near
美 [n?r]
英 [n??(r)] 
- adv.近;將近;節省地
- prep.靠近;在…身邊
- v.靠近
- adj.近的;近親的;關系深的;近似的
- 網絡在……附近;接近;在……旁邊
詞形變化
比較級:nearer 最高級:nearest 反義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 距離近;不遠a short distance away |
| His house is very near. 他的房子就在附近。 |
| Where's the nearest bank? 最近的銀行在哪兒? |
2. | 不久以后a short time away in the future |
| The conflict is unlikely to be resolved in the near future(= very soon) . 沖突短期內不大可能解決。 |
3. | 隨后;接近coming next after sb/sth |
| She has a 12-point lead over her nearest rival. 她領先緊隨其后的對手 12 分。 |
4. | 近似;相似;不分伯仲similar; most similar |
| He was the nearest thing to(= the person most like) a father she had ever had. 她接觸過的人中,他最像個父親。 |
5. | [obn] 接近的;差不多的close to being sb/sth |
| The election proved to be a near disaster for the party. 這次選舉對該黨來說幾乎是一場災難。 |
| a near impossibility 幾乎不可能的事 |
6. | ~ relative/relation (親屬關系)近親used to describe a close family connection |
| Only the nearest relatives were present at the funeral. 只有幾位近親參加了葬禮。 |
1. | 距離不遠;在附近at a short distance away |
| A bomb exploded somewhere near. 一顆炸彈在附近爆炸。 |
| She took a step nearer. 她走近一步。 |
| Visitors came from near and far . 游客來自四面八方。 |
2. | 不久以后a short time away in the future |
| The exams are drawing near . 考試越來越近了。 |
| a near-perfect performance 近乎完美的表演 |
| I'm as near certain as can be. 我幾乎完全可以確定。 |
1. | 在…附近;靠近at a short distance away from sb/sth |
| Do you live near here? 你住在這附近嗎? |
| Go and sit nearer (to) the fire. 坐得靠爐子近點兒。 |
2. | 接近;臨近a short period of time from sth |
| My birthday is very near Christmas. 我的生日離圣誕節很近。 |
| I'll think about it nearer (to) the time(= when it is just going to happen) . 到時候我會考慮的。 |
3. | (用于數詞前)大約,上下,接近used before a number to mean ‘approximately’, ‘just below or above’ |
| Share prices are near their record high of last year. 股票價格接近去年的最高紀錄。 |
| Profits fell from $11 million to nearer $8 million. 利潤從 1 100 萬元下跌到大約 800 萬元。 |
4. | (質量、大小等)相仿,接近similar to sb/sth in quality, size, etc. |
| Nobody else comes near her in intellect. 誰也趕不上她聰明。 |
| He's nearer 70 than 60. 他 60 多歲,快 70 歲了。 |
| This colour is nearest (to) the original. 這種顏色最接近原色。 |
5. | ~ (doing) sth 接近于(某種狀態);瀕臨;快要close to a particular state |
| a state near (to) death 瀕臨死亡 |
| She was near to tears(= almost crying) . 她就要哭了。 |
| We came near to being killed. 我們差點丟了性命。 |
1. | [t][i] ~ (sth) (時間或空間上)接近,靠近,臨近to come close to sth in time or space |
| The project is nearing completion . 這項工程就要竣工了。 |
| She was nearing the end of her life. 她已經臨近生命的盡頭。 |
| We neared the top of the hill. 我們快到山頂了。 |
| As Christmas neared, the children became more and more excited. 快過圣誕節了,孩子們越來越興奮。 |
習慣用語
your nearest and dearest
至親;至愛;最親密的親友your close family and friends
a near thing
僥幸做成的事a situation in which you are successful, but which could also have ended badly
| Phew! That was a near thing! It could have been a disaster. 哎呀!好險哪!差一點兒出事。 |
| We won in the end but it was a near thing. 我們最后贏了,但是險勝。 |
to the nearest…
近似于;約等于followed by a number when counting or measuring approximately
| We calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars. 我們計算費用約為 50 元。 |
as near as
準確到…的程度;大約as accurately as
| There were about 3 000 people there, as near as I could judge. 據我判斷,大約有 3 000 人在那里。 |
as near as damn it/dammit
(數量)相差無幾,沒什么分別used to say that an amount is so nearly correct that the difference does not matter
| It will cost £350, or as near as dammit. 這要花 350 英鎊上下。 |
near enough
確實;差不多used to say that sth is so nearly true that the difference does not matter
| We've been here twenty years, near enough. 我們在這里待了差不多二十年了。 |
not anywhere near/nowhere near
遠非;絕不是far from; not at all
| The job doesn't pay anywhere near enough for me. 這份工作付給我的報酬遠遠不夠。 |
so near and yet so far
功敗垂成;功虧一簣used to comment on sth that was almost successful but in fact failed
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
There was a den near the river, he said wistfully, and they'd migrate six miles up to a nice patch of open prairie full of gophers.
他留戀地說,河邊有一個巢穴,它們向上遷移了6英里(約9.66公里),到開闊草原地鼠多的好地塊去了。
Next, click the Protocol Data tab and select Browser near the bottom of the workspace, as shown in Figure 20.
下一步,點擊ProtocolData鍵并選擇工作區底部附近的Browser,如圖20所示。
"I'm sure it can wait" she said and gave him a kiss near his mouth and started to caress him behind his neck.
“我確定這事可以過會再說。”她在他唇邊印下一吻,伸手輕撫他的后頸。
For a time surface and subsurface currents are in opposite directions ; flow is seaward at the surface and landward near the bottom.
有一個時期表層和次表層的水流方向相反表層水流向外海方向流動靠近底層的水流則向陸地方向流動。
With your weight mainly on your heels see how the skin on the bottom of your foot, near the mound of your toes is free to open more.
你的重量主要放在腳跟處察看你的腳底的皮膚如何伸展,靠近腳趾的腳球處是自由并伸展的更多。
The spokesman welcomed the elections, which he said were marked by high voter turnout and a near absence of violence.
麥科馬克對巴勒斯坦議會選舉表示歡迎。他說,這次選舉的選民投票率很高,幾乎沒有發生暴力。
The establishment does not want the fact that Planet X is near the Sun to be a focus.
權利機構不想讓行星X就在太陽附近這個事實成為人們關注的焦點。
One morning the prince and his dog were out as usual, and in chasing their game they drew near the bank of the Nile River.
一天早晨,王子和他的狗像往常一樣出去,追捕獵物時,他們越來越靠近尼羅河。
There was no question of him cancelling the trip so near the departure date.
離出發時間這樣近,他不可能取消行程。
Darcy's farther notice; though often standing within a very short distance of her, quite disengaged, he never came near enough to speak.
他雖然常常站得離她很近,邊上也沒有人,卻一直沒有走過來跟她說話。
For the fist few days of his life, Wilbur was allowed to live in a box near the stove in the kitchen.
在威爾伯生下來的頭幾天,它給安置在廚房爐子旁邊的箱子里。
Hearing of a shop near the school is now in discount, Xiaoye would like to have a look at it with Lily.
聽說學校附近的一家商店正在打減價,小葉想跟莉莉一起去看看。
But today, when those costs have fallen to near zero, we don't give it a second thought.
但現如今,那成本幾乎為零,我們打長途再不會有任何顧慮。
One judge said she had already dealt with a similar case when styrene spilled out of rail car near Cincinnati.
一位法官說,她之前處理過類似的案子,那次是苯乙烯從辛辛那堤市附近的一節火車車廂溢出來。
His wives share a dormitory near Ziona's private bedroom and locals said he likes to have seven or eight of them by his side at all times.
齊奧納私人臥室旁邊有一間大寢室是他的妻子們共用的,當地人說齊奧納喜歡身邊總是有七八位老婆陪著他。
With alphabetic intent, this branching coral near the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean Sea seems to be spelling out a message.
隨著字母的意圖,這一分支的珊瑚靠近特克斯和凱科斯群島,加勒比海似乎拼寫了一條消息。
Finally, along the road near the university, Qaddafi's forces were stopped by an army of shabab, local men, and Islamist fighters.
最終,卡扎菲的部隊在大學旁的公路上被沙巴布、當地人和伊斯蘭戰士阻截了。
So to avoid any danger she always used to feed on a high cliff near the sea, with her sound eye looking towards the land.
于是為了避免危險,她總是在靠海的懸崖上覓食,這樣她就可以用她的那只好眼睛看著陸地。
There used to be a shop near where I lived as a kid and I used to go in and nick sweets because I thought the pick 'n' mix was free.
我還是孩子的時候家附近就有家商店。我經常去nicksweets因為我以為pick’n’mix是免費的。
In a small, nearly enclosed area near the front gate, the man brutally slashed Nicole, almost severing her neck from her body.
在前門附近一小塊幾近封閉的區域,男子殘忍地猛砍尼科爾,幾乎遍布了她的脖子到身體。
His search took him to the Sterkfontein Cave near Johannesburg in the Transvaal region in 1936, where he found skulls of adult apemen.
1936年,研究工作使他來到特蘭斯瓦的約翰內斯堡附近的斯特方丹巖洞,在那里他找到了成年猿人的頭骨。
Based upon the near crack-tip elastic analysis, estimates of the size and shape of the plastic zone will be developed.
根據裂紋尖端附近的彈性分析,來估計塑性區的形狀和大小。
For many years, the scientific standard of length was a metal bar kept in a temperature controlled vault near Paris.
多年來,長度的科學標準曾是一根金屬棒,這根金屬棒保存在巴黎附近的有溫度調節的地下室里。
This machine goes near to the quality of that machine.
這部機器與那部機器質量差不多。
The fracture zone carries copper and nickel near the layered intrusion but only copper at some distance from it.
裂隙帶在接近層狀侵入體處含有銅鎳,而在距侵入體較遠處,只含有銅。
It lies near upon my conscience to improve this parting and set you on the right guard against the dangers of the world.
我的良心要我趁這一次離別的機會把正確的處世方法告訴你,提防世間的種種危險。
It was a great convenience to have the school so near.
學校這么近真是太方便了。
They were bifocals which he had invented so that he could see objects both near and far.
這是他發明的遠近兩用眼鏡,戴上它,無論遠處近處的東西都能看清楚。
The flowers near the wall withered.
墻邊的花凋謝了。
Near this village, the thickness of this lens reaches abut a hundred metres.
在這個村莊附近,透鏡體的厚度達100米左右。
Its applicability might be questioned on the grounds that carbonaceous shale is not known to occur near any of these deposits.
其實用性是有疑問的,因為還不知道在上述礦床附近存在著碳質片巖。
At the point C, the star develops a convection zone extending from near the surface deep into the extended envelope.
在C點,星體產生一個對流區,從表面附近向內擴展到廣袤的包層。
She said, Isabel could know whomever in the wide world she would-and had placed Mr. Osmond near the top of the list.
她說,伊莎貝爾可以認識她愿意認識的任何人--而在這些人中,她把奧斯蒙德先生放在很高的位置上。
He had touched on Sondra, and she was still too near his heart to reveal anything that would reflect on her.
他提到桑德拉的事,可是桑德拉至今還是他的心上人,他決不泄漏足以牽連到她的事。
He had been so near achieving a victory that would have been renowned throughout all American, lying helpless, bound, and a captive.
這個眼看就要獲得全勝,從此在全美洲家喻戶曉的人物,如今卻被全身反捆著,無可奈何地躺在地上,做了俘虜。
She had moved from the wall of the garret, very near to the bench on which he sat.
她已經從頂閣的墻邊走過來,很挨近他所坐的矮凳。
An appointment was made for us, by an old Delaware to meet at the rock near the foot of this lake.
一位年長的特拉華人安排我們在湖邊的一塊巖石旁會面。
The only known elevated steel tank designed to resist earthquake forces was a 75, 000-gal structure near the Long Beach waterfront.
唯一經過抗震設計的容量為75000加侖的架上鋼水槽,位于長灘海岸附近。
Near the front, a few scattered voices shouted, "Boo! "
在前排,零零落落的響了幾聲“呸!”
The wind near the ground carries most sand with it and so wears the lower parts of big masses of rock most.
靠近地面的風帶走砂土最多,因此大塊巖石下部磨蝕得最為厲害。
The time seems near, if it has not actually arrived.
這種時候即便還沒有真正來到,卻也好象并不很遠。
The allotted time ran out, while we were thus; but, looking at round, I found the governor of the prison standing near me.
正當此時,規定的時限到了;可是我回頭一望,看見典獄官就站在我身旁。
It was then that, as one of the cemetery walks passed near him, he caught the shock of the face.
就在那時候,墓園中有一條小徑掠過他的身旁,他看到了那張悲痛欲絕的面容。
Clarified liquor is withdrawn near the bottom.
澄清液在靠近池底的地方排出。
I had indeed one comrade whose fate went very near me for a good while, though I wore it off too in time.
我有一個同伴,她的厄運使我心里難過了好久,雖然我終究漸漸地把它忘了。
When at last he came unexpectedly upon her, standing near where Mrs. . Tree was seated.
他到底出乎意料地看到了她,只見她站在特利太太的座位附近。
She accepted the chair which he had placed in readiness near his own.
她坐在那張他事先放在他自己坐椅旁邊的椅子上。
Sitting in the sunshine, near the window, she seemed to receive with its warmth a kind influence, which made her both happy and good.
她坐在窗邊的陽光里,似乎要從陽光的溫暖中得到親切的感化,使她既快活又舒適。
Each year in high school I graduated near the top of my class, with straight A's in math.
中學每年我都名列前茅,數學最好,清一色是A。
They looked like a verdant haze that was visible from a little distance and vanished when one came near.
它們有如薄薄的輕煙;遠望一片,近看則無。
'Jesus, man, how dirty you are! 'I said. 'Don't come near me with those hands. '
“上帝,你這個人多臟啊!”我說。“手這么臟,不要走近我。”
He was in charge of three stable boys, and he and his wife lived near the stables.
他負責管理三個馬童,而他和他的妻子就住在馬廄的附近。
Life on the road would be so much easier with an electrical outlet near the bed, right above the nightstand.
在床頭安置插座的話,旅行者的生活將會更輕松。
She approached the casket and after leaning her face against the cold glass for a moment was gently led to a seat near her daughter.
她走到棺材旁,把臉在冰冷的玻璃上貼了一會后,就被溫和地引到她女兒身旁的一個座位。
That which you see there, higher up in the door, near a nail, is the hole of a big iron bullet as large as an egg.
稍高一點,在這大門的上面,那顆釘子旁邊,您看見的是一個大銃打的窟窿。
Like the meeting of the seagulls or the waves we meet or go near. The seagulls flew off, the waves roll apart or we depart.
咱們如海鷗之與波濤相遇似地,遇見了,走近了。海鷗飛去,波濤滾滾地流開,咱們也分別了。
but it was when he started walking with the criminal prisoners that they grew specially near to one another.
他們之間的關系特別接近,是從西蒙松跟刑事犯一起步行開始的。
To observe too how man comes near to the deity, and by what part of him, and when this part of man is so disposed.
理智能力也要注意人是怎樣接近神的,是通過他的什么部分接近神,以及他的這個部分是在什么時候這樣做的。
"Hands off! " said the shopkeeper to the children standing near the sweet counter.
“請不要動手!”店主對站在糖果柜臺附近的孩子們說。
Most households earn nowhere near their net worth in the course of a year, so it makes sense for this ratio to be big.
多數家庭的年收入遠遠不及資產凈值,所以這個比例很高是說得通的。
A week later, they attended a gathering of Cedars-Sinai heart transplant patients in a park near the Hollywood Bowl.
一周以后,他們參加了由“心愛”醫院組織設在好萊塢的心臟移植病人聚會。
The prisoner ran like a wild goat, and soon I saw that he was coming near the bottom of my hill.
那俘虜像一只野山羊在奔跑,不一會兒我看到他已跑到我的山腳下。
When i got to place near the tower, it was still light out so I took a seat, wrote my travel log in my notebook near the tower.
但我到了鐵塔附近時還亮堂著呢。于是就找了個椅子坐坐,寫寫游記,看看周圍的游客。
That's my choice, but it's still not a bad idea to live as if the end is near: our mortality is certainly not vaporware.
這是我的選擇,不過,好像末日臨近一樣地活著也不是一個壞主意,畢竟死亡一定不是“霧件”。
Not long after she had conquered a childhood bout with near blindness, her father took her to a cafe and had her sing for tips.
童年時差點失明,剛剛恢愎后就被父親帶到一家咖啡廳賺小費。
Near the door stood a mulatto woman, evidently a servant in the house, with a timid bearing and an emaciated face pitifully sad and gentle.
門邊站著一個混血女人,顯然是家中的女傭,她神態怯懦,臉色憔悴,流露出哀傷的心情和柔和的性格。
but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.
直到她的四個女兒不停的抱怨,她才意識到自己出了問題。
The corona's rays flash out in a brilliant fan that has wispy spike-like rays near the Sun's north and south poles.
光環帶的光束像一把流光折扇,在太陽的南北兩極附近形成纖細的輻射線。
To be near water is usually to be near the sea. And in this case, that meant right in the path of a tsunami.
而在靠近水的地方通常是海洋,在這種情況下,核反應堆就正好處于海嘯的威脅之下。
It's better to love someone who's far and craves to be with you than to love someone who's near yet doesn't even care to see you.
與其愛一個近在身邊,卻不愿見你的人,還不如愛個遠在天涯,卻只想和你在一起的人。
They passed a stone-built house near the road, and the moon threw strange reflections on its roof.
他們經過靠近山路的一所石頭造的房子,月光在房頂上映耀出奇妙的光芒。
We moved to a large house by the sea near Frinton.
我們搬進了弗林頓附近海邊的一所大房子。
It's a pleasure for me to think that now we'll agree as such near friends should.
我們是至親朋友,應該和和睦睦,想到我們能這樣,我的心頭就樂了。
We have arranged for him to live near us.
我們已安排他住在附近。
On the gentle slope near the city of Soochow, the weeds were tall.
蘇州城外一面并不很陡的山坡上,雜草叢生。
We've pulled you through a narrow [near, tight] squeak.
我們僥幸地助你通過了難關。
Dane had taken a fancy to him, hung on his words, lingered near him; Justine was plain jealous.
丹尼對他很感興趣,老是想和他說話,老是纏綿地想要接近他,這使賈斯丁非常妒忌。
I understand there is a hotel and some villas out near the Pyramids which could be completely segregated.
我知道在金字塔附近有一家旅館和幾座別墅,它們可與外界完全隔離。
Rudolph was sailing near a dangerous, rocky place and the closest port was four hours away.
魯道夫正航行于接近一個危險多巖的地方,而距離最近的港口,還有四個小時的航程。
He got all the fences near the house patched.
他將靠近房屋的圍墻全部加以修補。