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close/closely ¹

核心问题

The expedition passed close by the island of Java and then returned by the southern point of Africa, arriving back in England in July 1771.

我认为上句中的形容词 close 应改为副词 closely, 因为它是修饰介词短语 by the island 的。

词典解答

close 既可用作形容词,又可用作副词。用作副词时,它主要表示:“(空间上的)靠近、接近”。而副词 closely 主要用于表示“紧密地”(tightly)、“仔细地”“密切地”(attentively)。因此,用作副词的 close 在表示“位置上的接近”时,是不能用 closely 来代替的。上句中的副词 close 便是如此。请分析下面的句子:

  1. Don't come too close! 不要太靠近!

  2. He lives close by the church. 他住在教堂附近。

  3. She passed close by me without a sign of recognition. 她从我的身旁紧挨着走过,一点也没有认出我的迹象。

  4. The altar boy did not move. He was eyeing Langdon closely now. 'You look familiar.' (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 祭台助手站着没动,而是紧盯着兰登,说:“你很面熟啊。”(《达·芬奇密码》)

  5. The prisoners were closely guarded by armed soldiers. 囚犯们由武装士兵严密看守。

  6. Let's unite [cooperate] still more closely. 让我们团结得更加紧密。

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