proximity
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- proximity
- proximity: [15] Latin proximus meant ‘nearest, next’ (it was the superlative form of an unrecorded *proqe ‘near’, a variant of prope, from which English gets approach and propinquity [14]). From it were formed the verb proximāre ‘come near’, ultimate source of English approximate [15], and the noun proximitās ‘nearness’, from which English gets proximity.
=> approximate - proximity (n.)
- late 15c., from Middle French proximité "nearness" (14c.), from Latin proximitatem (nominative proximitas) "nearness, vicinity," from proximus "nearest, next; most direct; adjoining," figuratively "latest, most recent; next, following; most faithful," superlative of prope "near" (see propinquity).
- 1. What drew him to the area was its proximity to central London.
- 吸引他到该地区的原因是那里靠近伦敦市中心。
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- 2. Part of the attraction is Darwin's proximity to Asia.
- 达尔文市的魅力一部分在于它靠近亚洲。
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- 3. Families are no longer in close proximity to each other.
- 各家不再像以前一样比邻而居。
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- 4. He became aware of the proximity of the Afghans.
- 他意识到阿富汗人近在咫尺。
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- 5. Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.
- 法律规定禁止近亲结婚.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
