（1）（空间或时间距离短） near; close:
例子：歌声由远而近。
The singing came closer and closer.
靠近些。
Come closer.
离国庆日很近了。
National Day is drawing near.; It'll soon be National Day.
他讲课总是由近及远， 由浅入深。
His lectures always proceed from the close to the distant and from the elementary to the profound.
（2）（接近） approaching; approximately; close to:
例子：
年近60
approaching sixty;
平易近人
amiable and easy of approach;
观众近万人。
There were nearly 10,000 spectators.
时近午夜。
It was close upon midnight.
（3）（亲近; 关系密切） intimate; closely related:
例子：
两家关系挺近。
The two families are on intimate terms.
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