proximity: [15] Latin proximus meant ‘nearest, next’ (it was the superlative form of an unrecorded *proqe ‘near’, a variant of prope, from which English gets approach and propinquity [14]). From it were formed the verb proximāre ‘come near’, ultimate source of English approximate [15], and the noun proximitās ‘nearness’, from which English gets proximity. => approximate
proximity (n.)
late 15c., from Middle French proximité "nearness" (14c.), from Latin proximitatem (nominative proximitas) "nearness, vicinity," from proximus "nearest, next; most direct; adjoining," figuratively "latest, most recent; next, following; most faithful," superlative of prope "near" (see propinquity).
实用例句
1. What drew him to the area was its proximity to central London.
吸引他到该地区的原因是那里靠近伦敦市中心。来自柯林斯例句
2. Part of the attraction is Darwin's proximity to Asia.
达尔文市的魅力一部分在于它靠近亚洲。来自柯林斯例句
3. Families are no longer in close proximity to each other.
各家不再像以前一样比邻而居。来自柯林斯例句
4. He became aware of the proximity of the Afghans.
他意识到阿富汗人近在咫尺。来自柯林斯例句
5. Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.
