形 near，close，approaching，approximately；名 （姓氏） a surname，intimate ；

[例句] 调查人员说有近10万美元汇入了嫌疑人的银行账户。 Investigators say nearly $100,000 was wired into the suspect's bank accounts.

[例句] 一架大型客机在飞近希思罗机场时差点儿发生空难。 An airliner came close to disaster while approaching Heathrow Airport.

be close to，near，[天] approach，approximation，adjacence；

[例句] 现在的失业人数已接近300万。 Unemployment is now a whisker away from three million.

[例句] 她有些不好接近，但我确信她想表现得友好一些。 She was somewhat unapproachable but I'm sure she wanted to be friendly.

approximate，similar，approach，approximation，almost ；

[例句] 该装置可以装在任何垂直或近似垂直的平面上。 The gadget can be attached to any vertical or near vertical surface.

[例句] 这种氛围近似梦幻。 The atmosphere borders on the surreal.

myopia，nearsightedness，shortsightedness，short sight ；

[例句] 眼科医生现在采用激光手术来矫正近视。 Ophthalmic surgeons are now performing laser surgery to correct myopia.

[例句] 女孩眯起眼睛看照片。她好像近视。 The girl squinted at the photograph. She seemed to be nearsighted.

press on towards，gain on [upon]，[数]approximate，approximation，approach ；

[例句] 叛军已经逼近到距首都150公里的地方。 The rebels have advanced to within 150 kms of the capital.

[例句] 她已经逼近了纳夫拉蒂洛娃74连胜的纪录。 She was within sight of Navratilova'srecord of seventy-four consecutive wins.

close relative，near relation，flesh and blood，proximity of blood，[电影]The Next of Kin；

[例句] 我是她的最近亲。 I'm her next of kin.

[例句] 法律规定禁止近亲结婚. Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.

near，close to，draw near，approach，anear ；

[例句] 吸引他到该地区的原因是那里靠近伦敦市中心。 What drew him to the area was its proximity to central London.

[例句] 最受欢迎的产品放在靠近商店最里面的地方。 The most popular items are located toward the back of the store.

be close to，be on intimate terms with，hobnob with，intimity，propinquity ；

[例句] 我们的确很亲近，非常在乎对方。 We were really close. We thought the world of each other.

[例句] 别和他太亲近了——他是个无赖. Don't get too matey with him he's a rogue.

off-shore，nearshore，alongshore，in shore ；

[例句] 一天，一艘更大的船泊在了近岸处。 One day a larger ship anchored offshore.

[例句] 近岸回流的冲力能把游泳的人涌到海里. The pull of the undertow can drag swimmers out to sea.

close to [on，by]，near，approach，draw near ；

[例句] 仅有几个人回到临近地区工作。 Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity.

[例句] 该手册正被译成数种语言，将在临近圣诞节时出版。 The guide is being translated into several languages for publication near Christmas.

press close to，nestle up against，lean close to ；

[例句] 他们每个人都俯身贴近地面蹲伏着前进。 They walked in a crouch, each bent over close to the ground.

[例句] 自然逼真的对话使得这本书非常贴近生活。 The naturalness of the dialogue made the book so true to life.

approach，get close to，draw near，imminent，close ；

[例句] 每个人都感受到了战争的迫近。 The imminence of war was on everyone's mind.

[例句] 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险. The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger.

[天] perigee ；

[例句] 月球每年有一次达到它的绝对近地点. The Moon reaches its absolute perigee once a year.

nearby，neighbouring，vicinity，proximity，about ；

[例句] 在布里斯托尔附近的5号高速公路上，南行的车辆排成了绵延20英里的长龙。 Southbound traffic tailed back for twenty miles on the M5 near Bristol.

[例句] 由于存在着危险的下层逆流，在大部分海岸线附近游泳都不安全。 Dangerous undertows make swimming unsafe along most of the coastline.

recently，of late，lately，odd-come-shortly，yesterdayness ；

[例句] 耗资75万美元、有雪儿等艺人出镜的新的名人电视促销节目近来播出了。 New $750,000 infomercials, featuring artists like Cher, have recently hit the screens.

[例句] 我近来双手一直疼痛麻木。 I have recently been suffering from pain and numbness in my hands.

approximation，[计] approximate quantity，approximate value，asymptotic value ；

[例句] 你知道那仅仅是近似值。 That's just an approximation, you understand.

[例句] 上述估算结果只能是粗略的近似值. Such estimates should be considered only as crude approximations.

recently，in the past few days，（指将来） within the next few days，odd-come-shortly ；

[例句] 近日应该应该该地区暴力事件急增. There has been a recent upsurge of violence in the area.

[例句] 首先是当地居民搬离市中心，继而是商铺，近日各个企业也开始迁出。 City centres were abandoned first by residents, then by shops, and latterly by businesses.

recently，lately，in recent times，freshly ；

[例句] 新近发生的事情使得他的中心主题显得更加有的放矢。 Recent events have made his central theme even more apposite.

[例句] 有报告说，新近有军队越过边境。 There are reports of fresh troop movements across the border.

（接近于） close to，little short of，near，almost，approximately ；

[例句] 他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。 He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.

[例句] 那座纪念碑耸立在方圆数英里景致之中显得近乎难看。 The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.

outskirts of a city，suburbs，environs，outskirts ；

[例句] 他们大多住在近郊. They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.

[例句] 迪斯尼游乐场在洛杉矶的近郊. Disneyland is in Los Angeles suburb.