| 词组 | next |
| 释义 | next Next is usually used to say when something will happen. It can also be used to talk about the physical position of something, or the position that something has in a list or series. ◊ talking about the future You use next in front of words such as 'week', 'month', or 'year' to say when something will happen. For example, if it is Wednesday and something is going to happen on Monday, you can say that it will happen next week. I'm getting married next month. I don't know where I will be next year. Note that you do not use 'the' or a preposition in front of next. You do not say, for example, that something will happen 'the next week' or 'in the next week'. You can also use next without 'the' or a preposition in front of 'weekend' or in front of the name of a season, month, or day of the week. Next weekend there is a by-election in Marseilles. You must come and see us next autumn. He said he would be seventy-five next April. Let's have lunch together next Wednesday. However, you do not use next like this in front of 'decade' or 'century'. You do not say, for example, that something will happen 'next decade'. You say that it will happen in the next decade or during the next decade. The population aged between 5 and 14 in the developing countries will increase in the next decade from 550 million to 725 million. Academics from the United States will address a conference on higher education during the next decade. You do not say that something will happen 'next day'. You say that it will happen tomorrow. Similarly, you do not say that something will happen 'next morning', 'next afternoon', 'next evening', or 'next night'. You say that it will happen tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, or tomorrow night. Can we meet tomorrow at five? I'm going down there tomorrow morning. We're all having dinner together tomorrow night. ◊ WARNING You do not usually use next to refer to a day in the same week. For example, if it is Monday and you intend to ring someone in four days' time, you do not say 'I will ring you next Friday'. You say 'I will ring you on Friday'. He's going off to scout camp on Friday. If you want to make it completely clear that you are talking about a day in the same week, you use this. The film opens this Thursday at various ABC Cinemas in London. Similarly, you can say that something will happen this weekend. I might be able to go skiing this weekend. You use the next to refer to any period of time measured forward from the present. For example, if it is July 2nd and you want to say that something will happen between now and July 23rd, you say that it will happen in the next three weeks or during the next three weeks. Mr John MacGregor will make the announcement in the next two weeks. More than 2,000 of the country's 8,000 state-owned companies are expected to go out of business during the next six months. ◊ talking about the past When you are talking about the past and you want to say that something happened on the day after events that you have been describing, you say that it happened the next day or the following day. I telephoned the next day and protested to the receptionist. The following day I went to speak at a conference in Scotland. In stories, next day is sometimes used, especially at the beginning of a clause. Next day we all got up rather early. Next, the next, and the following can also be used in front of 'morning'. Next morning he began to work but felt uninspired. The next morning, as I left for the office, a letter arrived for me. The following morning he checked out of the hotel and took the express to Paris. However, in front of 'afternoon', 'evening', or the name of a day of the week you normally only use the following. I arrived at the village the following afternoon. He was due to start the following Friday. ◊ talking about physical position You use next to to say that someone or something is by the side of a person or object. She went and sat next to him. There was a bowl of goldfish next to the bed. If you talk about the next room, you are referring to a room that is separated by a wall from the one you are in. I can hear my husband in the next room, typing away. Similarly, if you are in a theatre or a bus, the next seat is a seat which is by the side of the one you are sitting in. He became aware that the girl in the next seat was studying him with interest. You can use next like this with a few other nouns, for example 'desk', 'bed', or 'compartment'. ◊ WARNING However, you do not use next simply to say that a particular thing is closer than anything else of its kind. You do not say, for example, 'They took him to the next hospital'. You say 'They took him to the nearest hospital'. The nearest town is Brompton. The nearest beach is 15 minutes' walk away. ◊ talking about a list or series The next one in a list or series is the one that comes immediately after the one you have been talking about. And this leads directly into our next item, which comes from Kano in northern Nigeria. The next thing but one in a list or series is the one that comes after the next one. The next section but one depicts the violence which has become common in the city. |
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