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。 |