词组 | approximate |
释义 | approximate As an intransitive verb, approximate can take to: • The desire to approximate to a certain pattern has been evoked in him from without —Van Wyck Brooks, in A Century of the Essay, ed. David Daiches, 1951 • ... the result approximates more to fantasy than to science fiction —John Christopher, The Writer, November 1968 • A study of medieval delinquency that rests principally on gaol delivery records can only approximate to veracity —R. B. Pugh, Times Literary Supp., 15 Feb. 1980 • ... its guying of upper class English must have approximated to the real thing —Howard 1984 |
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