n (1)邻居;邻人，邻座;邻国;邻近物(person who lives near someone;thing or country that is near another)[C]：good/bad～s 好/坏邻居;my～at table 吃饭时坐在我旁边的人;our～on the north 我们的北邻;Earth's nearest～is the moon. 离地球最近的是月球。We used to be～s. 我们从前是邻居。France and Germany are～s. 法国和德国是邻国。This is my next-door～. 这是我的隔壁邻居。The new building dwarfs its～s. 新建筑使周围的房屋相形见绌。〖同〗borderer;

(2)世人(fellow man)[C]：be a～to someone in distress 帮助患难之人;Love your～. 要爱世人。

vi邻近(be next to)[I+prep(on)]：Our house～s on a large open field. 我们的住房旁边是一片很大的空地。Which countries～on Switzerland ? 哪些国家邻近瑞士? She～ed close on the street where her former friend lived. 她住的地方紧靠她从前的朋友住的那条街。〖同〗border，meet，touch;

→′neighbourhood n 邻近地区;′neighbourly adj 亲切的;友善的