approach: [14] Approach is etymologically connected with propinquity ‘nearness’; they both go back ultimately to Latin prope ‘near’. Propinquity [14] comes from a derived Latin adjective propinquus ‘neighbouring’, while approach is based on the comparative form propius ‘nearer’. From this was formed the late Latin verb appropiāre ‘go nearer to’, which came to English via Old French aprochier.
Latin prope, incidentally, may be connected in some way with the preposition prō (a relative of English for), and a hypothetical variant of it, *proqe, may be the source, via its superlative proximus, of English proximity and approximate. => approximate, propinquity, proximity
approach (v.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French approcher, Old French aprochier "approach, come closer" (12c., Modern French approcher), from Late Latin appropiare "go nearer to," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + Late Latin propiare "come nearer," comparative of Latin prope "near" (see propinquity). Replaced Old English neahl?can.
approach (n.)
mid-15c., from approach (v.). Figurative sense of "means of handling a problem, etc." is first attested 1905.
例文
1. We have a very communicative approach to teaching languages.
私たちは言語教育においてコミュニケーション教育法を非常に強調しています。
2.At their approach the little boy scurried away and hid.
彼らが近づくと、男の子は急いで走って隠れてしまった。
3.The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
誘導路では車両の走行が遅い。
4.The city of Memphis is promoting a populist approach to culture.
メンフィス市は文化のポピュリズムの道を進めている。
5.The path serves as an approach to the boat house.