near and dear

My sisters and brothers are near and dear.

我的兄弟姐妹们关系极其亲密.

Some may say this is a sign that people have become less caring about their near and dear ones, but we should see this development as a time-and energy-saving exercise granted by the information age.

有些人或许会说，这说明人们已经没有那么关心至爱亲朋了，但是我们应该把这种变化看作信息化时代省钱省力的好办法。

This is actually something very near and dear to my heart because I literally would not be doing what I do in life today had I not taken a couple of courses here, this one in particular, pass fail.

事实上，我是很关心的，因为今天我就不会站在这里，如果当初我没有这里上课的话，这门课，要么过要么挂科。

He is a near and dear friend of mine.

他是我的亲密的朋友.

They are those persons so near and dear to him.

他们是他的至亲好友.

For 65 percent of US adults, sharing makes them feel closer to family and friends and nearly half said if they didn't communicate online they wouldn't know what is going on with those near and dear to them.

对65%的美国成人而言，分享信息让他们感觉和家人朋友更亲近，近半数的人说如果他们不在网上交流，他们就不能知道亲近的人的近况。

Their action will only grieve those near and dear to the people and gladden their enemies.

他们的行动只会使亲者痛仇者快.

Allen by is the most near and dear friend of mine.

艾伦比是我最亲密的朋友.

Friends, use this triple filter each time you hear loose talk about any of your near and dear ones.

朋友们，每当你听到关于亲密朋友的传言时，请使用这种三重过滤法加以鉴别。

It's not as if I hold any of this information near and dear to my heart ( I am pretty much an open book) ， but I remember thinking the question/ answer session seemed a bit premature given that we had just met 。

这并不是说我不愿告诉别人这些有关我个人的信息（实际上我是个相当坦白的人），我只是觉得作为刚刚认识的两个人谈论这些私人问题有些为时过早。

It's always been near and dear to his heart.

他一直把它记在心上.