close upon

I had starved with cold and hunger on that island for close upon one hundred hours.

我在那个小岛上饥寒交迫地受了将近一百小时的折磨了.

CLOSE upon the hour of noon the whole village was suddenly electrified with the ghastly news.

临近中午时分,那个可怕的消息使全村人一下子惊呆了.

Darkness began to close upon the scene.

黑暗开始遮蔽景物.

He is close upon ninety years of age.

他和她关系亲密.

It was close upon twelve before I heard the sharp sound of his latchkey.

将近十二点钟，我才听到福尔摩斯用钥匙打开大门上弹簧锁的声音。

Don't close upon us!

别老跟着我们!

It was close upon nine when he set out.

福尔摩斯出门的时候将近九点钟.

The Semitic peoples followed close upon these pioneers.

紧跟在这些先行者之后的是闪米特人。

Close upon this discovery came the inspiration of the Frenchman.

紧接着这个发现（金色希腊的文明），这个法国人受到了鼓舞。

there was a large house painted in many gay colours standing close to the castle and the canal ， upon which latter were to be seen many ships laden with apples and pottery.

那儿有一幢五光十色的大房子。它处在皇官和运河的近旁。河上有许多装载着苹果和陶器的船来往。

We rumed out close upon 300 water pumps last week.

我们上周生产了近300台水泵.

Close beside the board there was a pool of water, not very deep, not very clear, but calm enough to reflect, with impartial truth, every image that fell upon it.

木板之旁便有一泓潭水，水虽不深也不很清，但却涟漪安静，能把潭边的事物，公平如实地反应出来。

Heaven lies about us in our infancy ! Shades of the prison close upon the growing boy.

婴孩时我们与天堂为邻,少年成长时监狱的影子亦步亦趋.

You think your fingers touch reality and close upon the truth.

你以为自己亲手摸到了实相,亲手掌握了真理.

It was close upon midnight.

时近午夜.

Based upon the discussion of Krugman's Multiple Equilibria Theory, the paper tries to explain the long cycle phenomenon of international oil price fluctuations by taking a close look at the evolution of the long-term market supply and demand.

在讨论克鲁格曼多重均衡理论基础上，以长期市场供求关系演变解释了国际油价波动长周期现象。