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1. ORD The next period of time, event, person, or thing is the one that comes immediately after the present one or after the previous one. 下一個的

I got up early the next morning. 第二天早晨我起得很早。

...the next available flight. …下一趟可以乘坐的航班。

Who will be the next mayor?

誰將是下一任市長呢？

2. DET You use next in expressions such as next Friday, next day and next year to refer, for example, to the first Friday, day, or year that comes after the present or previous one. 下一 (年、月、星期等)

Let's plan a big night next week. 我們下周組織一次盛大的晚會吧。

He retires next January. 他明年1月份退休。

3. ADJ Next is also an adjective. 下一 (年、月、星期等) 的[n ADJ]

I'll be 26 years old next Friday. 我下周五就26嵗了。

4. PRON Next is also a pronoun. 下一個

He predicted that the region's economy would grow by about six percent both this year and next. 他預測該地區的經濟在今年和明年都會以約6%的速度增長。

5. ADJ Thenext place or person is the one that is nearest to you or that is the first one that you come to. 緊鄰的[det ADJ]

Grace sighed so heavily that Trish could hear it in the next room. 格雷絲沉重地歎氣，特蕾什在隔壁房間都聽到了。

The man in the next chair was asleep. 鄰座的男子睡著了。

6. ADV The thing that happens next is the thing that happens immediately after something else. 緊接著

Next, close your eyes then screw them up tight. 接著，郃上雙眼，再閉緊。

I don't know what to do next. 我不知道接著該做什麽了。

7. ADV When you next do something, you do it for the first time since you last did it. 再次[ADV before v]

I next saw him at his house in Vermont. 我在他彿矇特州的家裡再次見到了他。

8. ADV You use next to say that something has more of a particular quality than all other things except one. For example, the thing that is next best is the one that is the best except for one other thing. 僅次於[ADV adj-superl]

The one thing he didn't have was a son. I think he's felt that a grandson is the next best thing. 有一樣東西他沒有，就是兒子。我覺得他有個外孫感覺也不錯。

9. PHRASE You use after next in expressions such as the week after next to refer to a period of time after the next one. For example, when it is May, the month after next is July. 下下 (星期、月等)

...the party's annual conference, to be held the week after next. …在下下周擧行的該黨的年會。

10. PHRASE If you say that you do something or experience something as much as the next person, you mean that you are no different from anyone else in the respect mentioned. 跟別人一樣[強調]

I enjoy pleasure as much as the next person. 我享受的樂趣和別人一樣多。

11. PHRASE If one thing is next to another thing, it is at the other side of it. 靠近

She sat down next to him on the sofa. 她在沙發上靠著他坐下來。

...at the southern end of the Gaza Strip next to the Egyptian border. …在鄰近埃及邊境的加沙地帶的南耑。

12. PHRASE You use next to in order to give the most important aspect of something when comparing it with another aspect. 僅次於

Her children were the number two priority in her life next to her career. 她的孩子們在她的生活裡佔第2位，僅次於她的事業。

13. PHRASE You use next to before a negative, or a word that suggests something negative, to mean almost, but not completely. 幾乎 (用於否定性詞語之前)

Johnson still knew next to nothing about tobacco. 約翰遜仍然對菸草幾乎一無所知。