thereabouts

adv.

1. 在那附近
   near the place mentioned
   1. 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
   1. They paid $100 000 or thereabouts for the house.
      他们买那房子花了大约10万元。

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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. I shall await you at seven-thirty or thereabouts.
   我将在7:30分左右等着你。
4. 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。
5. We have a hundred thousand francs or thereabouts loaned on their securities, and we are a little uneasy at reports that have reached us that the firm is on the brink of ruin.
   我们大约有十万法郎投资在他们那儿，我们接到报告，听说这家公司有可能破产，所以我们有点不大放心。
6. 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。
7. 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！
8. My aim for the season is to be there or thereabouts.
   我这赛季的目标就是稳定。
9. Though the long-colonised Eastern States had a sex ratio of one man to one woman, or thereabouts, in the rest of the country the old adage "go west, young man" had resulted in a surplus of males.
   尽管长期受殖民统治的东部各州的男女性别比率是1：1，或在此左右，但是在受“年轻人，去西部”传统格言的影响下，国内其他州却呈现出男士盈余的局面。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. He's moved to Chicago or thereabouts.
    他已迁往芝加哥或其附近。
14. USA are a brilliant side, Germany you can almost guarantee will be there or thereabouts, and Sweden are another team who'll probably be up there.
    美国是在杰出的一方，德国你也能几乎保证会在那边，瑞典也是一支多半会在那层次的球队。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. He's lived in Norwich for40 years, or thereabouts.
    他在诺里奇住了40年左右。
18. If the Fed were to go for 4 per cent inflation while the ECB stuck to its target of 2 per cent, or thereabouts, the sentiment could brutally reverse.
    如果美联储决定采纳4%的通胀目标，而欧洲央行坚持2%或接近2%的目标，这种情绪或许会急转直下。
19. To our amazement, he went off to play real tennis after our extended lunch, to which we had all been instructed to bring at least one bottle of a 1982 or thereabouts.
    让我们惊讶的是，在时间延长的午餐后，他离开去打真正的网球，他要求我们午餐至少带上一瓶1982年或差不多那个年份的葡萄酒。
20. He wondered how the territory thereabouts was growing.
    他想看看那一带地区发展得怎么样了。
21. They paid$ 100000 or thereabouts for the house.
    他们买那房子花了大约10万元。
22. He comes from Leeds or thereabouts.
    他是利兹或附近一带的人。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. He stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks.
    他在伦敦或者那附近呆几个星期。
26. 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。
27. We'll see you at9 or thereabouts.
    我们九点左右与你们见面。

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
  1. 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。

adv

1. near that place
   1. he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks

   Synonym:    thereabout

2. near that time or date
   1. come at noon or thereabouts

   Synonym:    thereabout