closer

closer

美 ['kloʊzə] 　英 ['kləʊzə]

  • v.结束；闭合；封闭；闭(眼等)
  • adj.局促的；严密的；紧密的；严丝合缝的
  • n.【乐】终止(法)；结尾复纵线(∥)；终结；白刃战
  • adv.密接；亲密地；紧密地；秘密地
  • 网络偷心；偷情；靠近

词形变化

复数：closers  

英汉双解

adj.
接近near
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。
几乎；可能almost/likely
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。
关系relationship
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。
仔细careful
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。
相似similar
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。
竞争、选举等competition/election, etc.
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。
近乎于不好的结果almost bad result
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。
无空间without space
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 print
1 000 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。
剪短cut short
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
戒备guarded
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。
天气；房间weather/room
13.
闷热的；不通风的warm in an uncomfortable way because there does not seem to be enough fresh air
私人private
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。
吝啬mean
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。
语音学phonetics
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
adv.
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。
n.
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

习惯用语

at/from close quarters
很近；非常靠近very near
fighting at close quarters
近距离作战
close, but no cigar
很接近，但还是输了；猜得差不多，但不完全对used to tell sb that their attempt or guess was almost but not quite successful
a close call/shave
侥幸避免事故；侥幸脱险；幸免于难a situation in which you only just manage to avoid an accident, etc.
a close thing
成败机会各半a situation in which success or failure is equally possible
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。
close to home
（话语或讨论的话题）因点中要害而使人局促不安（或尴尬）if a remark or topic of discussion isclose to home , it is accurate or connected with you in a way that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed
Her remarks about me were embarrassingly close to home.
她说我的那些话使我尴尬不已。
keep a close eye/watch on sb/sth
密切注视；严密监视to watch sb/sth carefully
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。
close at hand
在附近；在触手可及的地方near; in a place where sb/sth can be reached easily
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。
close by (sb/sth)
（离…）不远；在不远处；在近旁at a short distance (from sb/sth)
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。
close on|close to
几乎；接近；差不多almost; nearly
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
a close run thing
（比赛或选举等中的）险胜，差距很小的败北a situation in which sb only just wins or loses, for example in a competition or an election
close to|close up
在很近处；很近地in a position very near to sth
The picture looks very different when you see it close to.
这幅画贴近看时就很不一样。
close up to sb/sth
（在空间上）离…很近very near in space to sb/sth
She snuggled close up to him.
她紧紧地依偎着他。
come close (to sth/to doing sth)
几乎达到；差不多to almost reach or do sth
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。
run sb/sth close
与…不相上下；可与…媲美to be nearly as good, fast, successful, etc. as sb/sth else
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。

英汉解释

n.
1.
关闭者;闭塞器
2.
【建】镶墙边的砖石
adj.
1.
“close”的比较级
adv.
1.
“close”的比较级

英英解释

adj.
1.
The comparative of close
adv.
1.
The comparative of close

例句

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。

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw him coming closer.

她用眼一瞟，见他正向她走过来。

We would like to see closer cooperation between parents and schools.

我们希望学生家长和学校有更加紧密的合作。

I shall cling closer to her than before.

我将比以往更加疼爱她。

This might be camouflaged as closer East-West economic relations.

这种做法会堂而皇之地被说成是为了加强东西方之间的经济关系。

Morning brought consciousness to the stricken man, and Malemute Kid bent closer to catch his whispers.

早晨，受伤的人清醒过来了，麦尔缪特·基德俯身过去，倾听着他那低低的细语。

Perhaps, his misfortunes had brought him closer to her.

或许苦难替她把他拉近了些。

Let's now return to that situation for a somewhat closer look at things.

现在我们回过来更细致点考察这种情况。

The twentieth century has thus brought city and country closer together.

二十世纪就这样把城市和乡村拉得更拢了。

Seen closer, the face looked more evidently worn by sickness and not by age.

从近处看，这张脸更加明显地说明，是由于疾病而并非是年龄使（他）这么衰老。

The closer I looked at our operations, the more I was convinced we could do a lot more to reduce our expenses.

我越仔细检查我们的业务，就越相信我们在削减开支方面有许多事情可做。

He discovered that the more sides a polygon had the closer its circumference was to that of a circle.

他发现，更多的多边形双方已接近其周长是到一个圆圈。

As I got closer to it, I noticed it was a little rattle, the kind little babies had.

我走近一看，发现是一个小婴儿用的拨浪鼓。

The transferred information is exclusively used for a closer malware analysis and for improving the rules set.

发送潜在危险的文件是为了用以更进一步的分析或完善我们的规则库。

And Mr Yanukovych believes that taking Ukraine closer to Europe would earn him a place in history and redeem his past.

并且亚努科维奇相信，让乌克兰更接近欧洲将为他在历史上赢得一席之地并弥补他的过去。

Sidewalk rage may be closer to the point, and an alliance of local landlords and retailers believes it has an antidote.

对于在人行道上的艰难行走，有些人已经快忍无可忍。一个由当地业主和零售商组成的联盟认为，有一剂良药可以缓解这个问题。

And indeed, in the short time I've already been at TED, I see we're even closer than I thought we were before.

真的，在我到TED的短短时间内，我看到我们实际比我想象的要接近的多。

All you have to do to get closer is both choose to make it a priority to make sure that you touch a lot, all day.

想要增强亲密之情，你所要做的就是确认双方都能给予每天大量接触以重视。

As the election got closer, Jackson's health began to improve. He began to think about serving a second full term.

随着总统选举的日益临近，杰克逊的身体健康有所好转，他开始考虑当满第二个总统任期。

Moreover, on closer examination they were able to see yolks, indicating that the embryos inside the eggs were alive and developing.

而且，再通过仔细观察，他们能够看见卵黄，说明在卵中的胚胎是活的而且正在发育当中。

As the calendar ticks closer to Feb. 14, the company expects sales volume to spike by nearly 10 times that of a typical day.

随着日历渐渐逼近2月14日，该公司预计销售量会比平日增长近10倍。

He said closer relations with China did not mean becoming too dependent.

马英九表示，加强与大陆的联系并不意味着变得过于依赖大陆。

I felt my mouth smile and he took a half a step closer to me.

我感到嘴在微笑，他靠近了半步。

Google is often compared to Microsoft (another enemy, incidentally); but its evolution is actually closer to that of the banking industry.

谷歌常被比作微软（恰巧是该公司的另一个对手），但其发展历程却更接近银行业。

He told me that with these changes my translation would be closer to the way he now wanted the novel to be than the original.

他告诉我如此修改，我的译文会更接近他原文的风格。

In the past month there has been a thrilling sense of a divided nation pulling closer together.

过去的一个月里都充斥着这个分裂国家的人凝聚在一起的刺激感。

If I turn at the end of the alley and if you promise to be there, silently I step closer to you and fall into your arms.

如果我在巷末转身，如果你承诺会在那里，我会静静地靠近你，拥入你的怀中。

After 10 years of action, how much closer are we to a world that is fair for all?

然而，十年过去了，我们距离那个大同的世界还有多远？

Google is often compared to Microsoft(another enemy, incidentally); but its evolution isactually closer to that of the banking industry.

谷歌公司常被拿来和微软对比（[font=宋体]顺便说下，两者是竞争对手）[font=宋体]；但是它的发展演变更类似于银行业。

It's easy to get caught up in the past, future and stress of everyday life. Getting caught up in worry doesn't bring us closer to happiness.

人们很容易被过去（的经历）、未来（的期望）以及在日常生活中碰到的压力缠住，这并不会让我们变得更幸福。

Richard Gross: This is just like an ice skater, a spinning ice skater who will spin faster as she brings her arms closer to her body.

RicharGross：这就像一个溜冰者，当她旋转时，手臂越靠近身体，就转得越快。

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