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

• If only he would hold her close to him.
  要是他能将她拥入怀中就好了。
• 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。
• 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。
• We have had meaningful negotiations and I believe we are very close to a deal
  我们已进行了有益的磋商，我相信我们很快能成交。
• She opened her heart to millions yesterday and told how she came close to suicide.
  她昨天在数成百万人面前倾吐心声，讲述了自己是如何差点轻生的。
• This table is too close to the door, it gets in the way.
  这桌子放在门口太碍事了。
• 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。
• They were close to weaponizing ricin — a lethal plant toxin.
  他们快把蓖麻毒素——一种致命的植物毒素——研发为武器了。
• 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。