approach
approach
verb
[with obj.]
verb
[with obj.]
- come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance
接近，靠近
the train approached the main line.
火车驶近了主线。
[no obj.]she hadn't heard him approach.
她没听见他走近。
[as adj. approaching]an approaching car.
一辆正在驶近的汽车。
■come near or nearer to (a future time or event)
接近，临近（未来时刻，未来事件）
he was approaching retirement.
他快退休了。 - [no obj.](of a future time) come nearer
（未来时刻）临近
the time is approaching when you will be destroyed.
你的死期快到了。
■come close to (a number, level, or standard) in quality or quantity
数量（或质量）上接近（某一数字，某种水平，某个标准）
the population will approach 12 million by the end of the decade.
十年后人口将接近1,200万。
■(archaic)bring nearer
(古)使接近
all those changes shall serve to approach him the faster to the blest mansion.
所有那些变化更快使他走近那幢福宅。 - speak to (someone) for the first time about something, typically with a proposal or request
（多指为提建议或有所请求而首次）找…商谈；找…商量，向…接洽
the department had been approached about funding.
已和部里谈起提供资金的问题。 - start to deal with (something) in a certain way
着手处理
one must approach the matter with caution.
此事必须谨慎处理。
- a way of dealing with something
处理事情的方法
we need a whole new approach to the job.
关于这工作我们需要一种全新的处理方法。 - an act of speaking to someone for the first time about something, typically a proposal or request
（多指为建议或请求）和…首次商谈
the landowner made an approach to the developer.
土地所有者找开发商联系。
■(approaches)(dated)behaviour intended to propose personal or sexual relations with someone
(旧)（为建立私人关系或与异性发生性关系而向某人的）主动接触，主动亲近
feminine resistance to his approaches.
女性对他亲近行为的抵制。 - [in sing.]the action of coming near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time
（在距离或时间上的）靠近，临近
the approach of winter.
冬天的临近。
■(approach to)an approximation to something
接近，相似，近似
the past is impossible to recall with any approach to accuracy.
过去的事情不可能回想得毫发不差。
■the part of an aircraft's flight in which it descends gradually towards an airfield or runway for landing
（飞机的）进场（指飞机逐渐降低飞行高度，接近机场或跑道，以便着陆）
■(一般作 approaches)a road, sea passage, or other way leading to a place
通道，道路；航道；进路
the northern approaches to London.
北去伦敦的航道。
- Middle English : from Old French aprochier, aprocher, from ecclesiastical Latin appropiare 'draw near', from ad- 'to' + propius (comparative of prope 'near')
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