approaching

1. VERB 靠近;接近;走近
   When you approach something, you get closer to it.
   1. He didn't approach the front door at once...
      他没有马上走向前门。
   2. When I approached, they grew silent...
      当我走近时，他们就不说话了。
   3. We turned to see the approaching car slow down.
      我们转身看见驶近的车慢慢停下。
   4. Approach is also a noun.
      
   5. At their approach the little boy ran away and hid.
      他们一走近，小男孩就逃走藏了起来。
   6. ...the approach of a low-flying helicopter.
      一架低空飞行的直升机的逼近
2. N-COUNT 路径;途径;道路
   An approach to a place is a road, path, or other route that leads to it.
   1. The path serves as an approach to the boat house.
      这条小路通往船屋。
3. VERB 与…接洽；找…商量
   If you approach someone about something, you speak to them about it for the first time, often making an offer or request.
   1. When Chappel approached me about the job, my first reaction was of disbelief...
      当查普尔为这份工作找我商量时，我的第一反应是不相信。
   2. He approached me to create and design the restaurant...
      他请我建造并设计该饭店。
   3. Anna approached several builders and was fortunate to come across Eddie.
      安娜与几个建筑商有过接洽，并且很幸运地碰到了埃迪。
   4. Approach is also a noun.
      
   5. There had already been approaches from buyers interested in the whole of the group.
      已有对整组感兴趣的买家来进行洽谈。
4. VERB 探讨；处理；对待
   When you approach a task, problem, or situation in a particular way, you deal with it or think about it in that way.
   1. The Bank has approached the issue in a practical way...
      银行已经实际解决了这个问题。
   2. Employers are interested in how you approach problems.
      雇主们对你如何处理问题感兴趣。
5. N-COUNT 方法;态度;手段
   Your approach to a task, problem, or situation is the way you deal with it or think about it.
   1. We will be exploring different approaches to gathering information.
      我们将探索收集信息的不同方法。
   2. ...the adversarial approach of the British legal system.
      英国法律制度采用的辩论式审判模式
6. VERB 临近；来临
   As a future time or event approaches, it gradually gets nearer as time passes.
   1. As autumn approached, the plants and colours in the garden changed.
      秋天临近，花园中的草木和颜色也发生了变化。
   2. ...the approaching crisis.
      步步逼近的危机
   3. Approach is also a noun.
      
   4. ...the festive spirit that permeated the house with the approach of Christmas.
      随着圣诞节临近房子里洋溢着的节日气氛
7. VERB 接近（未来时间或事件）
   As you approach a future time or event, time passes so that you get gradually nearer to it.
   1. We approach the end of the year with the economy slowing and little sign of cheer.
      接近年末时，我们面临经济迟滞、处处萧条的局面。
8. VERB 近似；接近于
   If something approaches a particular level or state, it almost reaches that level or state.
   1. Oil prices have approached their highest level for almost ten years...
      石油价格已接近近10年中的最高水平。
   2. Mansell will race at average speeds approaching 200mph.
      曼塞尔将以接近每小时200英里的平均车速参赛。

1. An airliner came close to disaster while approaching Heathrow Airport
   一架大型客机在飞近希思罗机场时差点儿发生空难。
2. We turned to see the approaching car slow down.
   我们转身看见驶近的车慢慢停下。
3. Mansell will race at average speeds approaching 200mph.
   曼塞尔将以接近每小时200英里的平均车速参赛。
4. Political knowledge is a necessary complement to science in approaching solutions to these problems.
   在寻找解决这些问题的方法时，需要有政治知识作为对科学知识的补充。
5. She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching.
   听到有人走近，她只好强迫自己鼓起勇气，绝不退缩。
6. The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
   手头的生意似乎快到紧要关头了。
7. One of them would keep a look-out on the road behind to warn us of approaching vehicles
   他们中会有一人看着后面的路，提醒我们注意过来的车辆。
8. We listen for footsteps approaching
   我们留神听是不是有脚步声传来。
9. Something approaching a lynch mob has been gathering against the Chancellor for even daring to consider higher interest rates.
   怒不可遏的群众聚集起来，抗议财政大臣胆敢动提高利率的念头。
10. Unemployment is rapidly approaching the one million mark.
    失业人数正迅速逼近百万大关。
11. The publication of his collected poems was approaching the status of an event.
    他的诗集的出版可能说是一件大事。
12. Approaching cars will be routed into two lanes.
    驶来的车辆会分流到两条车道。
13. I was approaching a fairly sharp bend that swept downhill to the left.
    我正驶向下坡路上一个突然向左的急转弯。
14. Panic swept through the swimmers as they saw the shark approaching.
    游泳的人看见鲨鱼靠近时一片惊慌。
15. We became aware of danger approaching us.
    我们觉察到危险正向我们逼近。
16. In approaching a problem we should see the whole as well as the parts.
    我们看问题，不但要看到部分，而且要看到全体。
17. The wedding day is approaching.
    佳期渐近。
18. Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.
    突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
19. As the final exam is approaching, the students are busy getting up mathematics and physics.
    因为快期末考试了，学生们正忙着准备数学和物理。
20. The approaching cold winter has withered grass and trees.
    寒冬将至，草木凋零。
21. Spring is approaching when flowers are blooming and trees are turning green.
    花开了，树绿了，春天的脚步近了。
22. But now there are more ripples& a rival is approaching.
    但现在又出现了更多的水波纹，一位对手出现了。
23. The deadline for this project is quickly approaching.
    这个项目的最后期限快到了。
24. The properties of the phase plane and the possible model approaching to chaos for the system is analyzed.
    分析了系统的相平面特征和准沟道粒子进入混沌的可能途径。
25. We are at or approaching a tipping point in this crisis.
    我们正处在（或逼近）这场危机的临界点。
26. As each weekend is approaching, the one gets lost in a sudden.
    每每到了周末，一个人就突然没了方向。
27. A year later, as I was approaching graduation, I did the same in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
    一年后，当我快毕业时，我在乌兹别克斯坦和塔吉克斯坦完成了同样的任务。
28. There are several ways of approaching this argument, but I shall consider only one.
    有几种方法来探讨这一论点，我将只考虑其中一种。
29. The time of graduation is approaching.
    毕业的时间接近了。
30. They hear their doom approaching.
    他们听到了自己的末日在靠近。

noun

1. the act of drawing spatially closer to something
   1. the hunter's approach scattered the geese

   Synonym:    approachcoming

2. the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
   1. the approach of winter

   Synonym:    approachcoming

3. the event of one object coming closer to another

   Synonym:    approach

adj

1. of the relatively near future
   1. the approaching election
   2. this coming Thursday
   3. the forthcoming holidays
   4. the upcoming spring fashions

   Synonym:    coming(a)forthcomingupcoming