1. close adj. 靠近;接近;亲密;密切 短语:get/be close to 靠近;亲近
The church is close to the shops. Are you a close friend of theirs?
2.close adv. 靠近;接近 (表具体意义) 短语:hike/walk/run/sit/stand close to.
He was standing close to the door.
3. close v. 关上;关闭(不开发);结束 She closed her eyes. / Her eyes closed. (闭上)
4. closely adv. 紧密地;仔细地;密切地(表抽象意义) He got closely in touch with the magazines of today. The little baby was closely looked after by her.
5.close 与 closely 作副词时,close含具体之意,closely 含抽象之意。 类似的词组有 high (高) -- highly (高度地),deep (深深地) -- deeply (深入地)。
wide (很开,宽) -- widely (广泛地),low (低的)-- lowly (低贱的) (作形容词)
The kite flies high.(具体)
They spoke highly of the brave young man.(抽象)
He often dives deep into the sea.(具体) Im deeply moved by the moving film.(抽象)
close adj. 近的, 紧密的, 精密的, 齐根的, 封闭的, 亲密的, 闷气的 adv接近, 紧密地
close修饰具体的事物,stand close;sit close
closely adv. 接近地 仔细地 修饰抽象事物
close:
They sat close together.(他们坐得很近。)
Don’t come too close.(不要靠得太近。)
The supermarket is very close to my house.(超市离我家很近。)
closely:
Watch closely the short man.(仔细看看那个矮个男人。)
The policeman followed the strange man closely.(警察紧紧地跟着那个陌生人。)
The scientists got closely in touch with the astronauts.(科学家们与宇航员们保持紧密联系。)