close to

1 NEARfrom only a short distance away 在近處，很近地

Now that I could see him close up, I saw that he was very attractive.

這時我能夠近距離看他了，發覺他很英俊。

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2 spokenAPPROXIMATELY used to talk about a number, amount etc that is almost exact, but not completely 接近某一數目[數量等]

a voyage of close on 2,000 miles

差不多2,000英裏的航程

Examples from the Corpus

close on something/close to something• Cardinal Agagianian brought the debate to a sudden close on 30 October to forestall further public discussion outside the Council.

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