nearing是什么意思？

nearing

垂；

例句

He must be nearing home by now. 他现在一定已经快到家了。
The project is nearing completion. 这个项目即将结束。
The project is taking a long time but is now nearing completion. 这个项目耗时很长，但现在就快结束了。
The aircraft was nearing obsolescence by early 1942. 这种飞机在1942年年初就濒临淘汰了。
You are nearing the end of your training and you haven't attempted any assessments yet... 培训快结束了，你还没有参加任何评估测试。
His age was hard to guess — he must have been nearing fifty... 很难猜测他的年龄，他一定快50了。
We were nearing the top of the pass to Tsagochen Thang when the van spluttered and died. 我们在驶近通往 Tsagochen Thang 的垭口时，货车噼啪几声熄火了。

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英语六级真题

Access to foot traffic and proximity to transit allow the type of entertainment-oriented businesses such as bars and restaurants to stay open later, which attracts both younger, creative workers and baby boomers nearing retirement alike.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C
And that conclusion is based only on students nearing graduation.
2017年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

PREP

靠近;在…附近

If something is near a place, thing, or person, it is a short distance from them.
例句
Don't come near me... 别靠近我。 Her children went back every year to stay in a farmhouse near the cottage... 她的孩子们每年都回去，住在小屋边的农舍里。
PREP-PHRASE

接近(某一状态);几乎;差不多

If someone or something is near to a particular state, they have almost reached it.
例句
After the war, The House of Hardie came near to bankruptcy... 战后，哈迪家族濒于破产。 The repairs to the Hafner machine were near to completion... 对哈夫纳机器的修理即将结束。
PREP-PHRASE

近似于;和…差不多

If something is similar to something else, you can say that it is near to it.
例句
...a sickening sensation that was near to nausea. 近乎恶心的难受感觉
ADJ-SUPERL

(与…)最相似的;(和…)几乎差不多的

You describe the thing most similar to something as the nearest thing to it when there is no example of the thing itself.
例句
It would appear that the legal profession is the nearest thing to a recession-proof industry... 司法行业看来是最不易受经济萧条影响的领域了。 He is the nearest to a dead cert that Britain has in Albertville. 他是英国在阿尔贝维尔冬奥会上最有希望夺取金牌的选手。
ADV-GRADED

(时间或事件)临近，接近

If a time or event draws near, it will happen soon.
例句
The time for my departure from Japan was drawing nearer every day. 我离开日本的日子一天天近了。
PREP

离(某一时间)不远;临近

If something happens near a particular time, it happens just before or just after that time.
例句
Performance is lowest between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., and reaches a peak near midday... 凌晨3点至5点表现最差，近中午时分最好。 'Since I retired to this place,' he wrote near the end of his life, 'I have never been out of these mountains.'... “自从隐居到这里，”他在生命即将结束时写道，“我一直没有离开过这些大山。”
PREP

(指数量或数字)接近于，左右，上下

You use near to say that something is a little more or less than an amount or number stated.
例句
...to increase manufacturing from about 2.5 million cars a year to nearer 4.75 million... 将轿车年产量从250万辆左右增加到接近475万辆 The pound, which ended last year near its annual low, is expected to come under renewed pressure today. 英镑去年年终降到了接近全年最低点的水平，预计今天将再度面临汇价下跌的压力。
PREP

往(见某人);去(到某处)

You can say that someone will not go near a person or thing when you are emphasizing that they refuse to see them or go there.
例句
He will absolutely not go near a hospital... 他绝对不会去医院。 I'm so annoyed with her that I haven't been near her for a week. 我很生她的气,有一个星期没见她了。
ADJ-GRADED

(两者中)距离较近的

The near one of two things is the one that is closer.
例句
...a mighty beech tree on the near side of the little clearing... 矗立在林间小块空地近侧的一棵高大的山毛榉树 Jane put one foot in the near stirrup and turned to look at the stranger. 简一只脚就近蹬上马镫，转脸看着陌生人。
ADJ

近似的;差不多的

You use near to indicate that something is almost the thing mentioned.
例句
She was believed to have died in near poverty on the French Riviera. 据信她在法国里维埃拉去世时几乎身无分文。 ...the 48-year-old who was brought in to rescue the bank from near collapse. 被调来帮助银行摆脱濒临破产困境的48岁的新任
ADJ-SUPERL

(在竞赛中)实力接近的，旗鼓相当的

In a contest, your nearest rival or challenger is the person or team that is most likely to defeat you.
例句
He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford... 他比劲敌乔纳森·福特少用了大概3秒钟完成了漫长的赛程。 That victory put the Ukrainians beyond the reach of their nearest challengers, Dynamo Moscow. 本场胜利使乌克兰人甩开了最强有力的对手，莫斯科迪那摩队。
VERB

靠近;走近

When you near a place, you get quite near to it.
例句
As he neared the stable, he slowed the horse and patted it on the neck... 接近马厩时，他勒马缓行，轻拍它的脖颈。 We were nearing the top of the pass to Tsagochen Thang when the van spluttered and died. 我们在驶近通往 Tsagochen Thang 的垭口时，货车噼啪几声熄火了。
VERB

接近，临近(某一阶段或某一点)

When someone or something nears a particular stage or point, they will soon reach that stage or point.
例句
His age was hard to guess — he must have been nearing fifty... 很难猜测他的年龄，他一定快50了。 You are nearing the end of your training and you haven't attempted any assessments yet... 培训快结束了，你还没有参加任何评估测试。
VERB

临近;即将来临

You say that an important time or event nears when it is going to occur quite soon.
例句
As half time neared, Hardyman almost scored twice... 临近中场休息时，哈迪曼差点梅开二度。 This factor will come increasingly to the fore as election day nears. 随着选举日的临近，这一因素将愈发重要。
PHRASE

最亲近的人;最亲密的人;至亲

People sometimes refer to their close relatives and friends as their nearest and dearest .
例句
...that English convention of not showing your feelings, even to your nearest and dearest. 甚至不向最亲近的人流露自己情感的英国社会习俗
PHRASE

远近;到处;四面八方

You use near and far to indicate that you are referring to a very large area or distance.
例句
People would gather from near and far... 人们会从四面八方聚到一起。 Within months his reputation spread near and far. 没几个月他就远近闻名了。
PHRASE

在不久的将来;在近期

If you say that something will happen in the near future, you mean that it will happen quite soon.
例句
The controversy regarding vitamin C is unlikely to be resolved in the near future. 关于维生素C的争议短期内不可能平息。
PHRASE

一点儿也不;完全不;远不

You use nowhere near and not anywhere near to emphasize that something is not the case.
例句
They are nowhere near good enough... 他们还远不够好。 It was nowhere near as painful as David had expected... 这远不如戴维所料想的那么痛苦。
PHRASE

几乎丝毫不差地，几乎一样地(英国英语中亦作 as near as dammit)

If you want to indicate that something is almost true, you can use the expressions near enough and damned near. In British English, you can also say as near as dammit.
例句
I bought them for a pound apiece, near enough... 我几乎是以一英镑一件的价钱买下了它们。 They are as near as dammit new... 它们几乎是新的。
PHRASE

差点，险些(发生某事)(英国英语中亦作 as near as dammit)

If you want to indicate that something almost happened, you can use the expression damned near. In British English, you can also say as near as dammit .
例句
He damned near fooled me... 他险些把我骗了。 As he was to tell Miranda later, he as near as dammit left it there. 像他随后告诉米兰达的那样，他几乎没碰它。

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