问
near 与 near to 有何区别?
答
当表示空间上的接近时, near 与 near to 可任意选用。例如: 1. She was sitting near (to) me. (CGEL) 她坐在我的附近。
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She was sitting nearer (to)/nearest (to) me. (CGEL) 她坐得离我近一些/离我最近。但是，当表示非空间的接近，而作“几乎”(nearly)解时，则 to 是不可省略的，即必须用 near to。例如：
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He is near to (being) mad. (CGEL) 他几乎疯了。
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I came very near to hitting him. (PEU) 我几乎要撞到他。
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She came near to killing him. 她几乎杀了他。
练习
Cyril escaped being caught because ____.