nearer

1.距离近；不远a short distance away

2.不久以后a short time away in the future

3.随后；接近coming next after sb/sth

4.近似；相似；不分伯仲similar; most similar

5.[obn]接近的；差不多的close to being sb/sth

6.~ relative/relation（亲属关系）近亲used to describe a close family connection

your nearest and dearest

至亲；至爱；最亲密的亲友your close family and friends

a near thing

侥幸做成的事a situation in which you are successful, but which could also have ended badly

to the nearest…

近似于；约等于followed by a number when counting or measuring approximately

1.距离不远；在附近at a short distance away

2.不久以后a short time away in the future

3.几乎；差不多almost

as near as

准确到…的程度；大约as accurately as

as near as damn it/dammit

（数量）相差无几，没什么分别used to say that an amount is so nearly correct that the difference does not matter

near enough

确实；差不多used to say that sth is so nearly true that the difference does not matter

not anywhere near/nowhere near

远非；绝不是far from; not at all

so near and yet so far

功败垂成；功亏一篑used to comment on sth that was almost successful but in fact failed

1.在…附近；靠近at a short distance away from sb/sth

2.接近；临近a short period of time from sth

3.（用于数词前）大约，上下，接近used before a number to mean ‘approximately’, ‘just below or above’

4.（质量、大小等）相仿，接近similar to sb/sth in quality, size, etc.

5.~ (doing) sth接近于（某种状态）；濒临；快要close to a particular state

1.[t][i]~ (sth)（时间或空间上）接近，靠近，临近to come close to sth in time or space

1.近,接近,邻接,附近

2.〔口语〕几乎,差不多,将近

3.节省地

1.接近,靠近,挨近,就近,不远的,近在眉睫

2.在...身边,在...旁边,在...附近

1.近的,接近的

2.近亲的;亲密的,关系深的

3.近似的,和原物难分的

4.(马或车的)左侧的

5.近道的;直达的

6.吝啬的

7.〔口语〕危险的

8.〔美口〕仿制的,冒充的

9.近在咫尺的

1.at or to a time not far away

2.at a point that is not far away in state, resemblance, or number

3.almost in a particular state or situation

1.on the left side, especially of an animal or a horse-drawn vehicle

2.closely related to somebody

3.reluctant to give or spend money