close,near 用作形容词时,close很易与near混淆不清。 Close的意思是紧接时、靠近时、近傍时,涵义比near强。它既可以指地点、时间和次序上的接近,也可以指感情上的接近。例: My house is close to the public library. 我的家靠近公共图书馆。 The examination is close at hand. 考期已逼近。 She is close with him:They are very close friends. 她和他很亲密:他门是很亲密的朋友。 First cousins are close relatives. 堂/表兄弟是近亲。 His father is close on ninety years of age. 他的父亲将近九十岁。 close to有时作大约解,如: Close to 4,000 young men and women took part in this sportsmeet. 大约有四千名男女青年参加了这个运动会。 Near有时可以和close互换使用,但涵义比close弱。例如:我们形容两幢相近可见的房屋时,用near;而形容屋檐相接的两幢房屋时,则用close.因此,near并不像close具有紧接的意味,而是用以指距离较近或不久将要发生和实现之事。near有时亦可指关系和感情的密切。例: In Hong Kong,residential houses are quite near(to)the airport |