the nearest thing/equivalent to something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe nearest thing/equivalent to somethingthe nearest thing/equivalent to somethingthe thing you have that is most like a particular type of thing He’s the nearest thing to a father I’ve got. → nearExamples from the Corpusthe nearest thing/equivalent to something• That and the fact that it lost faith in the nearest thing to a charismatic it had had since Rose Fox.• It was the nearest thing to a coherent defence system yet seen at Verdun.• So let us accept that I am the nearest thing to a father that Nana has available.• The United Nations General Assembly has been called the nearest thing to a world parliament.• Here was perhaps the nearest thing to alchemy that had ever been seen in the field of politics.• A little bit of sleep was the nearest thing to consolation left for people like us.• Still, as Jane belonged nowhere, Sussex became the nearest thing to home.• I think she and Phil were the nearest thing to soccer hooligans that canoeing can produce.

单词	the nearest thing/equivalent to something
释义	the nearest thing/equivalent to something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe nearest thing/equivalent to somethingthe nearest thing/equivalent to somethingthe thing you have that is most like a particular type of thing He’s the nearest thing to a father I’ve got. → nearExamples from the Corpusthe nearest thing/equivalent to something• That and the fact that it lost faith in the nearest thing to a charismatic it had had since Rose Fox.• It was the nearest thing to a coherent defence system yet seen at Verdun.• So let us accept that I am the nearest thing to a father that Nana has available.• The United Nations General Assembly has been called the nearest thing to a world parliament.• Here was perhaps the nearest thing to alchemy that had ever been seen in the field of politics.• A little bit of sleep was the nearest thing to consolation left for people like us.• Still, as Jane belonged nowhere, Sussex became the nearest thing to home.• I think she and Phil were the nearest thing to soccer hooligans that canoeing can produce.
随便看	too late to do too late to do something too little too little, too late too many chiefs and not enough Indians too many cooks too many cooks (spoil the broth) too many cooks spoil the broth too much too much information too much information! too near for comfort too nice etc for your own good too nice/clever etc for your own good too numerous to list too numerous to mention too numerous to mention/list too rich etc by half too ridiculous etc for words too silly etc for words too silly/complicated/ridiculous etc for words too soon too soon to do too soon to do something too tight etc for comfort