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Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Haruna in Japan about the usage of the words “near” and “nearby.”
你好！本周《名师答疑》，我们回答来自日本的春奈提出的关于near和nearby这两个词的用法的问题。
Dear Teacher, today, I have a question about two words, "near" and "nearby.”
亲爱的老师，今天我有一个关于两个词的问题：near和nearby。
What is [the] difference between these two words?
这两个词之间的区别是什么？
Thank you and best regards, Haruna.
谢谢，并致以最美好的问候，春奈。
I’m happy to answer this question, Haruna.
我很高兴回答这个问题，春奈。
Both words can mean “close in distance to something.”
这两个词都可以表示“在距离上接近某物”。
The word “near” also has other meanings, as we will see.
near这个词还有其他的意思，我们等下将会看到。
We can put the word “nearby” at the end of a sentence.
nearby可以放在句子末尾。
For example, if you are in someone’s house and a person in the house says: The market is nearby.
例如，如果你在某人的房子里，房子里的一个人说：市场就在附近。
That means the market is close to the house.
这表示市场离房子很近。
The speaker does not need to say the word “house” because the word “nearby” means close to the place already stated or known.
说话者不需要说“房子”这个词，因为“附近”表示靠近已经说过或已知的地方。
However, when we use the word “near” to say where something is, we say both places.
然而，当我们使用near这个词来表示某物在哪里时，我们会提到两个地方。
The following example shows this: Their house is near the market.
下面的例子展示了这一点：他们的房子在市场附近。
The following two examples also show this difference in usage between “nearby” and “near”:
以下两个例子也显示了nearby和near在用法上的这种差异：
The doctor’s office is nearby.
医生的办公室就在附近。
The doctor’s office is near the bank.
医生的办公室在银行附近。
We can also use “nearby” as an adjective before a noun, as in this example:
我们也可以在名词前使用nearby作为形容词，比如这个例子：
Pollution from a nearby factory makes the air unhealthy to breathe.
附近工厂造成的污染使空气变得不健康。
Next, let’s look at three other ways we can use the word “near.”
接下来，让我们看看near的另外三种用法。
We can use it as an adverb to express the idea that something will happen soon in the future, as in this example:
我们可以将其用作副词，来表达某事将在不久的将来发生，如下例所示：
The end of our trip is near.
我们旅程的终点近在眼前。
We can also use “near” as a compound adjective, as in the following example:
也可以把near用作复合形容词，如下例所示：
That old car is still in near-perfect condition.
那辆旧车的状态仍然近乎完美。
Remember that when we write compound adjectives, we must put a hyphen, or short line, connecting the two adjectives.
请记住，当我们写复合形容词时，必须在两个形容词之间加上连字符（即短横线）。
Lastly, we can use the word “near” as a verb, meaning “getting close to in time,” as in this example:
最后，我们可以将near用作动词，意思是“在时间上接近”，例如：
The building project is nearing completion.
该建筑项目接近完工。
And that’s Ask a Teacher.
以上就是本期《名师答疑》。
I’m Andrew Smith.
我是安德鲁·史密斯。
