near是靠近、在旁边的意思
同义短语有：
①be close to
接近于在附近
例句：
With great difficulty， the fisherman manoeuvred his small craft close to the reef.
渔夫艰难地驾着小船靠近了礁石。
②next to
接近
例句：
The police had been responding to reports of men firing on police on a nearby highway overpass. Girded for battle， they loaded into a truck and piled out next to a group of people on the bridge.
接到有人在高速公路立交桥附近向警察开枪的报告后，他们迅速作出回应，全副武装后，他们上了一辆卡车，靠近桥上的一群人后他们从车上一涌而出并向这群人开枪。
