When the dinner hour was near, things grew quieter.

午餐时间逐渐临近，喧嚣之中也慢慢出现片刻暂息。

" I've been nearing some very strange things, " he said slowly.

“我听到一些非常奇怪的事情，”他语速很慢地说。

It's the nearest thing economic terminology has to a rotten tomato.

这是经济学术语中最接近烂番茄的概念。

They are the nearest thing we really have to motion pictures or movies of extinct animals.

它们是最接近灭绝动物真实影像的东西。

To many people in New York, one of these places is the nearest thing to home they would never know.

对纽约的许多人来说，其中一个这样的地方是他们永远不知道的离家最近的地方。

" He is the nearest thing to a father you've ever had, " Mother says.

“他是你所拥有过的最接近父亲的人， ” 妈妈说。

They won the championship, but it was a near thing.

【near，nearness】他们得了冠军，不过只是险胜。

He’s the nearest thing to a father I’ve got.

【near，nearness】我接触过的人中，他最像个父亲。

That was a near thing – that truck was heading straight for us.

【near，nearness】那是一件很近的事——那辆卡车正直奔我们。

And Marta, bless her black-and-white chic and her disgruntled look, was the nearest thing to real distinction in the room.

而玛尔塔，祝福她的黑白别致和她不满的表情， 是房间里最接近真正区别的东西。

The nearest thing to it Harry had ever heard was the ghost orchestra at Nearly Headless Nick's deathday party, who had all been playing the musical saw.

哈利以前只是在差点没头的尼克的忌辰晚会上叫到过类似的声音，那是鬼魂乐队用乐锯演奏的噪音。

And one word led to another: " You sent her off with neither help nor means, 'twas a near thing but she never got to Bergen at all" .

一个词接着另一个词：“你在没有帮助或手段的情况下把她送走了， '这是一件近在咫尺的事情， 但她根本没有到达卑尔根” 。