thereabouts

美 [ˌðerəˈbaʊts]英 [ˌðeərəˈbaʊts]
  • adv.(数量、时间等)大约,左右,上下;在那附近
thereaboutsthereabouts

adv.

1

在那附近
near the place mentioned

He comes from Leeds or thereabouts.

他是利兹或其附近的人。

2

(数量、时间等)大约,左右,上下
used to say that a particular number, quantity, time, etc. is not exact

They paid $100 000 or thereabouts for the house.

他们买那房子花了大约10万元。

习语

used to say that sth is very good, even if it is not perfect

锦标赛结束时,他不拔头筹也差不到哪里去。
At the end of the tournament, he'll be there or thereabouts (=he may not win, but he will be one of the best players) .

thereabouts

频次

  • 1
    PHRASE (数量、日期等)大约,上下,左右
    You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.

    He told us that her age was forty-eight or thereabouts...

    他告诉我们她的年龄在48岁上下。

adv

1
near that place
he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks
Synonym: thereabout
2
near that time or date
come at noon or thereabouts
Synonym: thereabout

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Thousands of men thought this was a job for life : start in your teens , finish at 60 or thereabouts , job done - and a good pension .

    无数人以为,这就是终身工作:十几岁入行,干到大约60岁退休,任务完成——领取一份丰厚的养老金。

  2. Children often have temper tantrums at the age of two or thereabouts .

    儿童在两岁左右经常爱使性子。

  3. She must be 25 or thereabouts .

    她肯定在25岁上下。

  4. At the end of the tournament , he 'll be there or thereabouts .

    锦标赛结束时,他不拔头筹也差不到哪里去。

  5. He told us that her age was forty-eight or thereabouts

    他告诉我们她的年龄在48岁上下。

  6. By 1997 or thereabouts Athens will have a new airport , plus the best underground railway in Europe .

    到1997年前后,雅典将有一个新机场,还有欧洲最先进的地铁。

  7. I shall await you at seven-thirty or thereabouts .

    我将在7:30分左右等着你。

  8. The good-looking buxom woman , betwixt forty and fifty , was now a fat , red-faced , old dam of seventy , or thereabouts .

    她原是个好看的丰满的妇女,四十来岁;现在却是个七十上下年纪,肥胖的,红脸的老太婆了。

  9. By the first two measures it is already there , or thereabouts .

    从前两项标准看,该银行已经实现或接近实现目标。

  10. He stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks .

    他在伦敦或者那附近呆几个星期。

  11. They paid $ 100000 or thereabouts for the house .

    他们买那房子花了大约10万元。

  12. My aim for the season is to be there or thereabouts .

    我这赛季的目标就是稳定。

  13. At the age of three or thereabouts they connect with an instrument in a way that seems beyond intuition .

    在大约三岁左右,他们和某种乐器产生一种似乎超越常理的共鸣。

  14. He wondered how the territory thereabouts was growing .

    他想看看那一带地区发展得怎么样了。

  15. The utility , though seemingly rebuffed , in fact got what it wanted , or thereabouts .

    公司虽然表面上遭到了挫败,实际上得到了它所要求的,或者相差不多的增额。

  16. And when that modest milestone flashes past , or at some other point thereabouts ,

    而当那个不太遥远的终结点或沿途某个别的终点飞快地出现在你眼前的时候,

  17. He 's lived in Norwich for40 years , or thereabouts .

    他在诺里奇住了40年左右。

  18. Teams that have well organised defences , like USA , China and Korea , will always be there or thereabouts .

    像美国、中国和朝鲜这样防守组织地很好的球队,防守队员无处不在。

  19. During the hour or thereabouts that he had been in the garden he had already spread out a number of them .

    他在园里已经待了个把钟头,已经盖上了相当数量的草荐。

  20. He 's moved to Chicago or thereabouts .

    他已迁往芝加哥或其附近。

  21. We 'll see you at9 or thereabouts .

    我们九点左右与你们见面。

  22. 1659 or something thereabouts .

    1659或者大致的数字。

  23. She was a servant-maid at3 pounds a year wages , or thereabouts .

    她是个每年只挣三个金镑左右的女仆。

  24. An hour before midnight the tavern closed up and its lights ( the only ones thereabouts ) were put out .

    午夜前一小时,客栈关了门,连那仅有的灯光也熄灭了。

  25. Base-load power is the minimum required to keep things ticking over-the demands of three o'clock in the morning , or thereabouts .

    基本载荷功率是保持正常运转的最小功率&凌晨三点所需的电能,或者与之相当的电能。

  26. He comes from Leeds or thereabouts .

    他是利兹或附近一带的人。

  27. An official US unemployment rate that hit10 % last year , and seems set to stay there or thereabouts for months yet , already makes grim reading .

    去年一份官方美国失业率显示达到10%并且似乎停留在那或者附近好几个月,已经使得阅读起来很可怕!

  28. Quite beyond the emperor of morocco 's dominions , or indeed of any other king thereabouts , for we saw no people .

    远离摩洛哥皇帝的领土,也不在任何国王的领地之内,因为那儿我们根本就看不到人迹。

  29. Exhaust gasses from these gas engines will be used in the dryers where the fibre 's moisture content is reduced to 2.5 % or thereabouts .

    气体发动机产生的废气将用于干燥器中,在这里纤维的含水量降低至2.5%或2.5%左右。

  30. Fundraising targets must be realistic - do not expect to raise enough to cover the full $ 200000 , or thereabouts , to attend a top school for two years .

    筹款目标必须切合实际——不要期望募集到进入顶级商校学习两年所需要的整整20万美元,或者类似的金额。

  • 习语

adv.

there or thereabouts

(表示即使不完美也很好)差不多
used to say that sth is very good, even if it is not perfect

At the end of the tournament, he'll be there or thereabouts (=he may not win, but he will be one of the best players) .

锦标赛结束时,他不拔头筹也差不到哪里去。