近乎

Of a story,etcslightly indecent ;risque

指故事等近乎下流的，有伤风化的

My room, on the other hand, was as sanitary as a morgue. The floorand window were spotless, the mattresses were aired each week, allpencils stood in the pencil holders, and even the curtains were washedonce a month. My room-mate was a cleanliness freak. None of theothers in the dorm believed me when I told them about the curtains.

不过相比之下，我的房间却干净的如同太平间，地板上纤尘不然，窗玻璃光可鉴人，卧具每周晾晒一次，前臂在笔筒内各得其所，就连窗帘每月都少不得洗涤一回，这都因为我的同室者近乎病态地爱洁成癖。

The world is increasingly governed not so much by capitalism, or communism, or social democracy, or even tribal barbarism, as by a false lexicon of political cliches, accumulated over half a century and now assuming a kind of degenerate sacerdotal authority...

现在越来越多地控制这个世界的，不是资本主义、共产主义、社会民主主义、甚或什么蛮族主义，而是一部误人子弟的政治手册，里面收罗的都是过去半个世纪积累的一些陈词滥调，它现在握有了一种近乎僧侣的、同时也是堕落的权柄。

There is a point at which his stories stop working as entertainment and segue into sadism.

他的故事并不能娱乐大众，而是一种近乎疯狂的行为。

To have a wife with a literary reputation nothing short of scandalous.

一个在文学上有名声的妻子就近乎于丑闻

With calm, dreamy, almost schizoid logic, she explains that her appearance will be important

她以镇定、迷惘、近乎自相矛盾的逻辑说明她的仪表将是很重要的。

Succinct and elegant scissoring and design, eliminating all complicated decoration lines, with magnificent and delicate Selected material, embodying elegant and romantic noble manner, presenting a kind of nearly perfect Italian style.

简洁优雅的剪裁设计，去除一切繁复的装饰线条；华丽精致的考究用料，突显飘逸浪漫的高贵气质，传达出一种近乎完美的意式风格。

Is'.'' surely the seamy side of the melting pot.

这种理解上的不平衡，理解上近乎''。

Such openness is in stark contrast to the almost obsessive secretiveness that Beijing has displayed in the past when dealing with crises.

这样的公开和北京在过去处理危机时所表现出来的近乎强制性的保密形成了十足的对比。

He had picked Bonnie from the floor and was cradling her to him, her small face against his cheek. She could not read his face but there was something in his eyes almost like fear--fear and self-accusation.

这时他已从地板上把邦妮抱起来，让她偎在他怀里，小脸紧贴着他的面颊，她看不到他脸上的表情，但发现他眼睛里有一种近乎忧虑的神色----忧虑和自责的神色。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。