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单词 next nearest
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next nearest
C2. With superlatives, as next most, next nearest, next worst, etc., with the sense ‘most —— apart from the one already or about to be mentioned’. See also next best adj.
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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 26877 (MED) Þe quilk i tald þe of resun In þe neist [a1400 Fairf. next] formast questiun.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D6 Ah deare Sansioy, next dearest to Sansfoy.
1699 E. Ward Mod. Relig. & Anc. Loyalty 12 Subjects Allegiance may be then Transfer'd, To that Great Mind whose Wise Capacious Soul, Hath rais'd him to be next most fit to Rule.
1719 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher III. xxv. §10 The next biggest Animalculum or Insect.
1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. 207 The first sentence examined. The most obvious sense of it nugatory... The next most obvious extravagant.
1837 F. Palgrave Merchant & Friar (1844) Ded. 7 Quoting one's own books is next worst to eating one's own words.
1892 G. A. Hutchison Outdoor Games 508 The three men nearest the opponents' goal should practice throwing at goal... The two players next nearest are called the ‘attack fields’.
1922 H. Crane Let. 29 Sept. (1965) 100 One added verse..to be inserted as the next-last.
1988 Jrnl. Royal Mus. Assoc. 113 284 The next most important liturgical source for Grandi's texts were antiphons.
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