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看看“離某地很近”英文還能怎么說。
1.
around the corner
: not far away,
especially in the streets of a town
備注：英式英語中常作
''round
the corner''
。
例：
"Is there a bank near here?"
"Sure, it's just around the corner."
（
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這附近有沒有銀行？
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有，拐個彎就到了。）
There is a bus stop around the corner.
（街角那有個公車站。）
She won't be long. She's only gone round
the corner.
（她不會去很久，她就去了街角那。）
around the corner from
We met in a bar just around the corner from
my apartment.
（我們在我家門口的街角酒吧碰了面。）
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2.
be close at hand
: if a building
or person is close at hand, they are very near and therefore available in case
you need them
例：
The Exhibition Center is a great day out,
with plenty of parking and all the attractions of Manchester close at hand.
（去展覽會會玩得很開心，停車位多，并且曼徹斯特的風(fēng)光都近在咫尺。）
I'm very glad that, when my children were
small, my mother was always close at hand.
（我孩子小的時候，我媽媽一直在跟前幫忙照顧，想到這點我很高興。）
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3.
it's no distance
: if you say it's
no distance, you mean that a place is not far away and is therefore easy to get
to
例：
We come up here regularly from London; it's
no distance.
（我們定期來這里，從倫敦到這里很近。）
it's no distance from
It's no distance from here to Fifth Avenue.
We can easily walk it.
（從這里到第五大道很近，我們可以走路過去。）
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4.
be a stone's throw from
: if one
place is a stone's throw from another place, it is only a very short distance
from it, so that it is easy to get to
例：
I was born in Wembley, a stone's throw from
the football stadium!
（我出生在溫布利，出生地離溫布利球場就一步之遙。）
only a stone's throw from something
Stanford Hospital is only a stone's throw
from where I live.
（斯坦福醫(yī)院離我家就一步之遙。）
within a stone's throw of something
The river's within a stone's throw of our
apartment - we can see it from the window.
（這條河離我們家很近，從我們家窗戶看下去就能看見。）
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5.
local
: a local store, hospital
etc is in the area where you live and that you are most likely to use
例：
Volunteers like Joyce go round local
schools helping children with their reading problems.
（很多像喬伊斯一樣的志愿者在附近的學(xué)校服務(wù)，幫助有閱讀障礙的兒童。）
somebody's local school/cinema etc.
You can find all these books in your local
library.
（這些書你們當(dāng)?shù)氐膱D書館都有。）
Polzeath is our local beach, but there are
better surfing beaches further away.
（珀爾澤斯離我們比較近，再走遠(yuǎn)一點有比珀爾澤斯更好的沖浪海岸。）
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6.
on your doorstep
: very near the
place where you live
備注：
''on your
doorstep''
常用于非正式的場合。
例：
We're very lucky to have the park right on
our doorstep.
（我們非常幸運，家門口就有個公園。）
Homelessness is a problem that too many
people ignore. Yet it's happening on our own doorstep.
（沒什么人會關(guān)注流浪漢，但是，誰家門口都有流浪漢，這是個普遍存在的問題。）
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