near是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 not far away in distance -- （離…）不遠，靠近（地）

  • Is there a restaurant near here? 這附近有餐館嗎？

  • I'd like to sit near a window, please. 請給我一個靠窗的座位。

  • Don't come too near me - you might catch my cold. 別離我太近——我會把感冒傳染給你的。

  • The hotel is near the airport. 旅館離機場不遠。

  • Which bus stop is nearest (to) your house? 哪個公車站離你家最近？

  • I was standing just near enough to hear what they were saying. 我站的位置剛好能聽清楚他們在說甚麼。

  • As the date of his operation drew near, he became more and more anxious. 隨著手術日期日益臨近，他越來越焦慮了。

  • UK We can decide which route to take nearer the time. 到時候我們再決定走哪條路線。

  • The runners looked near exhaustion. 賽跑的人看起來快要筋疲力盡了。

  • UK I was near (to) tears (= almost cried) at one point during the film. 電影演到一個地方的時候我差點哭了出來。

  • The house was nowhere near the beach. 這座房子離海邊很遠。

  • It's nowhere near time for us to leave yet. 離我們走的時間還早呢。

  • I'm nowhere near finishing the book - I'm only half-way through it. 距離我讀完這本書還早著呢——我才看完一半。

  • He's nowhere near as tall as his sister. 他比他姐姐矮多了。

  • They're the same age or near enough. 他們年齡接近。

• 1 not far away in distance, time, characteristics, or quality -- （距離、時間、特性或質量）近的，接近的

  • Where's the nearest post office? 最近的郵局在哪裡？

  • My pocket knife is the nearest thing (= the most similar thing) to a weapon that I have. 我的小摺刀是我身上最近似武器的東西了。

  • I couldn't get any cream cheese so I bought the nearest equivalent (= the most similar thing) that I could find. 我買不到奶油起司，所以買了能找到的最近似的代替品。

  • All our computer equipment will be replaced in the near future. 我們所有的電腦設備在不久的將來會被更換。

• 2 to get close to something in distance, time, or state -- 靠近；臨近；接近

  • I'm pleased to say the project is nearing completion. 我很高興宣佈這項工程即將竣工。

  • As the wedding day neared, I started to have second thoughts about getting married. 隨著婚期日益臨近，我開始對結婚猶豫起來。

  • The captain switched on the seat belt sign as we neared the airport. 當我們靠近機場時，機長開啟了安全帶信號燈。

• 3 combines with adjectives and nouns to mean "almost" -- （與形容詞和名詞連用）幾乎，差不多

  • We had a near-disaster this morning in the car! 我們今天上午險些發生車禍！

  • She was near-hysterical by the time I arrived there. 我到那裡的時候，她幾乎歇斯底里了。