approaches
n.
（处理问题、完成任务的）方法( approach的名词复数 );
近似（值）;
v.
接近，走近，靠近( approach的第三人称单数 );
（在性质、数量、质量、情形、时间等方面）近似;
接洽;
使移近;
例句:
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Everyone is gibbering insanely, nerves frayed as showtime approaches.
随着开演时间逼近，大家都紧张起来，慌里慌张地念着台词。
来自柯林斯例句
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This is not meant to delimit what approaches social researchers can adopt.
这并不是为了限制社会研究人员所能采用的方法。
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Yet it never approaches even the outskirts of disaster.
来自BBC
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Try gradually to quiet them down as bedtime approaches.
临近就寝的时候，要尽量让他们渐渐安静下来。
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The main drawback of all the approaches is cost.
来自SA
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It is also opening new approaches to cancer research.
来自THETIMES