Proximate

(adj.) very close in space or time; 'proximate words'; 'proximate houses' .

(adj.) closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; 'news of his proximate arrival'; 'interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals' .

编辑:珀西

• It was of course impossible to accept a loan from Rosedale; but proximate possibilities hovered temptingly before her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

录入:泽维尔