大约 (大約)
dà yuē
Pinyin
Definition
大约 (大約)
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- approximately
- probably
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 big
- 2 huge
- 3 large
- 4 major
- 5 great
- 6 wide
- 7 deep
- 8 older (than)
- 9 oldest
- 10 eldest
- 11 greatly
- 12 very much
- 13 (dialect) father
- 14 father's elder or younger brother
- 1 very auspicious
- 2 extremely lucky
- 1 everyone
- 2 influential family
- 3 great expert
- 1 prize
- 2 award
- 1 liar's dice (dice game)
Idioms (20)
不识大体
- 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
- 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
- 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
以小挤大
- 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
元恶大憝
- 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
冒大不韪
- 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我北来后,他写了一信给我,信中说道,“我身体平安,惟膀子疼痛利害,举箸提笔,诸多不便,大约大去之期不远矣。”我读到此处,在晶莹的泪光中,又看见那肥胖的青布棉袍,黑布马褂的背影。唉!我不知何时再能与他相见!
After I settled in the north, he wrote a letter to me saying that: “I am well except for the pain in my shoulders. The pain makes eating and writing a little difficult. I think the end of my life is not too distant.” As I read this, thru my glistening eyes, I again see my father’s heavy figure in that dark blue turquoise robe. I sigh. I wonder when I shall see him again.
在距今大约两千三百多年前,战国时代齐国的一任国君齐宣王,特别喜欢听用竽吹奏出来的乐曲。齐宣王同时也是一位爱好排场的人,有天他命令手下替他高薪聘请了三百位擅长吹奏竽的乐师,组了一支大乐队,之后隔三差五就让这三百位乐师聚在一块儿合奏给他听。
Around two thousand three hundred years ago, during the Warring States Period, there was a king from the Qi State, King Xuan of the State of Qi, who adored listening to musical compositions by the yu. The King was also someone who loved extravagant scenes. One day, he set out an order to his men to hire 300 musicians that played the yu to form an orchestra. After this, he would have these 300 musicians play the yu for him as an ensemble every few days.
巴黎消防部门16日上午说,大火在大约15个小时后扑灭。
The Paris fire department said on 16th morning that the fire was extinguished after about 15 hours.
没错,目前据统计大约还有4600万人没有医疗保险。而医改也需要投入大量资金。因此谁来为这次庞大的医改买单成为了核心问题。
That's right. Presently, according to statistics around 46 million people still do not have health insurance. And the healthcare reforms required investing a large amount of funds. Therefore, who will pay the bill for this massive healthcare reform is a core problem.
今年的第九号台风大象台风已经形成,从卫星云图上,可以看到台风的中心位置在台北的东北东方,大约三百三十公里的海面上。
The ninth typhoon of this year Typhoon Chan-hom has already taken form. As you can see from the satellite image of the cloud patterns, the typhoon's center is located east-northeast of Taipei, at around 330 kilometers out to sea.
距离我方前哨阵地大约多久路程?
They are at approximately how long of a distance from our advance guards' position?
根据中国儿童福利和收养中心的粗略统计,全国各地设立的“弃婴安全岛”接受的弃婴,大约99%都是病残儿童。婴儿被遗弃的主要原因是家庭无法承受昂贵的医疗费,无法承受特殊孩子将来的特殊教育费用,很多家庭担心因病致贫,这一定程度上凸显了当前中国儿童福利保障制度有不完善的方面。
According to rough statistics from the China Centre for Children's Welfare and Adoption, of the babies received in every single place where “abandoned baby safety islands” have been established, approximately 99% of them are disabled children. The biggest reason that babies are abandoned is that families have no way to cope with the high costs of medical treatment and no way to cope with the future costs of special education for their special child. Many families are afraid that they will be made poor because of the illness. This has definitely revealed the imperfect aspects of China's present children's welfare system.
研究人员认为,滥用抗生素会导致出现超级细菌。每年在全世界大约有百分之五十的抗生素被滥用,而在我国,这一比例甚至接近百分之八十。
Researchers believe that the abuse of antibiotics will lead to the emergence of super bugs. Every year throughout the world fifty percent of antibiotics are abused, and in our country, this figure is approaching eighty percent.
新西兰三日早晨发生里氏5.7级地震,震中位于惠灵顿西北160公里处,震源在地表以下200公里处。北岛许多地区和南岛北部地区均有震感。有惠灵顿居民说,地震持续了大约7秒钟,震感明显。
On the morning of the third, New Zealand experienced an earthquake of 5.7 magnitude on the Richter scale. The epicenter was located 160 kilometers northwest of Wellington. The hypocenter of the earthquake was located 200 kilometers beneath the earth's surface. Many areas on both the northern island and northern part of the southern island were affected. Residents of Wellington say that the earthquake lasted for around seven seconds and that the effects were very noticeable.
现在大约十五度。
It is around 15 degrees now.