介词near的意义有:第一个:“靠近，接近，临近，濒临，快要”，表示“动作” ;第二个:在……附近，表示“状态”。

1.作状语

Don't come near me.

别靠近我。

How a large mass of hot, dry land affect the people who live near it?

如此大的一块炎热，干燥的土地是如何影响住在附近的人们的？

Near noon, we look forward to the urgency of the teacher's lunch order.

临近中午，我们迫切盼望老师的午休命令。

2.作表语

Share prices are near their record high of last year.

股票价格接近去年的最好记录。

But in short periods spoken Manchu has declined rapidly and it is near its death to day.

但在较短的时间内，满语在这里却迅速衰退，时至今日将近消失。

3.作定语

The people near the broken bridge were those who were willing to give a hand.

断桥附近的人们就是那些愿意伸出援助之手的人们。

4.作补语

And as it turns out, even today--- with job growth near zero --- over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month.

事实证明，即使在今天---就业增长率接近零的情况下--- 每个月仍然有超过400万求职者找到工作。

When the phone was disappearing, we found him near the counter.

当手机消失不见的时候，我们发现他就在柜台附近。

注意:如果near表示动作，就和表示动作的动词在一起，构成我们常说的短语。

反之，如果表示状态，就和表示状态的动词在一起构成常见的动词短语。