【roughly音标】 英[ˈrʌfli] 美[ˈrʌfli]
【单词释义】 roughly是什么意思:
adv.粗略地,大约;大致;粗暴地,粗鲁地;粗糙地,不精细地
[单词分级] 英语六级/考研词汇
【关联词/派生词】
rough adj.粗糙的;粗略的;大致的 n.(高尔夫球场的)长草区;草稿;草图 vt.粗暴地对待;使粗糙
【近义词解析】
◇ 大约
about (adv. 大约):表示实际数量可多可少或数值、尺寸等可大可小,也作 round about。
around (adv. 大约):多用于非正式场合,常见于美国英语。也用作 around about。
approximately (adv. 大约):多用于书面语,强调接近精确数值、数量、时间等,误差较小。
roughly ([专八/GRE]adv. 粗略地,大致上):指按粗略估计,不强调十分接近精确数值。
【单词例句】
◇ He faxed a letter to me in English yesterday. To my delight, he no longer made any tense error. And his description roughly clarified my questions about the UK--its currency, its administration, the institution which divides it into four provinces, and the historical conflicts and quarrels when Southern Ireland broke away from the UK.
他昨天传真了一封英文信给我,让我高兴的是,他再也不犯时态错误了,而且他的描述也粗略地向我阐明了关于英国的一些问题——它的货币啦,行政管理啦,把它分成四个行政区的制度啦,还有在南爱尔兰脱离联合王国时发生的一些历史上的冲突和争拗。
---- Sightseeing in the United Kingdom
◇ "If you look at the pricing and you add it up, back of a napkin, it would be roughly $35,000 a night, per astronaut," NASA's Chief Financial Officer Jeff DeWit told a news conference in New York.
美国国家航空航天局首席财务官杰夫·德威特在纽约举行的记者招待会上说:“看一下价格,粗略地算一下,每位太空旅行者每晚要花费3.5万美元。”
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ Humans naturally produce roughly 26 gallons of sweat in bed every year. When it's hot and humid outside, this moisture becomes what scientists call an "ideal fungal culture medium."
人类每年在床上自然分泌的汗液达26加仑。如果外面炎热潮湿,床上的湿度就会变成科学家所说的“理想的真菌培养基”。