中國人最易誤解的話第11期:大約也是問題

He paid a matter of 1000 yuan.
　　
（誤譯）他付了1000元的貨物賬。
（正譯）他大約付了1000元。

a matter of 大約；……的問題

It is a matter of compromise and balance. 這是一個妥協與平衡的問題。

This is actually a matter of indifference. 這其實是一件無關緊要的事。

Cancer therapy is too often a matter of chance. 癌症治療是否成功，經常得靠運氣。

It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. 這不是環境的問題，而是我們的選擇問題。

1. approximately adv. 大約，近似地；近於

I kept out till approximately nine o'clock, and then I came back. 我在大約九點鐘以前，一直留在外面，後來我纔回來。

Malaria, as we all know, kills approximately one million people a year. 虐疾，如我們所知，每年奪走大約一百萬條人命。

Experts predict by the 2015, approximately 35 percent of the Germany population will be over 60. Part of the reason is high unemployment which discourages couples from having families. 專家預測，到2015年，德國人口將近35%都是60歲以上。原因之一就是高失業率，阻礙了夫婦的結婚生育。

2. about prep. 關於；大約
adj. 在附近的；四處走動的；在起作用的
adv. 大約；周圍；到處
n. 大致；粗枝大葉；不拘小節的人

Well, I… about three months or. 我……，大概三個月左右或者。

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