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■ near这是一个语法作用十分独特的单词。它词汇意义都是“接近、靠近”。它的语法作用基本上是个介词(其特征是后面可以接上名词成分作为宾语,但又可以有比较级和最高级,这是一般介词所没有的);可以是个副词;可以是个形容词(有比较级和最高级,后面还可以接上介词短语 to + noun);还可以是个动词。现在分述如下: 1) 作为一个可以有比较级和最高级的特殊介词。 - He stood near the door.他在靠近门的地方站着。
- I wish I lived nearer London.我真恨不得住在更加靠近伦敦的地方。
- Several cars were already parked outside and, nearer the house; they could hear the sound of voices from the upper level.好几辆车已经停在外面,再靠近房子一点,他们就听到楼上的人声。
- Instinctively, those nearest the guardrail took a step backward.那些最挨近栏杆的,本能地往后退了一步。
2) 作为副词。 - No birds or animals came near.近处没有来什么鸟兽。
3) 作为形容词。 - Growth will be accelerating in the near future.最近将来,增长会加速。
- We walked to the nearest house.我们朝最近的那栋房子走过去。
- Right now we're no nearer to having that than we were before.目前我们比以前并没有什么进展。
- But she felt she was no nearer to her goal than she was when she had first arrived in New York.但是她觉得,现在离开自己的目标,同刚到纽约时一样遥远。
4) 作为动词。 - We were nearing the point where the lane curved.我们正在走近巷道拐弯的地方。
- The attorneys of Schiavo's parents acknowledged the fight to reconnect the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube was nearing an end.施亚沃父母的律师们承认,争取给这个脑损伤的妇女重新接上喂食管的这场战斗,正在接近尾声。
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