1.接近于;在附近
1.nearly
1.Those who survived on the land that remains above water will find what was once East is now North and close to the equator.
在澳大利亚高于海面的陆地上幸存下来的人们将会发现，，曾经的东方是现在的北方，并且地理位置上靠近了赤道。
2.The company has also been forced to take caps on executive pay, the paper said, citing people close to the bank.
该报并援引知情人士的话称，美银还被迫限制高管薪酬。
3.That it had done so with investments in Treasurys at a time when Treasury prices are close to historic highs?
而且中国在美国国债和两房债券价格接近历史最高位的时刻产生了相关损失？
4.Before I could make the decision to move, lighting hit a tree so close to me that I felt a good jolt go up my right leg.
我还没来得及离开，闪电便劈到一棵离我很近的树上，我感觉右腿在剧烈颤动。
5.There's still time, captain. They want so much to be close to you.
仍然有时间，舰长，他们很想接近你。
6.Citi declined to comment but people close to the bank said the bank had discovered the control failures and reported them to regulators.
花旗拒绝对此置评，但接近该行的人士表示，该行曾发现了控制失灵的问题，并向监管机构作了汇报。
7.The outbreak hit close to home when a member of the White House team that traveled to Mexico last month developed flu-like symptoms.
当白宫一名成员上个月去墨西哥游玩回来，出现了流感症状之后，猪流感的爆发触到了总统的痛处。
8.The children were warned not to get close to the fire.
人们警告孩子们不要靠近火。
9.Woods drove his car into a fire hydrant and a tree close to his home.
当时，伍兹在家外驾车撞上消防栓，后来撞到一棵大树。
10.I've got my own place in London now; fine by me as it's close to whereI train.
现在，在伦敦我有了自己的地方；那儿离我训练的地方很近，我觉得没什么问题。