
   The approximate time of their arrival will be five o'clock.

   他們約於五點到達。

vt.

1. 接近，近似[L]
   The cost will approximate two million dollars.

   該項費用差不多達兩百萬元。

2. 使接近[（+to）]
3. 大致估計
   The distance was approximated as five kilometers.

   估計這段距離為五公里。

4. 模擬

vi.

1. 接近[（+to）]
   The newspaper account of the event approximated to the truth.

   報紙對這一事件的報導近於實情。

adj.

v.