close 是指距離、場(chǎng)所、地點(diǎn)等的“接近，靠近”，可以說(shuō)是一種實(shí)際意義上的“接近”。close to有“接近，幾乎，大概，差不多”的意思。例如：We live close to the church。closely 是指抽象意義上的“接近”，多用比喻意義，有“親密地，嚴(yán)密地，仔細(xì)地”等意思。例如：The secret must be closely guarded.這個(gè)秘密要嚴(yán)加保守。

Close與Closely的用法區(qū)別

1. close adj. 靠近；接近;親密；密切 短語(yǔ)：get/be close to 靠近；親近

The church is close to the shops. Are you a close friend of theirs?

2.close adv. 靠近；接近 （表具體意義） 短語(yǔ)：hike/walk/run/sit/stand close to...

He was standing close to the door.

3. close v. 關(guān)上；關(guān)閉(不開(kāi)發(fā))；結(jié)束 She closed her eyes. / Her eyes closed. (閉上)

4. closely adv. 緊密地；仔細(xì)地；密切地（表抽象意義） He got closely in touch with the magazines of today. The little baby was closely looked after by her.

5.close 與 closely 作副詞時(shí)，close含具體之意，closely 含抽象之意。 類(lèi)似的詞組有 high (高) -- highly (高度地)，deep (深深地) -- deeply (深入地)，

wide (很開(kāi)，寬) -- widely (廣泛地)，low (低的)-- lowly (低賤的) (作形容詞)

The kite flies high.（具體）

They spoke highly of the brave young man.（抽象）

He often dives deep into the sea.（具體） I'm deeply moved by the moving film.（抽象）

close adj. 近的, 緊密的, 精密的, 齊根的, 封閉的, 親密的, 悶氣的 adv接近, 緊密地

close修飾具體的事物,stand close;sit close

closely adv. 接近地 仔細(xì)地 修飾抽象事物