propinquity

单词propinquity

基本解释

n.: （空间或时间上的）临近
网络: 接近；类似；邻近

权威解释

• （空间或时间上的）临近，接近:

  the state of being near in space or time

英汉解释

• 接近;近亲

• (性质、性情等的)近似,类似

• (血统上的)近亲

• (地点的)相近,邻近

• (时间的)接近;迫切

同义词

n.nearnessclosenessproximityconveniencerelationship

反义词

n.remoteness

例句

• Only recently, at the behest of distant authorities in Washington, DC, has this sense of propinquity seemed to weaken.

  只是最近，在遥远的华盛顿当局的命令下，这种接近感才似乎削弱了一点儿。

• Time and propinquity, it was thought, would produce a richly diverse yet integrated society.

  它认为，经过一定的时间和接触，会产生一个非常多样化而又有机结合的社会。

• And though she had sworn herself tocelibacy, the enforced propinquity ripened into intimacy and drifted into love.

  虽然她曾发誓不嫁，但是由于工作上不得不和他接近，他们逐渐亲密了起来，苔丝终于坠入情网。

• From evening news headlines to crime shows on TV, popular culture underlines the propinquity between crime and race.

  从晚间新闻的头条到电视上的犯罪剧，各种流行文化都在强调犯罪与种族之间的紧密关系。

• Those with propinquity shall not hold posts concurrently in the Foundation"s Board of Directors.

  具有近亲属关系的不得同时在本基金会理事会任职。

• They are cousins of propinquity.

  他们是血统很近的表亲。

• The neighbours lived in close propinquity to each other.

  这些邻居住得很近。

• Their relationship could not be explained asbeingbased on mere propinquity: theyweremore than relatives;

  他们的关系不能被解释为依据仅仅是接近：他们的亲属以上；

• Houses in close propinquity to the beach

  在海边附近的房子

• Events in close propinquity to each other

  在时间上彼此距离很近的事件