proximate

英['prɒksɪmət]美['prɑːksɪmət]
  • adj. 最接近的；直接的

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自拉丁语proximus，最近的，来自prope的最高级，来自prope，近的，来自pro的扩大形式，词源同propinquity，approximate.-im，最高级后缀，词源同maximum，ultimate.
      adjective
      1. 接近

    双解例句

    adjective
    1. 接近

      The problem with climate change was that it seemed so much less proximate than terrorism.

      保险涵盖了损失的直接原因 – 例如生锈的屋顶导致漏水。

      The danger is greatest if the fireball is proximate to the target.

      Insurance covers the proximate cause of a loss—e.g. a rusty roof that lets rainwater in.

    小知识

    Proximate things are either nearby or close in time. The proximate arrival of a new grandchild means your grandma had better finish knitting those booties. A Rube Goldberg machine is like a giant chain of proximate causes – one action causes another.

    Use the adjective proximate for things that are close to each other or somehow related. Like the noun proximity, or nearby area, it comes from the Latin root, proximus, “nearest.” In legal terms, you may have a case if the proximate cause of a fall was someone’s negligence. You can use proximate to mean “imminent” (or close by, but in terms of time), as in “The proximate publication of her story made her both nervous and excited.”

    实用短语

    1. proximate cause

      近因,近因原则,最近原因

    2. proximate analysis

      工业分析,

    3. principle of proximate cause

      近因原则,因准绳

    4. proximate carcinogen

      近致癌物,近似致癌物,近似致癌原

    5. proximate calculation

      近似计算

    6. proximate composition

      近似组份,近似组成

    7. d proximate cause

      近因原则

    8. proximate causation

      最近因果关系,

    常用短语

    1. proximate analysis

      工业分析；近似分析

    2. proximate cause

      近因；直接原因

    单词用法

    词组短语
    proximate analysis工业分析；近似分析；proximate cause近因；直接原因

    同义词

    contiguous  /  surrounding  /  relative  /  neighboring  /  connected

    反义词

    ultimate