| 词汇 | draw near |
| 释义 | draw neardraw near 1 NEARto become closer in time or space 接近，靠近 Maria grew anxious as the men drew closer. 当那几个男人靠近时，玛丽亚变得焦虑起来。 Christmas is drawing near. 圣诞节越来越近了。 Register In everyday English, people usually say get nearer/closer: 在日常英语中,人们一般说 get nearer/closer Christmas is getting nearer. 圣诞节越来越近了。 Examples from the Corpus draw near/closer• Men prosper for a decade, and demons dare not draw near!• The bailiff directed all to draw near and give their attendance, promising that they would be heard.• As we drew near and I watched 747 after 747 climbing laboriously into the clouds, I wondered what fate befell me.• As the pair drew near he turned and fled.• As the race drew closer it was time for Paul to take a back seat.• As the habeas hearing drew near, Lancaster County officials' concern over these revelations grew noticeable.• They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace.• Two young boys, of around ten years of age, drawing closer, then parallel, now swiftly passing, past. → draw near/closer at draw1(5) 2 if an event is drawing near, it is nearly time for it to happen 即将发生 The day of his interview was drawing near. 他面试的日子就要到了。 Examples from the Corpus draw near• The campaign for book buyers' dollars is heating up again this summer, as the political conventions draw near.• Summer vacation is drawing near.• Lebed is convinced his time is drawing near.• The bailiff directed all to draw near and give their attendance, promising that they would be heard.• As the pair drew near he turned and fled.• As midnight draws near, many people make their way to church.• As she drew near, she called out and asked me the time.• As he drew near she made a half-hearted move to rise.• Madge drew a little nearer so that she could hear what he was saying.• They drew near the bed and stared down at the boy who lay there sleeping in its drifts of tumbling lace.• The two men were talking, but as we drew near they turned and stared at us.• The rebels hoped that many of the government troops would join them when they drew near to the city. → draw near at near1(2) |
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