| prep 用法:
1 in or into a position immediately to one side of (sb/sth); beside 在紧接著（某人[某物]）的一侧; 在...的旁边:
Peter sat next to Paul on the sofa. 彼得挨著保罗坐在沙发上. 用法:
2 in the position after (sb/sth); following 在（某人[某物]）的後面; 跟在...之後:
Next to skiing her favourite sport was ice-hockey. 她最喜爱的运动是滑雪, 其次是冰球. *
Birmingham is the largest city in Britain next to London. 在英国伯明翰是仅次於伦敦的大城市. 用法:
3 almost 几乎; 近於:
Papering the ceiling proved next to impossible without a ladder. 要裱糊天花板没有梯子可以说是办不到. *
I got it for next to nothing in a jumble sale. 这是我在旧货拍卖场简直没花钱买到的. *
My horse came next to last (ie last but one) in the race. 我的那匹马在比赛中得了倒数第二名. |