| 词组 | close proximity |
| 释义 | close proximity This phrase is called redundant by a number of recent commentators such as Harper 1985, Heritage 1982, Bryson 1984, and Macmillan 1982. The difficulty is not really a recent discovery: it can be found as far back as Krapp 1927 and Vizetelly 1920. What is interesting is that both the older books recognize that there are degrees of nearness, an idea that recent commentators neglect to mention. Of course there are degrees of proximity, and close proximity simply emphasizes the closeness. Here are a few examples: • But then the prospect of a lot Of dull M.P.'s in close proximity, All thinking for themselves, is what • No man can face with equanimity—W. S. Gilbert, Iolanthe, 1882 • However, she admits that the herb [tansy] works only on plants in very close proximity —Ken Druse, N.Y. Times Mag., 22 June 1980 • Mr. Beard and Miss Compton disagreed on the distance of meat from heat, probably because Mr. Beard had in mind a smaller fire-bed to which the steak could be in closer proximity —Jane Nickerson, N. Y. Times Mag., 21 June 1954 • Swallow means porch-bird, and for centuries and centuries their nests have been placed in the closest proximity to man —Richard Jefferies, The Open Air, 1885 • ... move the two magnets into close proximity — Bell Telephone Laboratories, The Formation of Ferromagnetic Domains, 1959 |
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