1. 這是個什么詞？? ?

詞：proximity? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

英英釋義：nearness in distance or time? ? ?

例句：Many residents buy properties for their proximity to excellent public schools.

2. 為什么選這個詞？? ?

“proximity”是不可數名詞，意思是“臨近、接近”。proximity 后面一般加介詞 to。這個詞比較常見，是較為正式的用法，在口語和寫作中都可以使用，用來替換 near。大家可能認識的 approximately（大約）一詞和 proximity 同詞源，兩個詞可以放在一起來記。下面通過幾個例子來掌握這個詞。

東莞的發展得益于它毗鄰深圳的區位優勢，就可以說：

Dongguan's economic growth is largely thanks to its proximity to Shenzhen, a booming local hub.

很多人在買房的時候會考慮到房子和優秀公立學校的距離，我們就可以說：

Many residents buy properties for their proximity to excellent public schools.? ?

《經濟學人》一篇關于土耳其航空公司和機場的文章中用到了 proximity：

Finally, Istanbul is helped by its proximity to Europe.

這句說的就是土耳其的區位優勢。當我們想表達“區位優勢”的時候，就可以用 proximity 這個靈活的單詞。

《經濟學人》一篇關于歐洲移民的文章中也用到了 proximity：

Ukrainians enjoy the freedom, boosted by a visa liberalisation in 2017, to travel to the EU and hundreds of thousands have exercised this right in the past five years. Most went to Poland, attracted by its proximity, its cultural-linguistic similarities and its booming economy.

在一篇寫盧旺達大屠殺 25 周年紀念的文章中，《經濟學人》引用了一位英國學者的話，其中出現了 proximity：

“No other country today has so many perpetrators of mass atrocities living in such proximity to their victims’ families,” writes Phil Clark of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

3. 怎樣學會使用這個詞？

1）翻譯下面的句子：

天津雖然緊鄰北京，但它的經濟好像并未因此而獲益。

Tianjin's economy doesn't seem to benefit from its proximity to Beijing.

造句

Suzhou's economic growth is largely thanks to its proximity to Shanghai，China's economic center.

（參考翻譯：Despite its proximity to Beijing, the capital city, Tianjin does not seem to have benefited much economically from it. 或 It seems (that) Tianjin's economy has not benefited enormously from its close proximity to Beijing, the capital city.）? ?