in recent years
近───near;几年───several years
I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.───我盼望着不久收到你的信.
Is there a Ladies near here?───附近有女厕所 吗 ?
It is near dinner time.───快到吃晚饭的时间了.
Is there any post office near here?───附近有没有邮局?
Singapore is near the equator.───新加坡位于赤道附近.
Near the end of Devonian times, thirty percent of all animal life vanished.───在泥盆纪末期，30％的动物物种都灭绝了。
They didn't play volleyball near the window. They were afraid of breaking it.───他们没在窗子附近打排球, 他们怕把窗子打破了.
The general decided to concentrate his forces near the capital.───这位将军决定把他的部队集中在首都附近.
One has lived too near a wood to be frightened by owls.
Joanne had a small dark birthmark near her hairline.
He warms too near that burns.
Anne is a Lancashire lass from Longton, near Preston.
The best fish swim near the bottom.