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  • prep.紧邻;在…近旁;仅次于;紧接
  • Web在…旁边;紧挨着;与……相邻
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prep.
1.
紧邻;在…近旁in or into a position right beside sb/sth
We sat next to each other.
我们紧挨着坐在一起。
2.
仅次于;紧接following in order or importance after sb/sth
Next to skiing my favourite sport is skating.
我最喜欢的运动除了滑雪就是溜冰。
3.
几乎almost
Charles knew next to nothing about farming.
查尔斯对耕作几乎一无所知。
The horse came next to last(= the one before the last one) in the race.
这匹马在比赛中跑了个倒数第二。
4.
与…相比in comparison with sb/sth
Next to her I felt like a fraud.
和她相比,我觉得自己是滥竽充数。

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