adverb [地点副词] 距离不远，在附近；不久，很快；差不多，几乎
The time for my departure from Japan was drawing nearer every day. 我离开日本的时间一天天临近了。
preposition [位置和方向] 在......附近，靠近；接近（某时间、某事件）；（用于数字前）接近；与......相似；近乎（一种状态），就要
Performance is lowest between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., and reaches a peak near midday. 工作状态凌晨3点到5点最差，近中午时分达到最高点。
adjective [原级] 近，在附近；差不多的；与…相似；不久以后；随后，接近；近亲的；（车辆）近路缘一侧的；<古>（人）吝啬的，小气的
She was believed to have died in near poverty. 人们相信，她死时几乎一贫如洗。
verb [vt. 及物动词] （时间或空间上）接近，靠近
As he neared the stable, he slowed the horse and patted it on the neck. 接近马厩时，他让马慢下来并拍拍它的脖子。
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- He will absolutely not go near a hospital. 他绝不去医院。
- They are nowhere near good enough. 他们远不够好。
- The repairs to the Hafner machine were near to completion. 哈芙纳牌机器的维修工作已接近尾声。
- It combined with the resinous cedar smell of the logs to produce a sickening sensation that was near to nausea. 它与那些圆木的雪松树脂气味混杂在一起，以产生一种快要呕吐的恶心感觉。
- He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford. 他比劲敌乔纳松·福特快约三秒钟完成了漫长的赛程。
- The exams are drawing near. 考试越来越近了。
- He crouched as near to the door as he could. 他蜷缩在尽可能靠近门的地方。
- "Since I retired to this place," he wrote near the end of his life, "I have never been out of these mountains." “自从退休到这里，”他在快到生命尽头时写到，“我从没出过这些山。”