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/əˈprɑːksɪmətli/ · /əˈprɒksɪmətli/
Used before a number to show it is close to the real one but not exact.
大約／大概
核心畫面
You can picture approximately as a hand hovering near a number but not quite landing on it: you point close to the real figure, near enough to be useful, while openly admitting you haven't pinned down the exact one.
可以把 approximately 想成一隻手停在某個數字附近、但沒有真的落下去：你指向接近真實的那個數，近到足以拿…更多收起
可以把 approximately 想成一隻手停在某個數字附近、但沒有真的落下去：你指向接近真實的那個數，近到足以拿來用，同時也大方承認自己沒有抓到精確的那一個。像 approximately 200 people（大約兩百人）——不是剛好兩百，而是「靠近兩百」這一帶。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
approximatelyadv/əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/
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Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
- approximately 60 beats per minute
- In every box of matches there are approximately 40 matchsticks.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。