A week passed and Professor Bumper was no nearer finding the lost city than he had been at first. be near to doing 或 be near doing (省略to),意思是 “接近做某事了,快要做某事了”,说明“快要找到这座失落的城市很近了”。其实意思很好理解。 near 的比较级是nearer,否定 用not 和 no意思有所差别,从句用 than 引出。near 为比较项,从句不能出现。但可以补充其余的省略部分。...than he had been finding it at first. 主句用 no +比较级,连 than从句一并否定。 A week passed and Professor Bumper was no nearer finding the lost city than he had been at first. 一星期过去了,普拉姆教授跟开始时一样,都还没有快找到这座失落的城市。