roughly

英文字典

詞意辨析：

almost, nearly, about, approximately, around, roughly

這些副詞均有“大約，差不多”之意。
almost: 指在程度上相差很小，差不多。
nearly: 與almost含義基本相同，側重指數量、時間或空間上的接近。
about: 常可分almost和nearly換用，但about用於表示時間、數量的“大約”時，實際數量可能多也可能少。
approximately: 多用於書面語，指精確度接近某個標準以致誤差可忽略不計。
around: 多用於非正式場合，常見於美國英文。
roughly: 指按粗略估計，常代替about。

中英例句：

1. The speaker was roughly handled by the mob.
   演說者受到暴民的粗暴對待。
2. The Antarctica is a continent centered roughly on the South Pole.
   南極洲是一片大致以南極為中心的大陸。
3. Roughly speaking, I would say that about100 people attended the exhibit.
   粗略地說來，我想大約有100人參觀了展覽。

英文解釋：

副詞 roughly:

1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
   同義詞：approximately, about, close to, just about, some, more or less, around, or so
2. with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')
   同義詞：rough
3. with rough motion as over a rough surface
   同義詞：rough