"thereabouts" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 大約
• 左右

Definition

用來表示「大約」或「在那個地方／數量附近」，通常在不確定確切數值或地點時使用。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

較正式或文學用語，用於數字或大略地點後。比常用的「about」口語化，「thereabouts」較正式、常見於書面。

Examples

It costs $100 or thereabouts.

價格大約是100美元**左右**。

She is fifty years old or thereabouts.

她大約**五十歲左右**。

We arrived at 8 o’clock or thereabouts.

我們大約在**八點左右**到達。

There were twenty people at the party, maybe a few more or thereabouts.

聚會上有二十個人左右，也許多一點，總之**大約如此**。

The shop should be somewhere around the corner, or thereabouts.

商店應該就在轉角處**左右**。

Kids that age are usually in high school or thereabouts.

那個年齡的孩子通常都在高中**左右**。