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adv. 距离不远，在附近；不久，很快；差不多，几乎
prep. 在......附近，靠近；接近（某时间、某事件）；（用于数字前）接近；与......相似；近乎（一种状态），就要
adj. 近，在附近；差不多的；与……相似；不久以后；随后，接近；近亲的；（车辆）近路缘一侧的；<古>（人）吝啬的，小气的
v. （时间或空间上）接近，靠近
第三人称单数nears
现在分词nearing
过去式neared
过去分词neared
比较级nearer
最高级nearest
near /nɪə/ CET4 TEM4 [ nearing neared nearer nears nearest ]
介词 If something is near a place, thing, or person, it is a short distance from them. 离…近
Don't come near me.
别靠近我。
He drew his chair nearer the fire.
他把他的椅子向炉火拉近了些。
副词 Near is also an adverb. 靠近
He crouched as near to the door as he could.
他蜷缩在尽可能靠近门的地方。
She took a step nearer to the barrier.
她向路障走近了一步。
形容词 Near is also an adjective. 靠近的
He collapsed into the nearest chair.
他瘫在最近的椅子上。
The nearer of the two barges was perhaps a mile away.
两条驳船中较近的一条约有一英里远。
习语 If someone or something is near to a particular state, they have almost reached it. 接近 (某一状态)
After the war, the firm came near to bankruptcy.
战后这家公司濒临破产。
The repairs to the Hafner machine were near to completion.
哈芙纳牌机器的维修工作已接近尾声。
介词 Near means the same as near to. 接近
He was near tears.
他几乎要流泪了。
For almost a month he lay near death.
他半死不活地躺了将近一个月。
习语 If something is similar to something else, you can say that it is near to it. 与…相似
It combined with the resinous cedar smell of the logs to produce a sickening sensation that was near to nausea.
它与那些圆木的雪松树脂气味混杂在一起，以产生一种快要呕吐的恶心感觉。
介词 Near means the same as near to. 与…相似
Often her feelings were nearer hatred than love.
她的感情往往更像是恨，而不是爱。
形容词 You describe the thing most similar to something as the nearest thing to it when there is no example of the thing itself. 与 (某物) 最相似的
It would appear that the legal profession is the nearest thing to a recession-proof industry.
看起来司法行业最接近于一种不怕经济衰退的行业。
副词 If a time or event draws near, it will happen soon. 临近
The time for my departure from Japan was drawing nearer every day.
我离开日本的时间一天天临近了。
介词 If something happens near a particular time, it happens just before or just after that time. 离 (某一时间) 近
Performance is lowest between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., and reaches a peak near midday.
工作状态凌晨3点到5点最差，近中午时分达到最高点。
"Since I retired to this place," he wrote near the end of his life, "I have never been out of these mountains."
“自从退休到这里，”他在快到生命尽头时写到，“我从没出过这些山。”
介词 You use near to say that something is a little more or less than an amount or number stated. 接近于 (某数量或数字)
...to increase manufacturing from about 2.5 million cars a year to nearer 4.75 million.
…把轿车年产量从250万辆左右提高到接近475万辆。
介词 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. 拒绝与 (某人或某物) 接触
He will absolutely not go near a hospital.
他绝不去医院。
形容词 The near one of two things is the one that is closer. (二者中) 离得近些的
...a mighty beech tree on the near side of the little clearing.
…小片林间空地近侧一棵硕大的山毛榉树。
形容词 You use near to indicate that something is almost the thing mentioned. 差不多的
She was believed to have died in near poverty.
人们相信，她死时几乎一贫如洗。
副词 Near is also an adverb. 差不多地
...his near fatal accident two years ago.
…两年前那场险些让他丧命的事故。
形容词 In a contest, your nearest rival or challenger is the person or team that is most likely to defeat you. 最接近的 (对手或挑战者)
He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford.
他比劲敌乔纳松·福特快约三秒钟完成了漫长的赛程。
及物动词 When you near a place, you get quite near to it. 接近 (地点)
As he neared the stable, he slowed the horse and patted it on the neck.
接近马厩时，他让马慢下来并拍拍它的脖子。
及物动词 When someone or something nears a particular stage or point, they will soon reach that stage or point. 快到 (某个阶段或时间)
His age was hard to guess – he must have been nearing fifty.
他的年龄很难猜出来–他肯定快50岁了。
You are nearing the end of your training and you haven't attempted any assessments yet.
你们的培训快结束了，而你们还未尝试做过任何评估。
不及物动词 You say that an important time or event nears when it is going to occur quite soon. (重要时刻或事件等) 临近
As half time neared, Hardyman almost scored twice.
中场休息临近时，哈迪曼几乎两度得分。
习语 You use near and far to indicate that you are referring to a very large area or distance. 四处
People would gather from near and far.
人们会从四面八方聚起来。
习语 If you say that something will happen in the near future, you mean that it will happen quite soon. 在不久的将来
The controversy regarding vitamin C is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.
关于维生素C的争论近期不大可能被解决。
习语 You use nowhere near and not anywhere near to emphasize that something is not the case. 远不
They are nowhere near good enough.
他们远不够好。
It was nowhere near as painful as David had expected.
这远远不像大卫预料的那么痛苦。
being on the left side
the near or nigh horse is the one on the left ; the animal's left side is its near or nigh side
同义词： nigh(a)
closely resembling the genuine article
near beer ; a dress of near satin
giving or spending with reluctance
very close (or near) with his money
同义词： cheeseparing / close / penny-pinching / skinny
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2) FAR and NEAR are antonyms, but in English, only some extensions of FAR/NEAR conceptual metaphors correspond to each other, showing that the metaphorical meanings of the two concepts are unevenly distributed.
相比之下,汉语“远/近”概念的隐喻投射分布存在一定的对称性。
参考来源“远/近”的空间隐喻
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nearness 接近；密切；近似
A bomb exploded somewhere near.
一颗炸弹在附近爆炸。
His stables are near Oxford.
他的养马场在牛津附近。
The exams are drawing near.
考试越来越近了。
They told the commander they thought they were west of a small island near the coast of northwestern France.
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Well, my usual style of programming would be to implement the one that's lowest down in the hierarchy near the bottom.
一般我的编程风格是,先构建等级中最低的东西,也就是靠近地层的东西。
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If you head up around, like Clement, near like Arguello, like just a couple blocks south of the Presidio,
要是直走，就是克莱门街，挨着阿圭罗街，距离普雷西迪奥两个街区的距离，
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We know she was dropped off near the Iraqi-Islamic Party offices in Western Baghdad.
Of about 9, 700 near-Earth asteroids discovered so far, about 5, 200 are thought to be Apollos.