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。