"thereabouts" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 大约
• 左右

Definition

用于表示“大约”或“在那个地方/数量附近”，通常用于不知道确切数值或位置时。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

偏正式或书面用语，常用于数字或具体地点后，表示“大约”、“左右”。比一般常用的“about/around”更正式。口语常用'about'，'thereabouts'用于更书面或精确场合。

Examples

It costs $100 or thereabouts.

价格大约是100美元**左右**。

She is fifty years old or thereabouts.

她大约**五十岁左右**。

We arrived at 8 o’clock or thereabouts.

我们大约在**八点左右**到达。

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

聚会上有二十个人左右，也许多一点，反正**大约如此**。

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

商店应该就在拐角处**左右**。

Kids that age are usually in high school or thereabouts.

那个年龄的孩子通常都在高中**左右**。