prox·i·mate
adjective/ˈprɒksɪmət/
/ˈprɑːksɪmət/
[usually before noun] (specialist)- nearest in time, order, etc. to something
（时间、顺序等）最接近的，最邻近的 Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin proximatus ‘drawn near’, past participle of proximare, from proximus ‘nearest’.