中国人最易误解的表达第11期:大约也是问题

He paid a matter of 1000 yuan.
　　
（误译）他付了1000元的货物账。
（正译）他大约付了1000元。

a matter of 大约；……的问题

It is a matter of compromise and balance. 这是一个妥协与平衡的问题。

This is actually a matter of indifference. 这其实是一件无关紧要的事。

Cancer therapy is too often a matter of chance. 癌症治疗是否成功，经常得靠运气。

It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. 这不是环境的问题，而是我们的选择问题。

1. approximately adv. 大约，近似地；近于

I kept out till approximately nine o'clock, and then I came back. 我在大约九点钟以前，一直留在外面，后来我才回来。

Malaria, as we all know, kills approximately one million people a year. 虐疾，如我们所知，每年夺走大约一百万条人命。

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. 专家预测，到2015年，德国人口将近35%都是60岁以上。原因之一就是高失业率，阻碍了夫妇的结婚生育。

2. about prep. 关于；大约
adj. 在附近的；四处走动的；在起作用的
adv. 大约；周围；到处
n. 大致；粗枝大叶；不拘小节的人

Well, I… about three months or. 我……，大概三个月左右或者。

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