proximity

• n. 接近，[數]鄰近；接近；接近度，距離；親近

來自proximate,最接近的，-ity,名詞後綴。

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.
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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.

吸引他到該地區的原因是那裏靠近倫敦市中心。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Part of the attraction is Darwin's proximity to Asia.

達爾文市的魅力一部分在於它靠近亞洲。

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3. Families are no longer in close proximity to each other.

各家不再像以前一樣比鄰而居。

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4. He became aware of the proximity of the Afghans.

他意識到阿富汗人近在咫尺。

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5. Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.

法律規定禁止近親結婚.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》