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单词 thereabouts
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Definition of thereabouts in English:

thereabouts

(also thereabout)
adverbðɛːrəˈbaʊtsˈðɛːrəbaʊtsˌðɛrəˈbaʊts
  • 1Near that place.

    在那附近

    the land is dry in places thereabouts

    这块地周围的一些地方是干的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is actually of an alternate dimension where everyone has pure, icy blue hypnotic eyes, and the beings that exist thereabouts communicate through a sort of musical telepathy.
    • Can we rendezvous at the station or thereabouts?
    • For the older people, like myself, they will know him because he ran a plumbing business at the bottom of Amberley Street or thereabouts.
    • The water is extra salty in the ocean thereabouts, and the midday sun is fierce so near the equator.
    Synonyms
    near there, around there, about there
    1. 1.1 Used to indicate that a date or figure is approximate.
      (表示时间)大约,左右,上下
      the notes were written in 1860 or thereabouts

      这些笔记大约写于1860年。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Meanwhile down the road at Ballyara the contractors have been working feverishly to get the new school ready and work is continuing round the clock so as to have it ready by November or thereabouts.
      • I believe we'll be on at about 7:15 pm or somewhere thereabouts.
      • I finished my gym stint at 8:30 or thereabouts last night.
      • I think it was near the beginning of March, or thereabouts.
      • Assuming he is the sole candidate, he will likely be ‘crowned’ as the new leader fairly quickly - by about mid-November or thereabouts, from what I hear.
      • Now I think I'm right in saying that there was a medical fashion in the 60s or thereabouts for doctors to recommend dieting during pregnancy to ensure women didn't gain too much.
      • Then he goes to the overgrown graveyard, begun in 1322 or thereabouts, of an English coastal town to search for her headstone!
      • They begin to learn English at the age of nine or thereabouts and can choose between German, French and Spanish in second level.
      • I was thinking that I could get the train home afterwards, but the last train leaves East Croydon station at 23:13 or thereabouts, and I'm not sure how late the gig is going to be.
      • Short of forking out the £1,000 or thereabouts required to book a regular seat in Croke Park, they have no chance of getting inside the walls come semi-final and final days.
      • If nobody won the jackpot (back then) it was then multiplied by two for the next draw, thereby sending up the jackpot to $2 million or thereabouts.
      • But at 7.30 or thereabouts the station comes alive.
      • Those children have been rescued and saved, and a large number of those children, about 37 of them or thereabouts, reside here in the United States.
      • And despite the piles which casinos are raking in, many of their staff are right down at the bottom of the pay scale, earning $13 an hour or thereabouts.
      • But I think we must be cautious, because we are an organisation of 44,000 people or thereabouts; I think we have a lot of skills within the organisation.
      • A beer straight from the mini-bar seemed a fitting reward for a two-hour drive, or thereabouts, to our chosen destination, nestling on the Derbyshire-Staffordshire border.
      • He said: ‘It comes from Measham in Derbyshire and it may well have been a wedding present for my great great grandparents who were married in 1890 or thereabouts.’
      • I think everything took about 1 hour 45 minutes or thereabouts.
      • A knock on the door came about five minutes later, at one o'clock, or thereabouts.
      • That's a saving of $232 million or thereabouts.
      Synonyms
      approximately (that number/quantity), or so, or something like that, give or take a few, plus or minus a few, give or take a bit, in round numbers, not far off
      British getting on for
      Latin circa
      North American informal in the ballpark of

Rhymes

whereabouts

Definition of thereabouts in US English:

thereabouts

(also thereabout)
adverbˌðɛrəˈbaʊtsˌT͟Herəˈbouts
  • 1Near that place.

    在那附近

    the land is dry in places thereabouts

    这块地周围的一些地方是干的。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Can we rendezvous at the station or thereabouts?
    • For the older people, like myself, they will know him because he ran a plumbing business at the bottom of Amberley Street or thereabouts.
    • The water is extra salty in the ocean thereabouts, and the midday sun is fierce so near the equator.
    • He is actually of an alternate dimension where everyone has pure, icy blue hypnotic eyes, and the beings that exist thereabouts communicate through a sort of musical telepathy.
    Synonyms
    near there, around there, about there
    1. 1.1 Used to indicate that a date or figure is approximate.
      (表示时间)大约,左右,上下
      the notes were written in 1860 or thereabouts

      这些笔记大约写于1860年。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Now I think I'm right in saying that there was a medical fashion in the 60s or thereabouts for doctors to recommend dieting during pregnancy to ensure women didn't gain too much.
      • That's a saving of $232 million or thereabouts.
      • Those children have been rescued and saved, and a large number of those children, about 37 of them or thereabouts, reside here in the United States.
      • I finished my gym stint at 8:30 or thereabouts last night.
      • If nobody won the jackpot (back then) it was then multiplied by two for the next draw, thereby sending up the jackpot to $2 million or thereabouts.
      • I think everything took about 1 hour 45 minutes or thereabouts.
      • A beer straight from the mini-bar seemed a fitting reward for a two-hour drive, or thereabouts, to our chosen destination, nestling on the Derbyshire-Staffordshire border.
      • But at 7.30 or thereabouts the station comes alive.
      • I was thinking that I could get the train home afterwards, but the last train leaves East Croydon station at 23:13 or thereabouts, and I'm not sure how late the gig is going to be.
      • They begin to learn English at the age of nine or thereabouts and can choose between German, French and Spanish in second level.
      • I think it was near the beginning of March, or thereabouts.
      • And despite the piles which casinos are raking in, many of their staff are right down at the bottom of the pay scale, earning $13 an hour or thereabouts.
      • Meanwhile down the road at Ballyara the contractors have been working feverishly to get the new school ready and work is continuing round the clock so as to have it ready by November or thereabouts.
      • Assuming he is the sole candidate, he will likely be ‘crowned’ as the new leader fairly quickly - by about mid-November or thereabouts, from what I hear.
      • He said: ‘It comes from Measham in Derbyshire and it may well have been a wedding present for my great great grandparents who were married in 1890 or thereabouts.’
      • But I think we must be cautious, because we are an organisation of 44,000 people or thereabouts; I think we have a lot of skills within the organisation.
      • A knock on the door came about five minutes later, at one o'clock, or thereabouts.
      • I believe we'll be on at about 7:15 pm or somewhere thereabouts.
      • Short of forking out the £1,000 or thereabouts required to book a regular seat in Croke Park, they have no chance of getting inside the walls come semi-final and final days.
      • Then he goes to the overgrown graveyard, begun in 1322 or thereabouts, of an English coastal town to search for her headstone!
      Synonyms
      approximately, approximately that number, approximately that quantity, or so, or something like that, give or take a few, plus or minus a few, give or take a bit, in round numbers, not far off
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