next to意思为：几乎；紧邻;在…近旁;仅次于;紧接。
双语例句：
1、Someone introduced us and I sat next to him.
有人给我们作了介绍，我挨着他坐下了。
2、She sat down next to him on the sofa.
她紧挨着他在沙发上坐下了。
3、There was a big group of a dozen people at the table next to theirs.
他们旁边的桌上坐了一大群人，有十几个。
4、He saw the note on the kitchen table, next to one of the two place settings.
他看到了餐桌上的那张便条，紧挨着两副餐具中的一副。
5、Tents have been set up next to hospitals to handle the overflow.
医院旁搭起了帐篷以安置容纳不下的人员。
6、They asked us to pair up with the person next to us and form teams.
他们让我们与身边的人配对组成小组。
7、Next to the expense of cashiers, pricing items is one of the costliest labor costs of grocery retailers.
对食品杂货零售商来说，给货物贴价签也是劳动力成本中最为昂贵的一个部分，仅次于雇佣收银员的费用。
8、Our new house sat next to a stream.
我们的新房子坐落在一条小溪旁。
9、There was an awkward moment as couples decided whether to stand next to their partners.
大家在决定是否要站到自己配偶身旁时，这一刻令人尴尬。
10、Her children were the number two priority in her life next to her career.
对她而言，孩子们的重要性仅次于她的事业。
next to的意思是旁边，几乎
发音为：英 [ˈnekst tə] 美 [ˈnekst tə]
prep.旁边;紧邻;在…近旁;仅次于;紧接;几乎
例句
next to 在……附近
用法：next to是一个常见的介词词组，后接名词、形容词，也可以表示“在……旁边，在……附近”，相当于介词near。
例句1：Tollets are situated on B deck at the rear of the ship and on A desk next to the snack bar.(2014年12月六级)
厕所在船后面的B甲板上和靠近小吃店的A甲板上。
结构分析：Tollets是主语，are situated是谓语，on B deck是地点状语，at the rear ofthe ship是后置定语，and是连接词，on A desk是地点状语，next to the snack bar是后置定语。
例句2：I heard the mew of a cat near the house。
结构分析：I是主语，heard是谓语，the mew of a cat是宾语，near the house是后置定语。
相似短语
be next to 邻接
Find Next 查找下一个
in next to no time 立刻,马上,很快
The two shops are next to each other.
释义：那两家铺子紧挨着。
Kneels next to her.
释义：在她身旁跪下。
It Is God, choosing what next to create.
释义：它是上帝选择接下来要创造什么。
"Then you should sit next to her, " said the king.
释义：“那么，好吧，你也该挨着她坐吧！”国王说。
Or onto the person next to you?
释义：还是你旁边的那个人？
Then silently she cuddled up next to me and rested her head on my chest for a while.
释义：她一言不发，在我身旁蜷起身子，然后，又把头在我的胸口依偎了一会儿。
As she sits at the bar next to me, she stares down at her vodka tonic, and then the ground, andthen her vodka tonic.
释义：酒吧里，坐在我旁边的她低下目光凝视着她的伏特加奎宁，接着转向地面，再接着又是她的伏特加奎宁。
At another seminar, she talked to the person next to her.
释义：下一次研讨会上她开始和旁边的人说话。
May I bring my chair next to yours?
释义：我可以把我的椅子移到你的旁边吗？
“I love you, ” I said while I lay next to him in his East Village loft.
释义：“我爱你，”我对他说，那时我们在他那间位于东村的阁楼里，我躺在他的身旁。