[yāo]
[动]
（提出或商量） make an appointment; arrange
We arranged with him to meet at the hotel at one o'clock.
我们和他约好1点钟在旅馆碰头。
I'd like to make an appointment with Mr. Wang, the manager.
我想跟王经理约个时间谈谈。
（邀请） ask or invite in advance
Please ask him to come.
请约他来。
He often asked her out.
他常约她出去。
I've invited Comrade Wang.
我已约了王同志。
（拘束） restrict; restrain
restrain;bind
约束
[数] （约分） reduce
Five over ten can be reduced to one over two.
5/10可以约成1/2。
[名]
（约定的事） pact; agreement; appointment
keep an appointment
践约
make a pact; come to an agreement
立约
commercial treaty
商约
You mustn't break the appointment.
你可不能失约。
（姓氏） a surname
Yue Xu
约续
[形]
（俭省） economical; frugal
economize
节约
live economically; lead a frugal life
自奉甚约
（简单； 简要） simple; brief
in brief; in a word
约言之
（模糊） indistinct
indistinct; faint
隐约
[副]
（大概） about; around; approximately
about fifty people
约50人
about a month
约1个月