这组词共同的意思是“靠近,在…旁边”。beside是一般用语,其宾语可以是表示任何人或事物的名词; by强调“紧贴”,其宾语可以是一般的人或事物,但更常见的是side或含有side的名词; near所指的距离要比by远得多,其宾语可是任何表示人或事物的名词; on一般表示与江〔河,湖,海〕岸或铁路线呈线状的地点相接触,含有“邻接,濒临”的意思。
这两个词都可表示“附近的”。nearby在句中只可用作定语,可前置也可后置; near则既可用作定语,又可用作表语,作定语时只能前置。
这两个词共同的意思是“靠近的,接近的”。它们的区别是:
1.强调距离或数量上的“接近”用close更多些; 而强调关系或程度上的“接近”则用near更多些。
2.near的语气要比close弱。例如:
Near by is a department store.附近有一家百货商店。
This is a near translation.这是一篇接近原文的翻译。
谐音记忆法
谐音:那儿(在那儿),所以引申为词义:近;不远
词源词根法
来自古英语near,更近的,来自neah,现拼作nigh,接近,-ar,比较级后缀。
重要短语
come near走进;险些;可与…相比(多用于否定句)
far and near远近;四面八方;到处
near by接近;在…附近
nowhere near远不及;离…很远
Performance is lowest between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., and reaches a peak near midday.
凌晨3点至5点表现最差,近中午时分最好。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》She was believed to have died in near poverty on the French Riviera.
据信她在法国里维埃拉去世时几乎身无分文。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The controversy regarding vitamin C is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.
关于维生素C的争议短期内不可能平息。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Near the end of Devonian times, thirty percent of all animal life vanished.
在泥盆纪末期,30%的动物物种都灭绝了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》As the day set for departure drew near, I told my wife that I could not accompany them.
起程的日子就要到了,我告诉妻子我不能陪他们了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》He faced it out that he was nowhere near the spot when the crime was committed.
他始终坚持案发时他不在现场附近.
来源:《简明英汉词典》They didn't play volleyball near the window. They were afraid of breaking it.
他们没在窗子附近打排球, 他们怕把窗子打破了.
来源:《用法词典》He drove like a maniac. We had one near miss after another.
他开车像个疯子, 我们一路上险象环生,与好几辆车险些相撞.
来源:《简明英汉词典》People living near the airport are pushing for new rules about night flight.
住在机场附近的人们正强烈要求制订出夜航班机的新规.
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