near和next to都有“在......附近”的意思。但是，從空間位置上講，near只表示“在......的附近”，而next to表示“緊挨著”。它比near離物體要更近一些。

near和next to的區(qū)別

1、意思不同

near：距離不遠(yuǎn)，在附近，不久以后，幾乎，差不多。

next to：緊鄰，在…近旁，僅次于。

2、用法不同

near：作形容詞，副詞，介詞以及動(dòng)詞。

例句：After the war, The House of Hardie came near to bankruptcy.

翻譯：戰(zhàn)后，哈迪家族瀕于破產(chǎn)。

next to：作介詞

例句：Someone introduced us and I sat next to him.

翻譯：有人給我們作了介紹，我挨著他坐下了。

3、側(cè)重點(diǎn)不同

near：側(cè)重于較遠(yuǎn)的距離，或者抽象的距離。

next to：側(cè)重于指緊挨著的旁邊。

雙語例句

1.One can set them up far away perhaps at the edge of a large backyard or set up a deck canopy right next to the house near a porch area perhaps.

可以設(shè)置它們遠(yuǎn)離也許在后院的一大優(yōu)勢，或成立一個(gè)甲板樹冠旁邊不遠(yuǎn)的一個(gè)陽臺面積也許房子。

2.Russians still drink on average around eight times more vodka than Britons, yet over the past decade, consumption of beer and fruit juices have leapt from next to nothing to near European levels.

俄國人均伏特加消耗量仍然比波羅的海國家高8倍，但在過去的十年里，啤酒和果汁的消費(fèi)量從幾乎沒有到接近歐洲水平。

3.With a fresh cup of coffee in hand, I had set my speech notes draft down on a low surface next to my briefcase near my desk.

當(dāng)時(shí)我手里正端著一杯熱咖啡，演講稿就放在寫字臺旁挨著公文包的一個(gè)較低的位置上。