propinquity
英 [prə'pɪŋkwɪtɪ]
美 [prə'pɪŋkwəti]
propinquity 临近，接近来自拉丁语propinquus,临近的，接近的，来自prope,临近的，来自pro的扩大形式，词源同proximity,approximate.-inquus,表方位后缀，来自hinc,这里，词源同here.
- propinquity
- propinquity: see proximity
- propinquity (n.)
- late 14c., "nearness in relation, kinship," later also "physical nearness" (early 15c.), from Old French propinquite (13c.) and directly from Latin propinquitatem (nominative propinquitas) "nearness, vicinity; relationship, affinity," from propinquus "near, neighboring," from prope "near" (enlarged from PIE *pro "before;" see pro-) + suffix -inquus.
Nothing propinks like propinquity [Ian Fleming, chapter heading, "Diamonds are Forever," 1956; phrase popularized 1960s by U.S. diplomat George Ball]
- 1. They are cousins of propinquity.
- 他们是血统很近的表亲.
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- 2. Grace was indeed quite unconscious of Fitspier's propinquity.
- 格雷丝确实完全没有觉察菲茨比尔斯近在身旁.
来自辞典例句
- 3. For propinquity, come, we do a cup again!
- 为了咱们的亲近, 来, 我们再干一杯!
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- 4. The neighbours lived in close propinquity toeach other.
- 这些邻居住得很近.
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- 5. They are both cousins of his, but not of the same degree of propinquity.
- 他们两都是他的表弟, 但是在血缘上不同程度相近.
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