closer
常考释义
1.[nubn]~ (to sb/sth).~ (together)（在空间、时间上）接近near in space or time
Our new house is close to the school.我们的新房子离学校很近。
I had no idea the beach was so close.我不知道海滩会这么近。
The two buildings are close together .两座建筑物相距很近。
This is the closest we can get to the beach by car.开车去海滩到了这儿就再也不能往前走了。
We all have to work in close proximity(= near each other) .我们都不得不紧挨在一起工作。
The President was shot at close range(= from a short distance away) .总统遭到了近距离的枪击。
The children are close to each other in age.这些儿童彼此的年龄很接近。
Their birthdays are very close together .他们的生日挨得很近。
2.[nbn]~ to sth.~ to doing sth几乎（处于某种状态）；可能（快要做某事）almost in a particular state; likely to do sth soon
He was close to tears.他几乎掉眼泪了。
The new library is close to completion.新图书馆快要竣工了。
She knew she was close to death.她知道自己将不久于人世。
We are close to signing the agreement.我们可能很快要签订协议。
3.~ (to sb)亲密的；密切的knowing sb very well and liking them very much
Jo is a very close friend .乔是一个很亲密的朋友。
She is very close to her father.她和父亲的关系很亲密。
She and her father are very close.她和她父亲很亲。
We're a very close family.我们全家彼此亲密无间。
4.（家庭关系）亲近的near in family relationship
close relatives, such as your mother and father, and brothers and sisters近亲，如父母和兄弟姊妹
5.（与某人的工作或活动）紧密相关的，密切的very involved in the work or activities of sb else, usually seeing and talking to them regularly
He is one of the prime minister's closest advisers.他是首相最亲信的顾问之一。
The college has close links with many other institutions.这所学院与其他许多的机构有着紧密的联系。
She has kept in close contact with the victims' families.她与受害者的家人一直保持着密切的联系。
We keep in close touch with the police.我们与警方保持着密切联系。
6.[obn]细致的；严密的；周密的careful and thorough
Take a close look at this photograph.仔细看看这张照片。
On closer examination the painting proved to be a fake.经过更加仔细的查看，那幅画被证实是件赝品。
Pay close attention to what I am telling you.要认真听我给你讲的话。
7.~ (to sth)酷似的；几乎相等的very similar to sth else or to an amount
There's a close resemblance(= they look very similar) .彼此间有酷似之处。
His feeling for her was close to hatred.他对她的感情近乎仇恨。
The total was close to 20% of the workforce.总数接近劳动力的 20%。
We tried to match the colours, but this is the closest we could get.我们尽量使颜色搭配协调，但最好也只能做到这样了。
8.实力相差无几的；仅以些微之差获胜的won by only a small amount or distance
a close contest/match/election双方实力很接近的竞赛╱比赛；胜负双方差距很小的选举
It was a very close finish .比赛结果的胜负双方差距极小。
I think it's going to be close.我认为这将是一场势均力敌的角逐。
Our team came a close second(= nearly won) .我们队以微弱差距屈居第二。
The game was closer than the score suggests.双方实力比得分所显示的要更接近。
The result is going to be too close to call(= either side may win) .双方实力非常接近，因此结果无法预料。
9.（通常指危险或不愉快的情况几乎发生）差一点儿，险些used to describe sth, usually a dangerous or unpleasant situation, that nearly happens
Phew! That was close─that car nearly hit us.啊！好险！那辆车差点儿撞上我们。
We caught the bus in the end but it was close(= we nearly missed it) .虽然我们最后总算赶上了那趟公共汽车，但也是够悬的。
10.空隙极小的；无空隙的；密集的；紧凑的with little or no space in between
over 1 000 pages of close print1 000 多页字体密集的印刷品
The soldiers advanced in close formation.士兵排着密集的队形前进。
11.剪到齐根的；剪得很短的cut very short, near to the skin
a close haircut/shave剪到齐根的头发；刮剃干净
12.[obn]严加戒备的；守卫严密的carefully guarded
The donor's identity is a close secret .捐赠人的身份是保密的。
She was kept under close arrest .她被严密监禁。
13.闷热的；不通风的warm in an uncomfortable way because there does not seem to be enough fresh air
14.[nbn]~ (about sth)（对自己的个人信息）守口如瓶not willing to give personal information about yourself
He was close about his past.他对他的过去守口如瓶。
15.[nbn]吝啬；小气not liking to spend money
She's always been very close with her money.她用钱总是很吝啬。
16.闭塞音的，闭的（发音时口形相对闭合的）produced with the mouth in a relatively closed position
fighting at close quarters近距离作战
fighting at close quarters近距离作战
We got him out in the end, but it was a close thing.我们最后总算把他救了出来，可那是真险啊。
We got him out in the end, but it was a close thing.我们最后总算把他救了出来，可那是真险啊。
Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home.她说我的那些话使我尴尬不已。
Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home.她说我的那些话使我尴尬不已。
Over the next few months we will keep a close eye on sales.在今后的几个月里我们将密切关注销售情况。
Over the next few months we will keep a close eye on sales.在今后的几个月里我们将密切关注销售情况。
1.接近；靠近；紧挨着；不远地near; not far away
They sat close together .他们紧挨着坐在一起。
Don't come too close !别靠得太近！
She held Tom close and pressed her cheek to his.她紧紧地抱着汤姆，并把脸紧贴在他的脸上。
I couldn't get close enough to see.我无法靠得很近去看清楚。
A second police car followed close behind .第二辆警车紧紧跟在后面。
There are good cafes and a restaurant close at hand.附近有几家挺不错的咖啡馆和一家餐馆。
There are good cafes and a restaurant close at hand.附近有几家挺不错的咖啡馆和一家餐馆。
Our friends live close by.我们的朋友住得不远。
The route passes close by the town.这条路离那座城镇不远。
Our friends live close by.我们的朋友住得不远。
The route passes close by the town.这条路离那座城镇不远。
She is close on sixty.她快满六十岁了。
It is close on midnight.时近午夜。
a profit close to £200 million接近 2 亿英镑的利润
She is close on sixty.她快满六十岁了。
It is close on midnight.时近午夜。
a profit close to £200 million接近 2 亿英镑的利润
The picture looks very different when you see it close to.这幅画贴近看时就很不一样。
The picture looks very different when you see it close to.这幅画贴近看时就很不一样。
She snuggled close up to him.她紧紧地依偎着他。
She snuggled close up to him.她紧紧地依偎着他。
He'd come close to death.他曾与死神擦肩而过。
We didn't win but we came close.我们输了，但离赢只差了那么一小点儿。
He'd come close to death.他曾与死神擦肩而过。
We didn't win but we came close.我们输了，但离赢只差了那么一小点儿。
Germany ran Argentina very close in the final.在决赛中，德国队发挥得几乎和阿根廷队一样出色。
Germany ran Argentina very close in the final.在决赛中，德国队发挥得几乎和阿根廷队一样出色。
1.一端不通的街道；死胡同；死巷道a street that is closed at one end
Brookside Close布鲁克赛德巷
2.大教堂所属的周围场地及建筑物the grounds and buildings that surround and belong to a cathedral
She said, "I thought that as he got older he would grow closer to the Lord and become a different person. "
她说：「我以为当他的年纪渐长时，他会更亲近主并会有改变的。」
Evidently the curious colleague moved in for a closer look just as the egg exploded and splattered hot yolk all over his amazed face.
好奇的同事显然想看个个清楚，于是又靠近了一点，鸡蛋爆裂引起的蛋黄溅满了他惊奇的脸。
I don't know how much closer we can get, but I am confident we will not be so far behind.
我不知道我们能有多接近，但我有信心我们不会落后的太多。
Either way, perhaps its time we all took a bit of a closer look at what we do online and studied our digital reflection.
无论如何，也许是时候我们都来近距离观察下自己在线都做了些什么，研究一下自己的数码映像了。
He brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots, She did and noted that they were soft .
父亲把她带近了这些东西，要她去摸胡萝卜，她摸了之后，注意到，它们变柔软了。
'Part of what hurt Lehman and Bear was the fear that as you got closer to quarter-end, there was going to be a run on the bank, ' he said.
他说，雷曼和贝尔斯登一定程度上都受到了一种恐惧心理的伤害，即随着季度末的日益临近，银行破产的可能性也在增加。
It was at this point that his mood noticeably darkened. I found myself easing a bit closer so as not to miss a single detail.
谈到这点的时候他的情绪变得非常黯淡。我也试图让自己放松一下，以免错过了个别细节。
"This tells me that London was a bit frothy, while China was trading closer to fair value, " said a trader based in Perth.
“这显示伦敦金属价格有一些泡沫，上海市场则较为接近公允价格，”一位驻珀斯的交易员说。
Give me a break! She's such a monet. Just take a closer look, and you'll see what I mean.
你嘛帮帮忙！她只可远观，不可近看。你只要靠近一点看。你就会懂我的意思了。
As Hans-Werner Sinn of the CESifo institute in Munich notes, this threat seems to be closer.
正如慕尼黑CESifo研究所（CESifoinstitute）所长汉斯-沃纳•辛恩（Hans-WernerSinn）所指出的，这种威胁似乎正在迫近。
The immediate family is closer to the front, so they aren't likely to see it.
死者的直系亲属一般都在前面，所以他们很可能看不见。
However, with a closer check, we noticed what he took out were were pieces of handkerchives.
可我们仔细一看，他掏出来的是一包餐巾纸。
A muscle infarction would be very low on my list of possible diagnoses, but at least I'd look closer.
对于相同的病人，肌肉死亡在我的诊断目录中的排名不会太高，但是我肯定会考虑到这个可能性。
They found the closer you were the more likely you were to see the smile.
他们发现，离这幅画越近，就越容易看到微笑。
As it gets closer, you increasingly fail to see the complex - the corpus, Moon Swirls, and vast dust cloud - as a whole.
随着它越来越近，你越来越无法看到复合体本体，卫星漩涡，还有大片的尘埃云作为一个整体。
Taking into account the cost of transport, such a house would be preferable to leave the double - poor households are living in closer.
考虑到交通费用，这种房子最好能离双特困户现居住地比较近。
One of its boutiques sells a bejewelled object adorned with a butterfly for $269. Closer inspection reveals it to be a toothbrush-holder.
在酒店内的一处精品店里，一件带有蝴蝶图案、镶满珠宝的东西标价269美元，可仔细一看才发现是个牙刷架。
On closer inspection, I saw it had been made from a piece of check-line leather.
靠近审视后，我看出项圈是用码头缆绳上的一段皮革做成的。
First, the exchanges and communication between the two countries at the high-level and various other levels have never been closer.
一是两国高层交往和各层次沟通密切程度前所未有。
Then he gave up a satisfying job at home to move to Bejing to get closer to his idol.
然后自己放弃了一份满意的工作，来到北京与自己的偶像亲密接触。
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