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PREP
靠近;在…附近
If something is near a place, thing, or person, it is a short distance from them.
例句
Don't come near me...
別靠近我。
Her children went back every year to stay in a farmhouse near the cottage...
她的孩子們每年都回去，住在小屋邊的農舍里。
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PREP-PHRASE
接近(某一狀態);幾乎;差不多
If someone or something is near to a particular state, they have almost reached it.
例句
After the war, The House of Hardie came near to bankruptcy...
戰后，哈迪家族瀕于破產。
The repairs to the Hafner machine were near to completion...
對哈夫納機器的修理即將結束。
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PREP-PHRASE
近似于;和…差不多
If something is similar to something else, you can say that it is near to it.
例句
...a sickening sensation that was near to nausea.
近乎惡心的難受感覺
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ADJ-SUPERL
(與…)最相似的;(和…)幾乎差不多的
You describe the thing most similar to something as the nearest thing to it when there is no example of the thing itself.
例句
It would appear that the legal profession is the nearest thing to a recession-proof industry...
司法行業看來是最不易受經濟蕭條影響的領域了。
He is the nearest to a dead cert that Britain has in Albertville.
他是英國在阿爾貝維爾冬奧會上最有希望奪取金牌的選手。
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ADV-GRADED
(時間或事件)臨近，接近
If a time or event draws near, it will happen soon.
例句
The time for my departure from Japan was drawing nearer every day.
我離開日本的日子一天天近了。
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PREP
離(某一時間)不遠;臨近
If something happens near a particular time, it happens just before or just after that time.
例句
Performance is lowest between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., and reaches a peak near midday...
凌晨3點至5點表現最差，近中午時分最好。
'Since I retired to this place,' he wrote near the end of his life, 'I have never been out of these mountains.'...
“自從隱居到這里，”他在生命即將結束時寫道，“我一直沒有離開過這些大山。”
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PREP
(指數量或數字)接近于，左右，上下
You use near to say that something is a little more or less than an amount or number stated.
例句
...to increase manufacturing from about 2.5 million cars a year to nearer 4.75 million...
將轎車年產量從250萬輛左右增加到接近475萬輛
The pound, which ended last year near its annual low, is expected to come under renewed pressure today.
英鎊去年年終降到了接近全年最低點的水平，預計今天將再度面臨匯價下跌的壓力。
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PREP
往(見某人);去(到某處)
You can say that someone will not go near a person or thing when you are emphasizing that they refuse to see them or go there.
例句
He will absolutely not go near a hospital...
他絕對不會去醫院。
I'm so annoyed with her that I haven't been near her for a week.
我很生她的氣,有一個星期沒見她了。
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ADJ-GRADED
(兩者中)距離較近的
The near one of two things is the one that is closer.
例句
...a mighty beech tree on the near side of the little clearing...
矗立在林間小塊空地近側的一棵高大的山毛櫸樹
Jane put one foot in the near stirrup and turned to look at the stranger.
簡一只腳就近蹬上馬鐙，轉臉看著陌生人。
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ADJ
近似的;差不多的
You use near to indicate that something is almost the thing mentioned.
例句
She was believed to have died in near poverty on the French Riviera.
據信她在法國里維埃拉去世時幾乎身無分文。
...the 48-year-old who was brought in to rescue the bank from near collapse.
被調來幫助銀行擺脫瀕臨破產困境的48歲的新任
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ADJ-SUPERL
(在競賽中)實力接近的，旗鼓相當的
In a contest, your nearest rival or challenger is the person or team that is most likely to defeat you.
例句
He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford...
他比勁敵喬納森·福特少用了大概3秒鐘完成了漫長的賽程。
That victory put the Ukrainians beyond the reach of their nearest challengers, Dynamo Moscow.
本場勝利使烏克蘭人甩開了最強有力的對手，莫斯科迪那摩隊。
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VERB
靠近;走近
When you near a place, you get quite near to it.
例句
As he neared the stable, he slowed the horse and patted it on the neck...
接近馬廄時，他勒馬緩行，輕拍它的脖頸。
We were nearing the top of the pass to Tsagochen Thang when the van spluttered and died.
我們在駛近通往 Tsagochen Thang 的埡口時，貨車噼啪幾聲熄火了。
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VERB
接近，臨近(某一階段或某一點)
When someone or something nears a particular stage or point, they will soon reach that stage or point.
例句
His age was hard to guess — he must have been nearing fifty...
很難猜測他的年齡，他一定快50了。
You are nearing the end of your training and you haven't attempted any assessments yet...
培訓快結束了，你還沒有參加任何評估測試。
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VERB
臨近;即將來臨
You say that an important time or event nears when it is going to occur quite soon.
例句
As half time neared, Hardyman almost scored twice...
臨近中場休息時，哈迪曼差點梅開二度。
This factor will come increasingly to the fore as election day nears.
隨著選舉日的臨近，這一因素將愈發重要。
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PHRASE
最親近的人;最親密的人;至親
People sometimes refer to their close relatives and friends as their nearest and dearest .
例句
...that English convention of not showing your feelings, even to your nearest and dearest.
甚至不向最親近的人流露自己情感的英國社會習俗
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PHRASE
遠近;到處;四面八方
You use near and far to indicate that you are referring to a very large area or distance.
例句
People would gather from near and far...
人們會從四面八方聚到一起。
Within months his reputation spread near and far.
沒幾個月他就遠近聞名了。
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PHRASE
在不久的將來;在近期
If you say that something will happen in the near future, you mean that it will happen quite soon.
例句
The controversy regarding vitamin C is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.
關于維生素C的爭議短期內不可能平息。
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PHRASE
一點兒也不;完全不;遠不
You use nowhere near and not anywhere near to emphasize that something is not the case.
例句
They are nowhere near good enough...
他們還遠不夠好。
It was nowhere near as painful as David had expected...
這遠不如戴維所料想的那么痛苦。
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PHRASE
幾乎絲毫不差地，幾乎一樣地(英國英語中亦作 as near as dammit)
If you want to indicate that something is almost true, you can use the expressions near enough and damned near. In British English, you can also say as near as dammit.
例句
I bought them for a pound apiece, near enough...
我幾乎是以一英鎊一件的價錢買下了它們。
They are as near as dammit new...
它們幾乎是新的。
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PHRASE
差點，險些(發生某事)(英國英語中亦作 as near as dammit)
If you want to indicate that something almost happened, you can use the expression damned near. In British English, you can also say as near as dammit .
例句
He damned near fooled me...
他險些把我騙了。
As he was to tell Miranda later, he as near as dammit left it there.
像他隨后告訴米蘭達的那樣，他幾乎沒碰它。