ざっと

*briefly

手短に

cursorily

大まかに

**quickly

すばやく

*roughly

大ざっぱに

*approximately

おおよそ.

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approximate |他|《正式》∥ The weight will approximate 3， 000 pounds. その重さはざっと3000ポンドになる (＝The weight will be about 3， 000 pounds.).

roughly
in round numbers

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ざっと

*briefly

手短に

cursorily

大まかに

**quickly

すばやく

*roughly

大ざっぱに

*approximately

おおよそ.

¶ → ざっと目を通す

¶～…になる

approximate |他|《正式》

The weight will approximate 3， 000 pounds. その重さはざっと3000ポンドになる (＝The weight will be about 3， 000 pounds. ).

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ざっと

1 〔大体･およそ〕 roughly; approximately; (round) about; more or less; 《six hours》 or so; an estimated 《1,000 students》; 《a million dollars》 in round numbers [figures]; as [in] a round figure; at a rough estimate.

●ざっと50 機 something like 50 planes; 50 planes or so

・ざっと10 分置きに at roughly 10-minute intervals

・ざっと見積もる make a rough estimate 《of…》.

●損害はざっと100 万円の見込みだ. The (amount of) damage is roughly estimated at \1,000,000.

・今年のお祭りの見物客はざっと2 万 5,000 人であった. An estimated 25,000 people turned out to this year's festival.

・私がやればざっとこんなものだ. This is about [more or less] the way I (would) do it.

2 〔簡単に, おおざっぱに〕 briefly; quickly; cursorily; roughly; loosely; 〔大づかみに〕 in a general way; superficially.

●ざっとした brief; rough; passing 《glance》; sketchy 《remark》; cursory 《reading, inspection》

・そのことについてはざっとした説明しか受けていません. We only had a brief explanation of that.

・ざっと言えば roughly speaking; in brief [short, a few words]; to be brief

・ざっと説明する explain briefly

・ざっと話す speak briefly; give a short sketch 《of…》

・ざっと目を通す glance [run one's eyes] over [through]…; scan 《a newspaper》; skim through 《a book》; take a quick look at…; 《米》 《口》 give sth the once-over

・ざっと読む skim through 《a book》; have a quick look at 《one's notes》

・野菜をざっと洗う give some vegetables a quick wash.

●〔風呂で〕 ざっとでいいから背中を流してくれないか. Just give my back a quick rub, will you?

・掃除は毎日ざっとしかしないからあちこち汚れがたまってきた. I only do a little bit of cleaning every day, so dirt is building up in places.

・ざっと見渡したところ岩田君はまだ来ていないようだった. On a quick glance (around the room), it looked as though Mr. Iwata hadn't come yet.