Approach

(noun.) the act of drawing spatially closer to something; 'the hunter's approach scattered the geese'.

(noun.) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; 'he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green'.

(noun.) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation; 'his approach to every problem is to draw up a list of pros and cons'; 'an attack on inflation'; 'his plan of attack was misguided'.

(noun.) a close approximation; 'the nearest approach to genius'.

(noun.) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; 'the approach of winter'.

(noun.) the event of one object coming closer to another.

(verb.) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion; 'I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters'.

(verb.) come near in time; 'Winter is approaching'; 'approaching old age'.

(verb.) move towards; 'We were approaching our destination'; 'They are drawing near'; 'The enemy army came nearer and nearer'.

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• Will it spring, will it leap out if I approach? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Therein that first classe I was, thence I had been watching him; but there I could not find courage to await his approach. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• As he approached her Jane's heart beat faster and her eyes brightened as they had never done before at the approach of any man. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She had not far retraced her steps when sounds in front of her betokened the approach of persons in conversation along the same path. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Everything was, in short, as it should be on the approach of so considerable an event. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• In general she recoiled from touch or close approach with a mixture of embarrassment and coldness far from flattering to those who offered her aid. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A number of horses pasturing in the field rushed away at his approach, nor, though he called them loudly, did they pause in their wild career. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• When this date approaches bands of natives set out from their primitive homes and go, in many instances, hundreds of miles into the forest lowlands. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In short, every one of his faults we either endeavour to extenuate, or dignify it with the name of that virtue, which approaches it. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I stopped the recruiting service, and disposed the troops about the outskirts of the city so as to guard all approaches. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• No landscape exists that is more tiresome to the eye than that which bounds the approaches to Jerusalem. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The experience of the 22d convinced officers and men that this was best, and they went to work on the defences and approaches with a will. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Some step approaches, and not Henry's. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Evening approaches, said I, as I looked towards the window. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Which of them had a step so quiet, a hand so gentle, but I should have heard or felt her, if she had approached or touched me in a day-sleep? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There was a short silence, during which the two spectators approached the bed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Had the shape approached me I might have swooned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• As he approached her Jane's heart beat faster and her eyes brightened as they had never done before at the approach of any man. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• As I approached she heard me, and turned round. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• When the mighty luminary approached within a few degrees of the tempest-tossed horizon, suddenly, a wonder! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• These cries redoubled in intensity as the stranger approached her bed; when he took her up, Let alone! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• That depends,' said Mrs. Bardell, approaching the duster very near to Mr. Pickwick's elbow which was planted on the table. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• On account of your approaching marriage with her? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The march, now, had to be made with great caution, for he was approaching Lee's army and nearing the country that still remained open to the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It was not, however, till the invention of telegraphs that anything approaching to the means of holding regular communication by signals was attained. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• A post-chaise was approaching. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• You are very diligent at that sewing, Miss Caroline, continued the girl, approaching her little table. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Before giving him any order as to the part he was to play in the approaching campaign I invited his views. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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