nearby通常做空間上的接近，如nearby room。near指時(shí)間、空間、年齡上的接近；nearby用作形容詞，意思為“附近的”。用作定語時(shí)，可以放在所修飾的名詞之前或之后；而near既可作表語，又可作定語，用作定語時(shí)一般不后置。

near的用法

1、near用作形容詞時(shí)，一般指在時(shí)間和空間相近或程度上相似,可引申表達(dá)感情上“親密的，親近的”等。

2、near作“近似，相似”解時(shí)在句中作表語,但nearest除外。

3、near指人或事物在時(shí)間或空間上挨近或靠近，多用于進(jìn)行體?？捎米鞑患拔飫?dòng)詞，也可用作及物動(dòng)詞，用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)，接名詞或代詞作賓語。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。

4、near多用于詩歌中，而少用于日常口語。

near的常用短語

用作副詞 (adv.)

as near as

as near as make no differences

near的用法例句：

1、She is not herself. She came near to a breakdown.

她身體不舒服，簡(jiǎn)直要崩潰了。

2、Southbound traffic tailed back for twenty miles on the M5 near Bristol.

在布里斯托爾附近的5號(hào)高速公路上，南行的車輛排成了綿延20英里的長(zhǎng)龍。

3、He awoke to find Charlie standing near the bed.

他醒了過來，發(fā)現(xiàn)查利正站在床邊。

4、As we drew near, I saw that the boot lid was up.

我們靠近時(shí),我看見汽車行李箱的蓋子翹了起來。

5、The General does not like non-combatant personnel near a scene of action.

將軍不喜歡非戰(zhàn)斗部隊(duì)人員靠近戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)。

6、He was near to death after a car smash.

他差點(diǎn)在一場(chǎng)撞車事故中喪命。

7、The repairs to the Hafner machine were near to completion.

對(duì)哈夫納機(jī)器的修理即將結(jié)束。

8、Joanne had a small dark birthmark near her hairline.

喬安妮的發(fā)際線旁有個(gè)小小的深色胎記。