approach

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/    美 /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near. also,figuratively
    — Ah, what a ſigne it is of euill life, Where death's approach is ſeene ſo terrible.
  2. An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
    — The canine, judging from the figures published by M. [Édouard] Lartet, seems to be less developed than in the male chimpanzees, gorillas and orang. In which character the fossil, if it belonged to a male, makes a nearer approach to the human type; but it is one which many of the inferior monkeys also exhibit, and is by no means to be trusted as significant of true affinity, supposing even the sex of the fossil to be known as being male.
  3. An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access. also,figuratively
    — Where are my lines then? my approaches? views? Where are my window-ſongs?
  4. An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.; A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc. also,figuratively
  5. A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.). figuratively
    — Our proposed definitional approach to the data processing-communications dilemma evoked considerable discussion. There is uniform disagreement and confusion as to the regulatory implications of the proposed definitional terms.
  6. An opportunity of drawing near; access. archaic
    — Honour hath three Things in it: The Vantage Ground to doe Good: The approach to Kings and principall Persons: And the Raiſing of a Mans owne Fortunes.
  7. The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport. also,attributive
    — Most small airplanes maintain a speed well in excess of 1.3 times V_(SO) on an instrument approach. An airplane with a stall speed of 50 knots (V_(SO)) has a normal approach speed of 65 knots.
  8. The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.; A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport. also,attributive
    — We flew the RNAV/GPS A approach to runway 16.
  9. The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
  10. Ellipsis of approach shot. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
动词 v.
  1. To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh. intransitive
    — She approached the door cautiously.
  2. To play an approach shot. intransitive
  3. Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal. ambitransitive,figuratively
    — He approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
  4. Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place). intransitive,rare,transitive
    — As we drove along the driveway, the trees approaching the house seemed more eerie.
  5. To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to. also,figuratively,transitive
    — “Would counsel please approach the bench?” asked the judge.
  6. To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near. transitive
    — "My story is not long," said the artist; "but your honour had better sit while you listen to it." So saying, he approached to the fire a three-footed stool, and took another himself, […]
  7. Used when defining limits, preceded by as: To become arbitrarily close to some value, be it a number, vector or infinity and have an effect on another value. transitive
  8. To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem). transitive
    — Mr. Moonlight Quill, mysterious, exotic, and oriental in temperament was, nevertheless, a man of decision. And it was with decision that he approached the problem of his wrecked shop.
  9. To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc. transitive
    — "Why bother publishing my conversations. It has not helped you, and it is not going to help anybody else", said U. G. when I approached him with the idea of publishing excerpts from his conversations with the constant stream of people who go to visit him.
  10. To have sexual intercourse with (someone). archaic,euphemistic,transitive
    — None of you ſhall approche to any that is neere of kinne to him, to vncouer their nakedneſſe: I am the Lord.
  11. To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works. transitive

词形变化

approaches present,singular,third-person approaching participle,present approached participle,past approached past approaches plural

词汇关系

下位词
instrument approach missed approach nonprecision approach precision approach visual approach
衍生词
approachability approachable approachableness approacher approaching approachless approachment reapproach unapproachability unapproachable unapproachableness unapproachably unapproached unapproaching approach anxiety approach-forcing approach play approach shoe approach wedge closest point of approach cold approach counterapproach final approach missed approach multiapproach non-precision approach purposive approach seagull approach shotgun approach slam dunk approach surveillance approach Trager approach

词源

词源 1
From Middle English aprochen, borrowed from Old French aprochier (modern French approcher), from Late Latin appropiāre, a verb based on Latin prope (“near”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (a variant of *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + *-kʷe (“suffix forming distributives from interrogatives”)).
词源 2
From Middle English approche (“approach, arrival”), from approchen, aprochen (“to come or go near, approach; to adjoin, be close by; to enter (someone’s) presence; to be or become involved; to reach (a certain state); to arrive; to befall, happen to; to become similar to, resemble; to be a match for (someone)”); see etymology 1.
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