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| 1 | used for referring to the time , event , action , person etc that comes after this one or after another one （时间、事件、行动、人等）紧随之后的，接下去的，下一个的，下次的 |
| He said he was leaving for Rome the next day. 他说他第二天就动身去罗马。 |
| Who will be the next president? 谁将成为下届总统呢？ |
| The next train to arrive at platform three is the 10.40 to Liverpool. 下一趟即将停靠3号站台的火车是10点40分开往利物浦的。 |
| I’ ll call you the next time I’ m in town. 我下次进城会给你打电话。 |
| Who’ s next in the queue? 队伍里的下一位是谁？ |
| I’ ll be busy this week and next. 我这个星期和下个星期都会很忙。 |
| When I next spoke with him, he told me he had got married. 当我后来又一次和他说话时，他告诉我他已经结婚了。 |
| I knew exactly what was going to happen next. 我非常清楚接下来会发生什么事。 |
| First, peel the fruit. Next, prepare a chocolate sauce. 首先将水果去皮。接着准备一份巧克力沙司。 |
| the next few weeks/several months/five years etc Over the next few weeks I tried to reorganize the office. 在接下来的几个星期里，我试着重新整理办公室。 |
| next Tuesday/week/year etc (=the Tuesday, week, year etc that comes after this one) I’ ll see you next Friday. 下周二/下星期/明年等 |
| The Scottish Parliament elections take place next May. 苏格兰议会大选在明年5月进行。 |
| Monday/Tuesday etc next (=the Monday, Tuesday etc after this one) The ceremony will take place on Monday next. 下星期一/二等 |
| | 1a | the day/week/year etc that comes immediately after the one that follows this one 后天/下下周/后年等 | | A spokesman said a meeting had been arranged with Seagram for the weekend after next. 一位发言人说与西格拉姆的会议已经安排在下下个周末。 | | We’ re hoping to be chosen as the venue for the World Cup after next. 我们希望被选为下下届世界杯的比赛地。 | |
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| 2 | used for referring to the place that is closest to where you are （地点）邻近的，贴近的，紧挨着的 |
| I could hear the sound of laughter in the next room. 我能听到隔壁房间里的笑声。 |
| | 2a | used for referring to the first place that you come to when you continue moving （地点）下一个将到的 | | The next main road you come to will be King Street. 你到达的下一条主干道将会是国王街。 | | Get out at the next station. 在下一站下车。 | |
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| - | as...as the nextperson/man/woman etc
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| used when you are saying that you are no different from anyone else in a particular way |
| 和其他任何人一样… |
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| I get as angry as the next person when companies send me junk email every day. 当某些公司每天寄给我垃圾邮件时，我和其他任何人一样生气。 |
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| - | a next Caribbean
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| another |
| 另一个；又一个 |
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| - | the next best/largest/smallest etc
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| one that is almost as goodlargesmall etc as another one that you are mentioning |
| 仅次于最好的/最大的/最小的等 |
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| After Norway, Britain is Europe’ s next largest oil producer. 英国是仅次于挪威之后的欧洲第二大石油生产国。 |
| the next best thing If you can’ t actually go to the races, watching it live on TV is the next best thing. 如果你真的去不了比赛现场，退而求其次就是看电视上的现场直播。 |
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| - | the next thing I knew
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| used for saying that a situation happened very quickly when you did not expect it |
| 紧接着发生的事 |
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| The next thing I knew there were police officers all over the place. 紧接着的事就是整个地方全是警察。 |
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| - | next to
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| 1 | beside or very near to someone or something with no other person or thing in between 贴近；靠近；接近 | Steve lives next to a lake, so we’ ll be able to go swimming. 史蒂夫住在湖边，所以我们可以去游泳。 | | She sat down next to me without a word. 她挨着我坐下来，一句话也没说。 | | The baby sleeps in the room next to his parents. 小宝宝睡在紧挨着父母房间的屋子里。 | |
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| 2 | used for showing that you are not including the person or thing that is really the best , biggest, worst etc when you are making a comparison 除了；仅次于 | Next to John, Jamie is my best friend. 除了约翰，杰米是我最好的朋友。 | |
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| 3 | when compared to someone or something 与…相比 | Next to Tony, we’ re all geniuses. 和托尼相比，我们都是天才。 | |
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| 4 | used before negative words to mean ‘almost but not completely’ （用在否定词之前）几乎，差不多，简直 | You can have the whole set for next to no cost. 你不用花什么钱就可以拥有一整套。 | | Even if we practise all week, it will be next to impossible to win. 即使我们整个星期都在练习，也几乎不可能获胜。 | | next to nothing After the company closed, investors were left with next to nothing. 这家公司倒闭之后，留给投资人的几乎一无所有。 | |
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