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nearHnIE5, $nIradj [before n]-er, -est近的，靠近的; 亲近的"Do you know Jane Harris?" "Yes, she's a near neighbour of mine."“你认识简·哈里斯吗?”，“认识，她是我的近邻。”I think it's unlikely that we'll move in the near future but perhaps after a couple of years.我想我们不久就搬家是不可能的，但过几年可能会搬。I couldn't get any cream cheese so I bought the nearest equivalent that I could find.我买不到一点奶油干酪，我就买了所能买到的最接近的食品。In the absence of a monarchy, the president is the nearest (= most similar) thing they have to a king or queen.由于他们没有君主制，总统对他们来说就是最接近国王或女王的了。Your near relatives are those who are closely related to you, such as your parents, brothers or sisters.近亲(Br and Aus) The near part of a vehicle or road is the NEARSIDE one (= the one on the left).靠左的; 左边的The near front tyre has blown.左前轮胎爆了。(humorous) Your nearest and dearest are your family, esp. those that you live with or are very involved with.至亲至爱A near miss or near thing is a situation in which an accident almost happened and was only just avoided.死里逃生，侥幸脱身That was a near miss--we must have come within an inch of that lorry!真是死里逃生，我们跟那运货卡车只差一点点。A near miss is also a bomb or shot which comes close to the place that it is intended to hit but does not hit it exactly, or (fig.) an attempt to do something which fails although it almost succeeds.近距脱靶; 功亏一篑A near thing is also a situation in which the winner of a competition only just succeeds in winning.功败垂成The result of the match will be a very near thing.比赛结果将非常接近。I can't tell you exactly how many people are coming, but to the nearest ten there'll probably be about sixty.我不能精确地告诉你有多少人会来，不过要是说有十个人，那就很可能有六十人左右。(esp. Am) Someone who is near-sighted can only see objects clearly which are close to them.近视
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