next
adjective/nekst/
/nekst/
[only before noun]Idioms 下一个的;紧接着的;接下来的 - The next train to Baltimore is at ten.
下一趟去巴尔的摩的列车十点钟开。 - The next six months will be the hardest.
接下来的六个月将是最难熬的。 - The next chapter deals with the post-war situation.
下一章是关于战后局势的。 - Who's next?
下一位是谁? - The woman in the next room was talking in a very loud voice.
隔壁房间里的女子正在大声讲话。 - The parcel will arrive in the next few days.
包裹将在未来几天内到达。 - I fainted and the next thing I knew I was in the hospital.
我昏迷后一醒来就在医院里了。 - (informal) Round here, you leave school and next thing you know you're married with three kids.
这里的人毕业后一眨眼就已经结婚生三个孩子了。
Which Word? next / nearestnext / nearest- (The) next means ‘after this/that one’ in time or in a series of events, places or people:
- When is your next appointment?
您的下一次预约是什么时候? - Turn left at the next traffic lights.
在下一个红绿灯处左转。 - Who’s next?
谁是下一个?
- Where’s the nearest supermarket?
最近的超市在哪里?
- When is your next appointment?
- Notice the difference between the prepositions nearest to and next to:
- Janet’s sitting nearest to the window (= of all the people in the room).
珍妮特坐在(屋里所有人中)离窗户最近的地方。 - Sarah’s sitting next to the window (= right beside it)
萨拉坐在窗户旁边。
- Who’s sitting nearest the door?
谁坐在最靠近门的地方?
- Janet’s sitting nearest to the window (= of all the people in the room).
- The next train to Baltimore is at ten.
紧随其后的;下一个的 - Next Thursday is 12 April.
下个星期四是 4 月 12 日。 - Next time I'll bring a book.
下次我带本书来。 - I'm going away next month.
我下个月要外出。 - Next month's rent is due today.
下个月的房租今天到期。
- Next Thursday is 12 April.
Word OriginOld English nēhsta ‘nearest’, superlative of nēah ‘nigh’; compare with Dutch naast and German nächste.
Idioms
better luck next time
- (informal) used to encourage somebody who has not been successful at something
(鼓励未成功的人)祝下次好运 - Never mind— better luck next time.
没关系,祝你下次好运。 - If you didn't win a prize, better luck next time.
如果没获奖,愿你下次好运。
- Never mind— better luck next time.
from one day to the next
- if a situation changes from one day to the next, it is uncertain and not likely to stay the same each day
一天又一天(表示不知未来如何) - I never know what to expect from one day to the next.
一天又一天我从不知道会发生什么。
- I never know what to expect from one day to the next.
the next big thing
- (informal) a person or thing that people think will be very popular or successful soon
人们认为很快就会很受欢迎或成功的人或事 - She has been talked up as the next big thing in British tennis.
她被认为是英国网球界的下一个大人物。 - Everyone is trying to guess what the next big thing in street fashion is going to be.
每个人都在猜测街头时尚的下一件大事将会是什么。
- She has been talked up as the next big thing in British tennis.
the next man, woman, person, etc.
- the average person
平常人;一般的人 - I can enjoy a joke as well as the next man, but this is going too far.
我和平常人一样喜欢开玩笑,可这太过分了。
- I can enjoy a joke as well as the next man, but this is going too far.
take something to the next level
- to further improve or develop something that is already successful
进一步改进或开发已经成功的东西 - He decided to move to New York to take his career to the next level.
他决定搬到纽约,将他的职业生涯提升到一个新的水平。 - We are taking web design to the next level.
我们正在将网页设计提升到一个新的水平。
- He decided to move to New York to take his career to the next level.