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be nigh
表示时间或空间上的接近。
The time is nigh for a change.
变革的时刻临近了。
接近的；亲近的；亲密的
nighest — superlative of nigh
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接近的；亲近的；亲密的
Not remote in degree, kinship, or circumstances; closely allied; intimate.
The time is nigh for a change.
变革的时刻临近了。
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
The end of the semester is nigh, and students are preparing for finals.
学期结束在即，学生们正在准备期末考试。
The village is nigh, we should reach it before dark.
村庄就在附近，我们应该在天黑前到达。
The project is nigh completion; we just need to finish the report.
项目接近完成，我们只需完成报告。
表示时间或空间上的接近。
The time is nigh for a change.
变革的时刻临近了。
后接名词，表示空间上的接近。
The village is nigh to the mountains.
村庄靠近山脉。
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末日将至；结局临近
The end is nigh, so we must act now.
末日将至，所以我们现在必须行动。
时机临近；时刻将至
The time is nigh for harvest.
收获的时刻近了。
濒临死亡，垂死
Without food and water, the travelers were nigh unto death.
没有食物和水，这些旅行者已濒临死亡。
近在咫尺；即将到来
Spring is nigh at hand.
春天就要来了。
差不多；几乎
It's nigh on midnight; we should get going.
差不多到午夜了，我们该走了。
几乎；近乎
Climbing that cliff without ropes is well-nigh impossible.
不借助绳索攀爬那座悬崖几乎是不可能的。
末日将至；大限将至
The old sailor kept saying the end was nigh whenever the weather turned rough.
那位老水手一遇到天气变糟就说末日将至。
末日将至。
As the storm clouds gathered, the old sailor insisted that the end was nigh.
乌云密布，老水手坚称末日将至。
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联想 night（夜晚）去掉 t 就是 nigh，夜晚临近时亲友相伴，亲密无间，记住 nigh 意为‘接近的、亲近的’。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal discourse 该词较古旧，表示“亲近的、关系密切的”，通常用于文学或正式文体，日常口语中不常见。
现代英语中主要用作表语形容词，罕用定语
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