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1 [PREP 介词]靠近；在…附近 If something is near a place, thing, or person, it is a short distance from them. Don't come near me... 别靠近我。 Her children went back every year to stay in a farmhouse near the cottage... 她的孩子们每年都回去，住在小屋边的农舍里。 He drew his chair nearer the fire... 他把椅子拉得更靠近炉火一些。 Some of the houses nearest the bridge were on fire. 离桥最近的一些房屋着火了。 - Near is also an adverb.
He crouched as near to the door as he could... 他蹲得距门尽可能近。 She took a step nearer to the barrier... 她朝障碍物又迈近了一步。 As we drew near, I saw that the boot lid was up. 我们靠近时，我看见汽车行李箱的盖子翘了起来。
- Near is also an adjective.
He collapsed into the nearest chair... 他倒在离他最近的那张椅子上。 Where's the nearest telephone?... 最近的电话亭在哪儿？ He went back into the bedroom, slipped into the nearer bed, and said goodnight... 他回到卧室，悄悄爬上离他较近的那张床，道了声晚安。 The nearer of the two barges was perhaps a mile away. 两艘驳船中较近的那艘可能有一英里远。
2 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]接近(某一状态)；几乎；差不多 If someone or something is near to a particular state, they have almost reached it. After the war, The House of Hardie came near to bankruptcy... 战后，哈迪家族濒于破产。 The repairs to the Hafner machine were near to completion... 对哈夫纳机器的修理即将结束。 Apart from anything else, he comes near to contradicting himself. 不说别的，他几乎自己就是自相矛盾。 - Near means the same as near to .near 同 near to
3 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]近似于；和…差不多 If something is similar to something else, you can say that it is near to it. 4 [ADJ-SUPERL 形容词最高级形式](与…)最相似的；(和…)几乎差不多的 You describe the thing most similar to something as the nearest thing to it when there is no example of the thing itself. It would appear that the legal profession is the nearest thing to a recession-proof industry... 司法行业看来是最不易受经济萧条影响的领域了。 He is the nearest to a dead cert that Britain has in Albertville. 他是英国在阿尔贝维尔冬奥会上最有希望夺取金牌的选手。
5 [ADV-GRADED 副词](时间或事件)临近，接近 If a time or event draws near, it will happen soon. [ADV after v] [WRITTEN 笔语] 6 [PREP 介词]离(某一时间)不远；临近 If something happens near a particular time, it happens just before or just after that time. Performance is lowest between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., and reaches a peak near midday... 凌晨3点至5点表现最差，近中午时分最好。 'Since I retired to this place,' he wrote near the end of his life, 'I have never been out of these mountains.'... “自从隐居到这里，”他在生命即将结束时写道，“我一直没有离开过这些大山。” I'll tell you nearer the day. 那一天临近时我会告诉你。
7 [PREP 介词](指数量或数字)接近于，左右，上下 You use near to say that something is a little more or less than an amount or number stated. ...to increase manufacturing from about 2.5 million cars a year to nearer 4.75 million... 将轿车年产量从250万辆左右增加到接近475万辆 The pound, which ended last year near its annual low, is expected to come under renewed pressure today. 英镑去年年终降到了接近全年最低点的水平，预计今天将再度面临汇价下跌的压力。
8 [PREP 介词]往(见某人)；去(到某处) You can say that someone will not go near a person or thing when you are emphasizing that they refuse to see them or go there. [with brd-neg] [emphasis] 9 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](两者中)距离较近的 The near one of two things is the one that is closer. 10 [ADJ 形容词]近似的；差不多的 You use near to indicate that something is almost the thing mentioned. 11 [ADJ-SUPERL 形容词最高级形式](在竞赛中)实力接近的，旗鼓相当的 In a contest, your nearest rival or challenger is the person or team that is most likely to defeat you. He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford... 他比劲敌乔纳森·福特少用了大概3秒钟完成了漫长的赛程。 That victory put the Ukrainians beyond the reach of their nearest challengers, Dynamo Moscow. 本场胜利使乌克兰人甩开了最强有力的对手，莫斯科迪那摩队。
12 [VERB 动词]靠近；走近 When you near a place, you get quite near to it. [V n] [no passive] [LITERARY 文] As he neared the stable, he slowed the horse and patted it on the neck... 接近马厩时，他勒马缓行，轻拍它的脖颈。 We were nearing the top of the pass to Tsagochen Thang when the van spluttered and died. 我们在驶近通往 Tsagochen Thang 的垭口时，货车噼啪几声熄火了。
13 [VERB 动词]接近，临近(某一阶段或某一点) When someone or something nears a particular stage or point, they will soon reach that stage or point. His age was hard to guess — he must have been nearing fifty... 很难猜测他的年龄，他一定快50了。 You are nearing the end of your training and you haven't attempted any assessments yet... 培训快结束了，你还没有参加任何评估测试。 The project is taking a long time but is now nearing completion. 这个项目耗时很长，但现在就快结束了。
14 [VERB 动词]临近；即将来临 You say that an important time or event nears when it is going to occur quite soon. As half time neared, Hardyman almost scored twice... 临近中场休息时，哈迪曼差点梅开二度。 This factor will come increasingly to the fore as election day nears. 随着选举日的临近，这一因素将愈发重要。
15 [PHRASE 短语]最亲近的人；最亲密的人；至亲 People sometimes refer to their close relatives and friends as their nearest and dearest . 16 [PHRASE 短语]远近；到处；四面八方 You use near and far to indicate that you are referring to a very large area or distance. 17 [PHRASE 短语]在不久的将来；在近期 If you say that something will happen in the near future, you mean that it will happen quite soon. 18 [PHRASE 短语]一点儿也不；完全不；远不 You use nowhere near and not anywhere near to emphasize that something is not the case. They are nowhere near good enough... 他们还远不够好。 It was nowhere near as painful as David had expected... 这远不如戴维所料想的那么痛苦。 The state pension is nowhere near enough. 国家养老金还远远不够。
19 [PHRASE 短语]几乎丝毫不差地，几乎一样地(英国英语中亦作 as near as dammit) If you want to indicate that something is almost true, you can use the expressions near enough and damned near. In British English, you can also say as near as dammit. I bought them for a pound apiece, near enough... 我几乎是以一英镑一件的价钱买下了它们。 They are as near as dammit new... 它们几乎是新的。 As a second lieutenant, he had to salute damned near everybody. 身为少尉，他几乎是逢人便得敬礼。
20 [PHRASE 短语]差点，险些(发生某事)(英国英语中亦作 as near as dammit) If you want to indicate that something almost happened, you can use the expression damned near. In British English, you can also say as near as dammit . [PHR before v] [INFORMAL 非正式] |