プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ちかづく【近付く】
&fRoman1;
❶〔接近する〕
目的地に近付く
approach [get closer to] one's destination
見知らぬ人が近付いて来た
A stranger walked up to me.
危険に近付かないように
Keep away from danger.
❷〔時間が近くなる〕
夏が近付いてきた
Summer is drawing near.／It is almost summer.
会が終わりに近付いた
The party drew to a close.
試験が近付いた
Examinations are close at hand.
建築が完成に近付いた
The building is near completion.
&fRoman2;
❶〔親しくなろうとする〕
あの人は近付きやすい
He is 「easy to approach [quite approachable].
彼は近付きにくい人だ
He is standoffish [hard to approach/aloof].
下心があって彼に近付こうとした
She had some ulterior motive for wanting to get to know him.
ああいった連中には近付くな
Keep away from such company.
❷〔似る〕
肖像画はだんだん本物に近付いてきた
The portrait became [grew] more and more like its subject.