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正面 218.next
英 [nekst]美 [nɛkst]

背面
释义:
adv. 然后;下次;其次adj. 下一个的;其次的;贴近的n. 下一个prep. 靠近;居于…之后
例句:
1. I would prefer him to be with us next season.我更希望他下一个赛季和我们在一起。

1. happen => perhaps.2. happen => hap.3. happen => hapless.
next 紧接着的来自古英语niehsta,最靠近的,来自nieh,靠近,现拼作nigh,-st最高级后缀。现词义通用化。
nextnext: [OE] Etymologically, something that is next is ‘nearest’. The word comes, like its Germanic relatives, German nächste, Dutch naaste, Swedish näst, and Danish næst, from a prehistoric ancestor formed from *nēkh- ‘near’ (from which English nigh is descended) and the superlative suffix *-istaz. A parallel comparative formation has given English near.=> near, nighnext (adj.)Old English niehsta, nyhsta (West Saxon), nesta (Anglian) "nearest, closest," superlative of neah (West Saxon), neh (Anglian) "nigh;" from Proto-Germanic *nekh- "near" + superlative suffix *-istaz. Cognate with Old Norse næstr, Dutch naast "next," Old High German nahisto "neighbor," German nächst "next." Adverbial and prepositional use from c. 1200. Phrase the next person "a typical person" is from 1857."

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