next1 /nekst/ ●●● S1 W1 determiner , adjective 1 AFTERthe next event, day, time etc is the one that happens after the present one, or the previous one 〔时间〕紧接着的;下次的 I just missed my flight to Chicago. When’s the next one? 我刚错过去芝加哥的航班。下一班是几点钟?
We’ll look at the proposals at the next meeting. 下一次会议我们要研究一下这些提议。
Over the next couple of months, try to relax more and get more exercise. 接下来的几个月里,要尽量多放松、多运动。
next week/year/Monday etc We’re hoping to open the factory sometime next year. 我们希望工厂能在明年某个时候开工。
the next day/week etc (=on or during the following day, week etc) 第二天/下一周等 She called me and we arranged to meet the next day. 她给我打了电话,我们约好第二天见面。
(the) next time 下次,再次 Next time I go skiing, I’ll wear warmer clothes. 下一次去滑雪的时候,我要穿得暖和一点。
2 NEXT TOthe next house, room, place etc is the one that is nearest to where you are now 〔位置〕离得最近的 Turn left at the next corner. 下一个拐角向左转。
We could hear them arguing in the next room. 我们能听到他们在隔壁房间里争论。
→ next to 3 AFTERthe next person or thing in a list, series etc comes after the one that you are dealing with now 〔次序〕下一个的,紧接在后的 Read the next two chapters before Friday. 星期五之前看完接下来的两章。
Do they have the next size up (=a slightly bigger size)? 他们有没有大一号的尺寸?
4 next biggest/most common etc almost as big, more common etc than the one you are talking about 第二大/最常见的等 Cancer-related diseases are the next biggest killers. 与癌症相关的疾病是第二大杀手。
5 the next best thing the thing or situation that is almost as good as the one you really want 仅次于最好的东西[事物] If I can’t be home for Christmas, phoning you on the day is the next best thing. 如果圣诞节我回不了家,就退而求其次,到那天给你打个电话。
the next best thing• He can't ask them, so he is doing the next best thing.• We went to the bookshelves to find the next best thing.• We do, however, have the next best thing: a place to go for more information.• The room is the next best thing to being outside.• Video may seem like the next best thing to being there, but electronically mediated interactions are different from real-life meetings.• It is the next best thing to crossing the deserts of the world oneself.• I guess they figured calling their game Arnie was the next best thing to having a blockbusting movie title.• The new switch is the next best thing we could do to moving.
6 the next thing I/she etc knew informal used when something surprising happens very suddenly 〔意外发生时〕我/她等只知道 The next thing I knew, I was lying face down on the pavement. 等我反应过来时,我已经趴在人行道上了。
the next thing I/she etc knew• I had hardly dated, and the next thing I knew I was getting married.• And the next thing I knew, I was here.• I started to run and the next thing I knew I was lying on the kitchen table.• I must have fallen asleep, for the next thing I knew I was woken by the ringing of the telephone.• But the next thing she knew she was crying.• I fell asleep, and the next thing I knew, some one was waking me.• He slipped something in my wine and the next thing I knew was that we were on the Continent. 7 as the next man/person as any other man or person 像其他人一样 I am as keen to do well as the next man. 我像别人一样渴望自己能干得出色。
as the next man/person• After a while, everybody will have the technology to make a movie look as cool as the next person.• All you need to know about Flaubert to know as much as the next person!• She figured the guys could see for themselves then that he could be as vulnerable as the next man.• Now Glover himself was as female as the next man, keeping an eagle eye on boys. n THESAURUSnext happening or coming immediately after another oneWhen does the next train to London leave?
I’ll see you next Saturday.
following happening or coming immediately after something – used about periods of time, or parts of a piece of writingWe met the following day.
The following weeks passed quickly.
the following pages of the book
subsequent formal happening or coming at some time after something elsethe subsequent success of the film
This will be explained in more detail in subsequent chapters.
This figure is expected to rise steeply in subsequent years.
succeeding coming after someone or something else – used about a series of groups of people, periods of time, or parts of a booksucceeding generations
Succeeding governments have made the same mistake.
During the succeeding weeks he wrote several more letters.
coming happening soonThe information will be mailed to members during the coming weeks.
The villagers are storing up wood for the coming winter.