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asymptotes

/ˈæsɪmptoʊts/

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noun

渐近线

A straight line which a curve approaches arbitrarily closely, as they go to infinity. The limit of the curve, its tangent "at infinity".

Examples :

"In math class, we learned that graphs can have asymptotes, which are lines that the graph gets closer and closer to, but never actually touches, as the numbers on the axes get very big. "

在数学课上，我们学到图表可以有渐近线，它指的是这样一种直线：当坐标轴上的数值变得非常大时，图表的线条会越来越接近这条直线，但永远不会真正碰到它。

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noun

渐近线，永不相交线

(by extension) Anything which comes near to but never meets something else.

Examples :

""Despite their hard work and practice, the students' test scores seemed to approach perfect, but always fell short, like asymptotes to the perfect score." "

虽然学生们努力学习和练习，他们的考试分数似乎越来越接近满分，但总是差那么一点，就像永不相交线一样，无限接近但永远达不到满分。

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