near是靠近、在旁邊的意思
同義短語有:
①be close to
接近於在附近
例句:
With great difficulty, the fisherman manoeuvred his small craft close to the reef.
漁夫艱難地駕着小船靠近了礁石。
②next to
接近
例句:
The police had been responding to reports of men firing on police on a nearby highway overpass. Girded for battle, they loaded into a truck and piled out next to a group of people on the bridge.
接到有人在高速公路立交橋附近向警察開槍的報告後,他們迅速作出迴應,全副武裝後,他們上了一輛卡車,靠近橋上的一羣人後他們從車上一涌而出並向這羣人開槍。