自现象级英语
PROXIMITY
1. 英英释义：nearness in distance or time
例句：Many residents buy properties for their proximity to excellent public schools.
2. 为什么选这个词？
“proximity”是不可数名词，意思是“临近、接近”。proximity 后面一般加介词 to。这个词比较常见，是较为正式的用法，在口语和写作中都可以使用，用来替换 near。大家可能认识的 approximately（大约）一词和 proximity 同词源，两个词可以放在一起来记。下面通过几个例子来掌握这个词。
东莞的发展得益于它毗邻深圳的区位优势，就可以说：
Dongguan's economic growth is largely thanks to its proximity to Shenzhen, a booming local hub.
很多人在买房的时候会考虑到房子和优秀公立学校的距离，我们就可以说：
Many residents buy properties for their proximity to excellent public schools.
《经济学人》一篇关于土耳其航空公司和机场的文章中用到了 proximity：
Finally, Istanbul is helped by its proximity to Europe.
这句说的就是土耳其的区位优势。当我们想表达“区位优势”的时候，就可以用 proximity 这个灵活的单词。
《经济学人》一篇关于欧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.
在一篇写卢旺达大屠杀 25 周年纪念的文章中，《经济学人》引用了一位英国学者的话，其中出现了 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. 怎样学会使用这个词？
1）翻译下面的句子：
天津虽然紧邻首都北京，但它的经济好像并未因此而获益。(重点：经济获益benefit economically, its economy has benefited from ……)
Despite its proximity to Beijing, the capital city, Tianjin does not seem to have benefited much economically from it.
It seems (that) Tianjin's economy has not benefited enormously from its close proximity to Beijing, the capital city.
造句：
例1：The supermarket's booming sales are largely thanks to its proximity to a Disney theme park. 仿写
例2：The UK, in close proximity to France, stands ready to aid the latter in its efforts to reconstruct Notre Dame. 重建
例3：The international film festival boasts excellent films, proximity to entertainment stars and the chance to mix with the locals. 仿写The Guardian: They boast magnificant city views, proximity to shopping and nightlife and the chance to live like a local.
个人拓展
proximity: formal, uncountable noun
搭配：proximity to
in close/ intimate proximity
背诵
proximity, nearness, closeness
Many residents buy properties for their proximity to excellent public schools. 学区房
Dongguan's economic growth is largely thanks to its proximity to Shenzhen, a booming local hub.
They boast magnificant city views, proximity to shopping and nightlife and the chance to live like a local.
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