close to

英 [kləʊz tu]

美 [kloʊz tu]

在近处;凑近地

英英释义

adv

• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  1. lasted approximately an hour
  2. in just about a minute
  3. he's about 30 years old
  4. I've had about all I can stand
  5. we meet about once a month
  6. some forty people came
  7. weighs around a hundred pounds
  8. roughly $3,000
  9. holds 3 gallons, more or less
  10. 20 or so people were at the party
  Synonym:approximatelyaboutjust aboutsomeroughlymore or lessaroundor so

双语例句

• Scientists like the idea that one of their number is close to the seat of power
  科学家们欢迎他们中的一员接近权力中心的想法。
• This table is too close to the door, it gets in the way.
  这桌子放在门口太碍事了。
• His lectures always proceed from the close to the distant and from the elementary to the profound.
  他讲课总是由近及远，由浅入深。
• The soldiers were engaged in a military operation close to the Ugandan border.
  这些士兵参加了乌干达边境附近的一次军事行动。
• He had already clipped his hair close to the skull.
  他已经把头发剪得贴头皮了。
• Warm weather has attracted the flat fish close to shore
  煦暖的气候将比目鱼引到了近海。
• We were staying in a seedy hotel close to the red light district
  我们当时住在紧挨着红灯区的一家脏乱不堪的旅馆里。
• He's close to signing a contract.
  他即将签下一份合同。
• In the east, our country adjoins Korea and is close to Japan.
  我国东部跟朝鲜接壤，跟日本邻近。
• The best place to catch fish on a canal is close to a lock
  运河上捕鱼的最佳地点是靠近水闸的地方。