next /nɛkst/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ORD The next period of time, event, person, or thing is the one that comes immediately after the present one or after the previous one. 下一个的

  例：

  I got up early the next morning.

  第二天早晨我起得很早。

  例：

  ...the next available flight.

  …下一趟可以乘坐的航班。

  例：

  Who will be the next mayor?

  谁将是下一任市长呢？

• 2. 

  DET You use next in expressions such as next Friday, next day and next year to refer, for example, to the first Friday, day, or year that comes after the present or previous one. 下一 (年、月、星期等)

  例：

  Let's plan a big night next week.

  我们下周组织一次盛大的晚会吧。

  例：

  He retires next January.

  他明年1月份退休。

• 3. 

  ADJ Next is also an adjective. 下一 (年、月、星期等) 的 [n ADJ]

  例：

  I'll be 26 years old next Friday.

  我下周五就26岁了。

• 4. 

  PRON Next is also a pronoun. 下一个

  例：

  He predicted that the region's economy would grow by about six percent both this year and next.

  他预测该地区的经济在今年和明年都会以约6%的速度增长。

• 5. 

  ADJ The next place or person is the one that is nearest to you or that is the first one that you come to. 紧邻的 [det ADJ]

  例：

  Grace sighed so heavily that Trish could hear it in the next room.

  格雷丝沉重地叹气，特蕾什在隔壁房间都听到了。

  例：

  The man in the next chair was asleep.

  邻座的男子睡着了。

• 6. 

  ADV The thing that happens next is the thing that happens immediately after something else. 紧接着

  例：

  Next, close your eyes then screw them up tight.

  接着，合上双眼，再闭紧。

  例：

  I don't know what to do next.

  我不知道接着该做什么了。

• 7. 

  ADV When you next do something, you do it for the first time since you last did it. 再次 [ADV before v]

  例：

  I next saw him at his house in Vermont.

  我在他佛蒙特州的家里再次见到了他。

• 8. 

  ADV You use next to say that something has more of a particular quality than all other things except one. For example, the thing that is next best is the one that is the best except for one other thing. 仅次于 [ADV adj-superl]

  例：

  The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing.

  有一样东西他没有，就是儿子。我觉得他有个外孙感觉也不错。

• 9. 

  PHRASE You use after next in expressions such as the week after next to refer to a period of time after the next one. For example, when it is May, the month after next is July. 下下 (星期、月等)

  例：

  ...the party's annual conference, to be held the week after next.

  …在下下周举行的该党的年会。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you say that you do something or experience something as much as the next person, you mean that you are no different from anyone else in the respect mentioned. 跟别人一样 [强调]

  例：

  I enjoy pleasure as much as the next person.

  我享受的乐趣和别人一样多。

• 11. 

  PHRASE If one thing is next to another thing, it is at the other side of it. 靠近

  例：

  She sat down next to him on the sofa.

  她在沙发上靠着他坐下来。

  例：

  ...at the southern end of the Gaza Strip next to the Egyptian border.

  …在邻近埃及边境的加沙地带的南端。

• 12. 

  PHRASE You use next to in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect. 仅次于

  例：

  Her children were the number two priority in her life next to her career.

  她的孩子们在她的生活里占第2位，仅次于她的事业。

• 13. 

  PHRASE You use next to before a negative, or a word that suggests something negative, to mean almost, but not completely. 几乎 (用于否定性词语之前)

  例：

  Johnson still knew next to nothing about tobacco.

  约翰逊仍然对烟草几乎一无所知。