be close to

If potential wind capacity were fully exploited, production could be close to 96 terawatthours (TWh) a year, according to the Bank.

世界银行认为，如果潜在的风能能够得到充分的利用，产量将有可能接近每年96太瓦。

The elbows and arms should be close to the body, enabling the rider to follow the movements of the horse smoothly and freely.

肘和臂应该要靠近身体，以便骑手能轻松自如地跟随马的运动。

Witnesses say many of the raids appeared to be close to a military compound where Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi may be hiding.

目击者说，袭击的许多似乎是一个军营附近的地方利比亚领导人卡扎菲可能藏身。

At such times it is quite likely that you will feel a desire to be close to your family, and if so follow it through if you can.

在当前的时刻，这非常像是你有种感觉，希望与你的家人亲近，如果是这样就跟随这种感觉，如果可能的话。

M: There's still time, captain. They want so much to be close to you.

玛：上校，日子还长着呢。他们都非常想跟你亲近。

"We really don't know but we presume it helps as it gives these women opportunities to be close to their partner and loved, " she said.

她说：“这我们真不知道。但我们认为它是有帮助的，因为性活动能让这些女性有机会与伴侣亲密接触，并感受到爱意。”

"This interpretation of string theory might be close to the truth, " Dr. Witten said. But that truth comes at a cost.

弦论的这个解释离真相更近一些，但得到真理会付出一些代价。

But even if he proves to be great or near-great, Apple may be close to reaching something like corporate maturity.

但是，即便事实证明库克是一个伟大（或近乎伟大）的领袖，苹果可能也将接近达到某种企业成熟期。

Q. What was the overall experience to be close to being the first Asian to win a major championship? You're the first finalist anyway.

总而言之，你是第一个打进大满贯决赛的亚洲选手。你有没有得到一些如何夺得首个大满贯的经验？

This change asks the teachers to be close to students with whole efforts to understand students, to offer them reasonable help and guidance.

这种转化要求教师以满腔的热忱去接近学生，了解学生，给学生提供恰到好处的帮助和指导。

There's still time, captain. They want so much to be close to you.

仍然有时间，舰长，他们很想接近你。

With a very small example such as this one, the index can be close to as big as the example as if there were no duplicated words.

使用像本例这样非常小的示例，如果没有重复的单词，则索引的大小会十分接近示例的大小。

The art brings out a graving to be close to nature, a desire to go back "home" .

这门艺术表达了人们接近自然和“回家”的原始冲动。

We have estimated that this is going to be close to double in the last five years, and we expect further increase for 2010-2020.

我们预计在最近五年内这个数字将翻一番，而在2010-2020年，死亡人数还会进一步上升。

The ice crystals must be oriented horizontally and the observer's line of sight must be close to horizontal to see the sundogs.

冰晶必须面向水平，而观察者的视线也必须接近水平来观察幻日。

The clinical value of this genomic information would seem to be close to nil.

有关这种基因的信息所具有的临床价值被认为近乎为零。

In London, expenses for unwinding Lehman's European arm, including legal costs, are estimated to be close to $900m.

在伦敦，估计雷曼欧洲业务清盘的费用（包括法律费用）将接近9亿美元。

That would be close to Las Vegas but well behind Macau, the only place in China where casinos are allowed, and which has more than 30.

这将接近拉斯维加斯但还远不及澳门（澳门有超过30多家赌场，也是中国境内唯一可以开设赌场的地方）。

My spell at Ajax may be close to an end but I have to say I have had some wonderful years here.

我在阿贾克斯的日子接近结束，但我必须说明，我在这里度过了很美好的几年时光。

Maria: There's still time, Captain. They want so much to be close to you.

玛丽亚：上校，来日方长。他们非常想跟你亲近。