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| 1 | close
close to someone or something 靠近（的）；接近（的） |
| A group of students were standing near the entrance. 一群学生站在靠近入口的地方。 |
| The tornado destroyed two houses near Tulsa. 这场龙卷风摧毁了靠近塔尔萨的两栋房屋。 |
| The shops are quite near. 附近有很多家商店。 |
| I slept in the bed nearest the door. 我睡在靠门最近的那张床上。 |
| They live in a small cottage 15 miles from the nearest village. 他们住在离最近的村庄还有15英里的一幢小屋里。 |
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| Rosa moved a little nearer to the fire. 罗莎向炉火稍稍挪近了一些。 |
| | 1a | used for referring to the side of something that is the closest to where you are 最靠近的；紧挨着的 | | I got into the near side of the bed. 我从自己这边上了床。 | |
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| 2 | close to a state or situation
getting close to a particular state or situation （状态或情况上）几乎，差不多 |
| +to Julian was near to panic as he suddenly realized that he was trapped. 当朱利安突然意识到自己被困住的时候，他几近恐慌。 |
| People near to retirement need to know their pension funds are sufficient. 临近退休的人需要知道他们的退休基金是充足的。 |
| near to doing sth They are near to solving the puzzle. 他们快要解开这个谜了。 |
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| 3 | not a long time from thennow
not long before a particular time or event 接近（某时间、某事件） |
| It was nearer three than two o’ clock when he finally arrived. 他最终到达的时候已经两点多接近3点了。 |
| I had no intention of making any decision until much nearer the time. 不到时候我不想作任何决定。 |
| The incident occurred near the end of the war. 该事件发生在战争即将结束之时。 |
| draw near The date of the election was drawing near. 大选的日期日益临近。 |
| | 3a | soon 不久的将来 | | They plan to start a family sometime in the near future. 他们计划在不久的将来建立一个家庭。 | |
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| 4 | similar
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| | 4a | very similar to something 相似的；近似于 | | What he’ s saying now is near the truth, but it’ s still not accurate. 他现在所说的基本属实，但还不够准确。 | | +to My feelings were nearer to despair than disappointment. 我的感觉更像是绝望，而不是失望。 | |
| | 4b | used when something does not exist in a particular place or situation and you are referring to the thing that is most similar to it 最近似于某物的…；几乎是某物的… | | It was the nearest thing to a home that he had ever had. 那是他曾经拥有过的最像家的地方。 | | She described prison as the nearest thing to hell on earth. 她把监狱描述为世上最接近地狱的地方。 | |
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| 5 | not much less
only a little less than a particular amount or number （数量或数字上）接近，差不多 |
| The temperature that day was near 30 degrees. 那天的气温接近30度。 |
| The loss was near 15 per cent for the year. 全年的损失几乎达到15%。 |
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| - | damned/damn near
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| used for saying that something is almost true or almost happened |
| 差不多；几乎 |
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| I laughed till I damned near cried. 我笑得眼泪都快出来了。 |
| The average works out at 79.4, as near as dammit. 平均数算出来是794，非常接近。 |
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| - | from near and far
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| from a very wide area |
| 来自四面八方；到处 |
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| People came from near and far to see the Christmas display. 各地的人们前来观看圣诞演出。 |
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| - | near enough
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| almost exactly |
| 几乎一样；几乎就是 |
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| - | sb’ s nearest and dearest
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| someone’ s family |
| 某人的家人 |
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| - | sb’ s nearestrival/challenger
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| the opponent in a sport or competition that is most likely to defeat someone |
| 某人的劲敌 |
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| - | a nearrelative/relation BRITISH
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| a member of your family who has a very close relationship to you , such as a parent or sister |
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| We invited all our near relatives to the party. 我们邀请了所有的近亲来参加聚会。 |
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| - | a near thing BRITISH
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| 1 | something you almost failed to do or achieve 险胜 | In the end we beat them 2–1, but it was a near thing. 最终我们以2比1战胜他们，但只是险胜。 | |
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| 2 | a situation in which you just managed to avoid danger 侥幸脱险 | It was a near thing – he caught her just as she was about to fall. 真是好险啊，就在她要摔倒的刹那他扶住了她。 | |
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| - | not gonear
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| to avoid someone or something |
| （为避免见到某人或某物而）不靠近，不接近 |
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| She wouldn’ t go near the village in case she saw him. 她不会去靠近那个村庄，以免见到他。 |
| Dad doesn’ t go near red meat since his heart attack. 自从得了心脏病以后，爸爸就不吃红色肉类了。 |
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| - | nowhere/not anywhere near
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| 1 | far from a particular point or place 远离 | The photographers were nowhere near the crash when it happened. 发生撞车事故时这位摄影师还离得很远。 | |
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| 2 | not nearly 远不如；远不像 | Edinburgh is nowhere near as big as Glasgow, even though it’ s the capital. 爱丁堡虽然是首府，但远不如格拉斯哥大。 | | She doesn’ t look anywhere near as old as Rebecca. 她看上去远不像丽贝卡年纪那样大。 | |
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| - | so near (and) yet so far
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| used for saying that you almost did something that you wanted to , but in the end you failed |
| 几乎成功，几乎得手（但最终失败） |
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| - | to the nearestpound/thousand etc
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| if you calculate an amount to the nearest poundthousand etc, you give the number closest to it which can be divided evenly by a pound1,000 etc |
| 四舍五入到整数英镑/整千数等 |
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| The bill came to £13.08 but they rounded it down to the nearest pound and charged us £13. 账单上是13.08英镑，但他们抹去尾数收了我们13英镑。 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| nearness noun U |
| There was a lot of mist around because of the garden’ s nearness to the river. 因为花园靠近河边，所以周围笼罩着层层薄雾。 |
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